September 1927 issue ~ cover art by Fred Craft

September 1927 issue

cover art by Fred Craft

~ Katherine Brocklebank, “Snowbirds”, 2nd of 7 stories in BM

~ Tom Curry, “Jungle Thieves”, ‘Venezuela & Federal Agents on the chase’, 11th of 39 stories in BM

~ Erle Stanley Gardner, “This Way Out”, 14th of 73 Ed Jenkins stories, “First [of 3] of Ed Jenkins’ thrilling adventures with ‘The Girl with the Mole’” [consecutive issues], reprinted in Dead Men’s Letters (1990, Carroll & Graf anthology of Jenkins stories), (title repeats 3/1937, but is different story), 23rd of 99 stories in BM

~ (Charles John) Cutcliffe Hyne, “The Escape”, 5th of 8 yarns with Captain Kettle

~ Don Livingston, “No Grandstand Play”, ‘Western‘, 2nd of 2 stories in BM

~ Frederick L. Nebel, “China Silk”, ‘introducing Buck Jason – booze runner extraordinary’, ‘1st of 3 with BJ’, reprinted in Street Wolf (Altus Press, 2014), 4 of 67 stories

~ Lt. Col. J.H. [John Henry] Patterson, D.S.O., “The Man-Eaters of Tsavo”, 6th of 7 serialized parts of this ex-British Army officer’s account of building a railway in Kenya, 1898-1899; book published in 1927

~ Riblew Reelhew, “The Robbing of Mind Tai Low”, ‘Chinatown character outwits crook’, 1st of 2 stories under this pseudonym, an anagram of Wilber Wheeler

~ Raoul [Fauconnier] Whitfield, “Sky-High Odds”, ‘3rd of 7 Chuck Reddington story; airplanes & machineguns’, 11th of 68 stories in BM [see also 24 stories as Ramon Decolta]

~ Erika Zastrow, “Joe’s Woman”, ‘in street-dialect’, 1st of 3 stories in BM

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(first copy of this title found in a dozen years of searching)

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

August 1931 issue

cover art by J.W. Schlaikjer

somewhat better image than previously posted

~ Carroll John Daly, “’The Flame’ and Race Williams”, 41st of 53 with RW, last of 3 parts, ‘pub.as The Third Murderer (1931)’, reprinted in Shooting out of Turn: The Collected Hard-boiled Stories of Race Williams, v.3 (Altus, 2017),  53rd of 71 appearances in BM

~ Ramon Decolta (Raoul Whitfield), “Diamonds of Death”, last of 6 parts in the ‘Rainbow Diamonds’ sequence that take Jo Gar from Manila to San Francisco, 15th of 24 Gar stories in BM, reprinted in West of Guam: The Complete Cases of Jo Bar (Altus Press, 2013)

~ Erle Stanley Gardner, “Hairy Hands”, 36th of 73 with EJ, ‘The “Hairy Hands” reach for Ed Jenkins; see p. 45 for statement on ESG’s knowledge of Chinese language & people’, 53rd of 99 stories in BM

~ Paul Evan Lehman, “Lead Medicine”, Western, author’s sole appearance in BM

~ Frederick L. Nebel, “Spare the Rod”, 5th of 15 stories with ‘tough dick Donahue of Interstate’, reprinted in Tough as Nails (2012, Altus), 33 of 67 stories in BM

~ Raoul [Fauconnier] Whitfield, “The Sky Club Affair”, ‘Alan Van Cleve, wealthy sportsman, man-about-town, 1st (of 6) segment in The Skyline Murders series; printed as separate stories rather than conventional serial’; pub. as Killer’s Carnival (1932) under pseudonym of Temple Field’, 50th of 68 stories in BM [see also 24 stories as Ramon Decolta]

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August 1928 issue ~ cover art by H.C. Murphy

August 1928 issue

cover art by H.C. Murphy

better image than previously posted

~ Tom Curry, “The Master”, 7th and last DeVrite, with Mac, 26th of 39 stories in BM

~ Carroll John Daly, “Rough Stuff”, 25th of 53,‘Race Williams vs. The Hidden Hand; Pt. 3 of 5 loosely organized 5-pt. serial’, reprinted in The Snarl of the Beast: The Collected Hard-boiled Stories of Race Williams, v.2 (Altus, 2016), 37th of 71 appearances in BM

