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July 1932 issue ~ cover by J.W. Schlaikjer

July 1932 issue

cover art by J.W. Schlaikjer

~ Guthrie Brown,“Touchstone”, Western, 2^nd of 2 BM stories

~ Paul Cain, “Parlor Trick”, ‘criminal narrator’, later released as one of the Seven Slayers (1950 Avon), reprinted in The Arbor House Treasury of Detective & Mystery Stories from the Great Pulps (1983), reprinted in The Complete Slayers (2011 Centipede Press), 5^th of 17 stories in BM

~ Carroll John Daly, “The Amateur Murderer”, 46^th of 53 with Race Williams, part 4 of 4, published as a novel in 1933, 58th of 71 appearances in BM

~ Ramon Decolta (Raoul Whitfield), “Climbing Death”, aviation plays a roll, 21st of 24 Jo Gar stories in BM, reprinted in West of Guam: The Complete Cases of Jo Bar (Altus Press, 2013)

~ Nels Leroy Jorgensen, “New Boss”, 18^th of 32 with Stuart “Black” Burton, ‘square-shooting gambler from the Southwest, often entangled with the law’, 25th of 39 stories in BM, reprinted Sept ’50 with different title, “Patsy in Slaughterland”]

~ J.J. Des Ormeaux, “The Devil Suit”, 2^nd and last ‘Jack McGuire, Federal dick, 1^st-person narrator, reprinted in The Hard-Boiled Omnibus (1946)’, 4th of 5 stories in BM (pseudonym of Forrest Rosaire)

~ Erle Stanley Gardner, “Rough Stuff”, 45th of 73 Ed Jenkins stories, 62nd of 99 stories in BM

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July 1931 issue ~ cover art by J.W. Schlaikjer

July 1931 issue

cover art by J. W. Schlaikjer

better image than previously posted

~ Carroll John Daly, “’The Flame’ and Race Williams”, 40^th of 53 with RW, part 2 of 3, ‘pub.as The Third Murderer (1931)’, 52nd of 71 appearances in BM

~ Ramon Decolta (Raoul Whitfield), “Blue Glass”, 5th of 6 parts in the ‘Rainbow Diamonds’ sequence that take Jo Gar from Manila to San Francisco, 14^th of 24 Gar stories in BM, reprinted in West of Guam: The Complete Cases of Jo Bar (Altus Press, 2013)

~ Erle Stanley Gardner, “Tommy Talk”, 35th of 73 Ed Jenkins, returns after the death of his wife Helen, out of hospital and in Chinatown with Soo Hoo Duck, Ngat T’oy, 1^st of 3 connected stories (9/1931 and 12/1931), 52nd of 99 stories in BM

~ Frederick L. Nebel, “Death for a Dago”, 15th of 37 with Captain Steve MacBride and local reporter Kennedy, reprinted in Winter Kill: Complete Cases of MacBride & Kenney, v.2 (Altus, 2013), 32 of 67 stories in BM

~ Bertrand W(illiam) Sinclair, “Ananias and the Sapphires”, ‘Western; Andy Nason’, 2nd of 3 stories in BM

~ Stewart Stirling, (possible pseud. of Stewart Sterling?), “Cold Blood”, 3^rd of 8 stories with ‘Johnny Hi Gear, a.k.a. K-5, Undercover Agent’

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May 1931 issue ~ cover art by J.W. Schlaikjer

May 1931 issue

cover art by J. W. Schlaikjer

better image than previously posted

~ William Donald Bray, “The Man Who Cased Himself”, ‘a suspected killer joins in the hunt to catch himself’, 7^th of 12 stories in BM

~ Ramon Decolta (Raoul Whitfield), “Red Dawn”, 4^th of 6 parts in the ‘Rainbow Diamonds’ sequence that take Jo Gar from Manila to San Francisco, 13^th of 24 Gar stories in BM, reprinted in West of Guam: The Complete Cases of Jo Bar (Altus Press, 2013)

~ Grimes Hill (pseud. of Frederick Lewis Nebel), “The Spot and the Lady”, ‘short-short‘, 2^nd of 2 stories in this issue by the author, last of 2 stories under this name in BM, reprinted in Street Wolf (Altus Press, 2014),

~ Horace McCoy, “Headfirst into Hell”, 9th of 14 stories with ‘Capt. Jerry Frost, Texas (Air) Ranger & Eddie Giles in Mexico (“Mañana land”)’, 10^th of 17 stories in BM

~ Frederick L. Nebel, “Beat the Rap”, 14th of 37 with Captain Steve MacBride and local reporter Kennedy, reprinted in Shakedown: Complete Cases of MacBride & Kennedy, v.2 (Altus, 2013), 31 of 67 stories under Nebel in BM [2^nd story in this issue, see Grimes Hill]

~ Joseph T. Shaw, “Derelict”, last of 4-part serialization of his 1930 novel, ‘murder, romance and disaster on a deserted ocean liner’, 5th of 9 fiction pieces in BM

~ Raoul [Fauconnier] Whitfield, “Soft City”, ‘Center City yarn’, 1^st of 2 stories in this issue by RFW, 47th of 67 stories in BM [see also 24 stories as Ramon Decolta]

November 1932 issue ~ cover art by J.W. Schlaikjer

November 1932 issue

cover art by J. W. Schlaikjer

better image than previously posted

~ Jack Bertin, “Sinful Cibola”, 2^nd of 5 Chip Huard stories, 3^rd of 6 stories in BM

~ Charles E. Cox, Jr., “No Quarter”, “‘Narrowest Escape’ series, supposedly factual”, Italian Front WWI, only story in BM

~ Ramon Decolta (Raoul Whitfield), “The Magician Murder”, 1^st of 2 stories in this issue by RFW, 22nd of 24 Jo Gar stories in BM, reprinted in West of Guam: The Complete Cases of Jo Bar (Altus Press, 2013)

~ Erle Stanley Gardner, “Honest Money”, ‘1^st appearance [of 6] of Ken Corning, honest, fighting attorney in NYC; prototype for Perry Mason’, 65th of 99 stories in BM

~ Joseph T. Shaw, “Fugitive”, last of 4 parts, ‘Jack Henderson, set in Far East, eg, Rangoon’, last of 9 works of fiction in BM

~ Theodore A. Tinsley, “South Wind”, ‘2nd (of 25) Jerry Tracy capers, columnist on the (NYC) Planet, ‘mixer with poor and rich, the crooked and the straight, trailer of trouble and happiness; Tracy in North Carolina; see BM, Mar 1933, p. 124 for note on story’, 2nd of 26 stories in BM, reprinted in The Hard-Boiled Omnibus, 1946

~ Raoul [Fauconnier] Whitfield, “Dead Men Tell Tales”, ‘Jay Cameron, hard-boiled city editor’, 2^nd story in this issue by RW’, 59th of 67 stories in BM [see also 24 stories as Ramon Decolta]

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