Tag: robert martin

March 1951 issue

March 1951 issue

better image than previously posted

~ William E. Barrett, “Snatch As Snatch Can”, ‘wrestler in Texas oil town; reprint, not from BM’

~ Donald Barr Chidsey, “Let Me Tell It”, Police Capt. Mitchell, reprinted from Jan ‘34

~ Mel Colton, “Win, Lose – or Kill”, 2nd of 2 stories in BM

~ David Crewe, “Guilt Powder”, ‘Reprint; not from BM’

~ Jackson Gregory, “Indian Gift”, 2nd of 2 stories in BM, this one a reprint, not originally from BM

~ Richard L. Hobart, “Penny Pim – Accidental Detective”, reprint, not originally from BM

~ Robert Martin, “For Better or for Death”, last of 6 stories with ‘Dr. Clint Colby, medical detective’, ‘see headnote, p.2, for data on RM’, last of 8 appearances in BM

~ Edward S. Williams, “For Valor”, last of 8 appearances in BM, this story a reprint not originally run in BM

©Seattle Mystery Bookshop

May 1949 issue

May 1949 issue

cover art attributed to both Norman Saunders and Peter Stevens

~ Ed Barcelo, “Suicidal Slay Ride”, author’s only appearance in BM

~ Bruno Fischer, “Five O’Clock Menace”, ‘1st-person narrator in barber’s chair, reprinted, The Hard-Boiled Detective (1977)’, 4th of 5 stories in BM

~ John P. Foran, “Copper, Come Back to Me”, 1st of 2 stories in BM

~ John D. MacDonald, “Murder in One Syllable”, reprinted in The Black Lizard Big Book of Black Mask Stories (Vintage, 2010), 4th of 6 stories in BM

~ Robert Martin, “Death’s Glass Slipper”, 2nd of 6 stories with ‘Dr. Clint Colby, medical detective’, 4th of 8 stories in BM

~ Marian O’Hearn, “Diary of a Deadly Dame”, 1st of 2 stories in BM

~ Fergus Truslow, “Pardon My Poison Platters”, ‘the record business’, last of 6 stories in BM

©Seattle Mystery Bookshop

[updated 3/1/26]

March 1945 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

March 1945 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

H.H. Stinson, “Slay Binge” (Pete Rousseau)

Robert Martin, “G.I. Doublecross” (Jim Bennett)

Dale Clark, “Corpse on Parade” (High Price)

Thorne Lee, “The Whisperer”

Ralph Eldred, “Death Watch”

Ken Lewis, “This May Hurt a Little”

September 1948 issue ~ cover art by Albert Drake

September 1948 issue

cover art by Albert Drake

Frederick C. Davis, “Man About Murder”

T.T. Flynn, “I’ll Bet Your Life!” (Mr. Maddox)

Robert Martin, “Doctor of Doom”

Richard Dermody, “Cupid for Cash” (Doc Pierce)

Dean Evans, “Dreams Get Blasted, Too”

Russell Branch, “A Corpse Had Cold Feet”

[updated 5/12/25]

February 1949 issue ~ cover art by Albert Drake

February 1949 issue

cover art by Albert Drake

better image than previously posted

Andrew Holt, “Some Like ‘Em Cold!” (Shamus Reed)

Russell Bender, “Here’s Lead in Your Teeth”

Robert Martin, “Homicidal Honey” (Lee Fiske)

Michael O’Hillard, “Sinner’s Haven” (P.I. Thorne)

William P. McGivern, “One Lesson in Larceny”

Frederick C. Davis, “Don’t Talk, Chump!”