~ Erle Stanley Gardner, “Fangs of Fate”, 5th of 7 Black Barr, 33rd of 99 stories in BM

~ Frederick L. Nebel, “Hell to Pay”, ‘Chicago hood; 1st -person narrator’, reprinted in Street Wolf (Altus Press, 2014), 12 of 67 stories in BM

~ Stephen Payne, “Night-Riding Ruddy”, ‘Western; with Ruddy Ingersoll‘, 2nd of 2 stories in BM

~ Lester Reynard, “Ritzie Gets Clever”, ‘Western; Deputy ‘Happy’ Collins & girl, Ritzie’, 1st of 5 stories in BM

~ Everett H. Tipton, “El Tigre Was Bad”, ‘Bobby Warren, reporter, in Juárez (Chihuahua)’, 6th of 7 stories in BM

~ Raoul [Fauconnier] Whitfield, “High Death”, ‘Mac, Ben Greed; 3rd of 6 in Border Brand series’, reprinted in Border Brand (Steeger, 2024), 23rd of 68 stories in BM [see also 24 stories as Ramon Decolta]

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July 1929 issue ~ cover art by H.C. Murphy

July 1929 issue

cover art by H.C. Murphy

~ Katherine Brocklebank, “Silver Horseshoe”, last of 4 with ‘Tex of Border Service in Tia Juana; Tex is a woman!’, reprinted in White Talons: The Complete Black Mask Cases of Tex of the Border Service (Steeger, 2023), last of 7 stories in BM

~ Tom Curry, “The Water Rats”, 19th of 23 with Macnamara (Mac), NYPD 1st grade dick, 33rd of 39 stories in BM

~ Erle Stanley Gardner, “All the Way”, 7th of 10 Bob Larkin stories, 42nd of 99 stories in BM

~ Heydorn Schleh, “The Whitest Man That Ever Lived”, author’s only appearance in BM

~ Earl and Marion Scott, “Regards to the Chief”, 2nd of 6 stories with ‘Cameo Kirby, reformed jewel thief’, 7th of 17 stories in BM as a couple

~ Oliver Swett, “Crossed Lead”, ‘Western’, sole appearance in BM

~ Raoul [Fauconnier] Whitfield, “The Carnival Kill”, Gary Greer, 6th (of 9) in the Laughing Dead series, ‘presented as separate stories rather than conventional serial; pub. As Five (1931) under the pseudonym of Temple Field’, 32nd of 68 stories in BM [see also 24 stories as Ramon Decolta]. Reprinted in Laughing Death (Steeger Books, 2021).

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October 1926 issue ~ cover art by Andrew Bensen

October 1926

cover art by Andrew Bensen

better image than previously posted

stories included:

Herbert Asbury, “The Thing Without a Name” (Part 1 of ?)

Nels Leroy Jorgensen, “Shooting Stakes”

Robert Leslie Bellem, “Buried Evidence”

Raoul Fauconnier Whitfield, “The Dead Man’s Eyes”

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

January 1931 issue

cover art by J.W. Schlaikjer

~ Carroll John Daly, “’The Flame’ and Race Williams”, 41st of 53 with RW, last of 3 parts, ‘pub.as The Third Murderer (1931)’, reprinted in Shooting out of Turn: The Collected Hard-boiled Stories of Race Williams, v.3 (Altus, 2017),  53rd of 71 appearances in BM

~ Ramon Decolta (Raoul Whitfield), “Diamonds of Death”, last of 6 parts in the ‘Rainbow Diamonds’ sequence that take Jo Gar from Manila to San Francisco, 15th of 24 Gar stories in BM, reprinted in West of Guam: The Complete Cases of Jo Bar (Altus Press, 2013)

~ Erle Stanley Gardner, “Hairy Hands”, 36th of 73 with EJ, ‘The “Hairy Hands” reach for Ed Jenkins; see p. 45 for statement on ESG’s knowledge of Chinese language & people’, 53rd of 99 stories in BM

~ Paul Evan Lehman, “Lead Medicine”, Western, author’s sole appearance in BM

~ Frederick L. Nebel, “Spare the Rod”, 5th of 15 stories with ‘tough dick Donahue of Interstate’, reprinted in Tough as Nails (2012, Altus), 33 of 67 stories in BM

