russell arden bankson

February 15, 1923 issue

cover art by A. Rose

~ Eustace Hale Ball, “The Trail of the Scarlet Fox”, part 3 of 6 parts with various subtitles, 3rd of 13 appearances in BM

~ Russell Arden Bankson, “The Ghost of Joe Speck”, 1^st of 2 stories in BM

~ Drayton Dunster, “The Conscientious Grave-Digger”, 3^rd of 9 stories in BM

~ Jack J. Gottlieb, “The Strength of the Weak”, 7th of 8 stories in BM

~ Francis James, “Sinister Images”, Prentice, Harvard-trained criminologist turned policeman (‘the young Central Office Man’) with Police Chief Shannon, 2^nd of 4 parts, 4th of 20 appearances in BM

~ George B. Jenkins, Jr., “Business and Pleasure”, last of 5 stories in BM

~ Wilson Clay Missimer, “Torn Fingers”, 2nd of 2 stories in BM

~ C.S. Montanye (Carleton Stevens), “The Jewel of Blood”, 15th of 29 stories in BM

~ Harford Powel, Jr., “The High Jackers”, 1^st of 6 appearances in BM

~ Walker J. Scott, “Fatal Fridays”, author’s sole appearance in BM

~ Charles Somerville, “The Clue of the Tattooed Arm”, 2nd of 47 articles in the ‘Manhunter’ series, 2^nd of 49 total articles in BM

~ Joe Taylor, “Stumbling Feet”, 5th of 12 tales in ‘My Underworld’ series, 5^th of 13^th appearances in BM

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June 1924 issue

cover art by H.C. Murphy

~ Russell Arden Bankson, “Underground”, ‘The detective-sheriff of the Kaniksu country’, 2^nd of 2 stories in BM

~ Madeline Bartlett, “The Mutilated Masterpiece”, 2^nd of 2 stories in BM

~ Frank L. Benscoter, “Gilligan and Co”, ‘Introducing a new character’, 1^st of 5 stories in BM

~ Carroll John Daly, “The Red Peril”, 3^rd of 53 with Race Williams, reprinted in Them That Lives By Their Guns: The Collected Hard-Boiled Stories of Race Williams, Vol. 1 (Altus Press, 2015) 11th of 71 appearances in BM

~ Erle Stanley Gardner, “A Fair Trial”, ‘pub. anonymously; authorship established in Hughes, Gardner, (1978), p. 312’, 1^st of 99 stories in BM

~ Dashiell Hammett, “The Girl with the Silver Eyes”, the Op [10^th of 25], referred to in BM as ‘Hammett’s San Francisco Detective’, sequel to “The House in Turk Street” (4/15/1924), issue also includes letter about the story, reprinted in The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps (Vintage, 2007), reprinted in The Big Book of the Continental Op (Vintage, 2017), in The Girl with the Silver Eyes: The Complete Black Mask Cases of the Continental Op, vol.2 (Steeger, 2023),17th of 51 stories in BM

~ Frank Howard, Jr., “The Vernacular at the Night Court”, ‘No data’ [no explanation as to what that means], author’s only appearance in BM

~ Victor Shea, “Mr. Pentridge Comes Down to Breakfast”, 1^st of 2 stories in BM

~ Charles Somerville, “The Lively Corpse”, 30th of 49 articles in the ‘Manhunter’ series, 31st of 49 total articles in BM

~ Joe Taylor, “Monty’s Last Job”, last of 12 tales in ‘My Underworld’ series, last of 13 appearances in BM

[terrible cover but first I’ve seen since starting this project in 2013]

[cover updated 2/16/26]

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February 15, 1923 issue ~ cover art by A. Rose

June 1924 issue ~ cover art by H.C. Murphy