~ Raoul [Fauconnier] Whitfield, “The Sky Club Affair”, ‘Alan Van Cleve, wealthy sportsman, man-about-town, 1st (of 6) segment in The Skyline Murders series; printed as separate stories rather than conventional serial’; pub. as Killer’s Carnival (1932) under pseudonym of Temple Field’, 50th of 68 stories in BM [see also 24 stories as Ramon Decolta]

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[post corrected 7/2/26]

February 1930 issue ~ cover art by J.W. Schlaikjer

February 1930 issue

better image than previously posted

cover art by J.W. Schlaikjer

~ Ramon Decolta (Raoul Whitfield), “West of Guam”, 1st of 24 Jo Gar stories in BM, reprinted in West of Guam: The Complete Cases of Jo Bar (Altus Press, 2013)

~ Dashiell Hammett, “The Farewell Murder”, the Op [21st of 22], 40th of 45 stories in BM

~ Nels Leroy Jorgensen, “Black Burton Hits Back”, 11th of 32 with Stuart “Black” Burton, ‘square-shooting gambler from the Southwest, often entangled with the law’, 15th of 39 stories in BM

~ W.H.B. Kent, “Framing the Killer”, 5th of 6 Westerns with Killer Blake, deputy sheriff & agent of the Stock Association

~ Hapsburg Liebe, “The Regeneration of John Carter”, Western, 2nd of 4 stories in BM

~ Frederick L. Nebel, “Alley Rat”, 9th of 37 with Captain Steve MacBride and local reporter Kennedy, reprinted in Winter Kill: Complete Cases of MacBride & Kenney, v.1 (Altus, 2013), 21 of 67 stories in BM

~ Henry Wallace Phillips, “Just a Canter”, 5th of 8 with Red Saunders, 9th of 12 stories in BM

~ Earl and Marion Scott, “Seven Glass Beads”, 5th of 6 stories with ‘Cameo Kirby, reformed jewel thief’, ‘Kirby & Wah Foo Wah, Chinese murderer’, 11th of 17 stories in BM as a couple

~ Raoul [Fauconnier] Whitfield, “Green Ice”, ‘Mal Ourney; part 3 (of 5), ‘The Crime Breeders’, presented as separate stories rather than conventional serial’, published in hardcover in 1930 by Knopf as Green Ice, 37th of 67 stories in BM [see also 24 stories as Ramon Decolta]

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April 1927 issue ~ cover art by Fred Craft

May 1927 issue

cover art by Fred Craft

~ J. Edgar Ambler, “The Buzzard”, ‘The Buzzard & the Cracker, criminals’, author’s sole appearance in BM

~ Tom Curry, “The Stick-Up Club”, 8th of 23 with Macnamara (Mac), NYPD 1st grade dick, 13th of 39 stories in BM

~ Erle Stanley Gardner, “In Full Account”, 16th of 73 Ed Jenkins stories, last of 3 with ‘The Girl with the Mole’, reprinted in Dead Men’s Letters (1990, Carroll & Graf anthology of Jenkins stories), 25th of 99 stories in BM

~ Dashiell Hammett, “$106,000 Blood Money” Continental Op [21st of 25], sequel to “The Big Knock-Over”, in the 2/1927 issue, reprinted with its prequel as Blood Money (Tower, 1943), reprinted in The Big Book of the Continental Op (Vintage, 2017), 30th of 51 stories in BM

~ (Charles John) Cutcliffe Hyne, “The Liner and the Iceberg”, 7th of 8 yarns with Captain Kettle

~ Don Livingston, “No Grandstand Play”, Western, 2nd of 2 stories in BM

~ Riblew Reelhew, “Eyes of the Night”, ‘Dandy Dan, nimble & nimble-witted crook’, 2nd of 2 stories under this pseudonym, Wilber Wheeler reversed

~ Victor Shaw, “For a Girl Like That”, ‘Western detective’, 1st of 5 stories in BM

~ Raoul [Fauconnier] Whitfield, “South of Savannah”, 4th of 7 ‘Chuck Reddington story; airplanes & machineguns’, 12th of 68 stories in BM [see also 24 stories as Ramon Decolta]

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