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February 1949 issue ~ cover art by Albert Drake

February 1949 issue

cover art by Albert Drake

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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!”

October 1938 issue ~ cover art by J. George Janes

October 1938 issue

cover art by J. George Janes

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~ Russell Bender, “Body-Guard to Death”, ‘Jake Connolly’, 2nd of 3 stories in BM

~ Frederick C. Davis, “This Way to the Morgue”, 1st of 2 with reporter Murray Gifford, 5th of 16 stories in BM

~ Frank Gruber, “Forced Landing”, 6th of 10 with ‘Oliver Quade, The Human Encyclopedia’, ‘Quade in Hollywood; see p.5 for letter from FG on Oliver Q.’, 9th of 14 stories in BM

~ Baynard H(ardwick) Kendrick, “The Death Pool”, 7th of 14 stories with Mikes Standish (Stan) Rice, ‘The Hungry’[?], all set in Florida

~ Roger Torrey, “Gardenia Kill”, ‘9th (of 14) in Pat McCarthy series, with Marge Chalmers often his “sidekick”; he is ex-NYC cop, ex-agency man (Chicago & St. Louis) who dislikes cops’, 36th of 50 appearances in BM

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October 1936 issue ~ cover art by John Drew

October 1936 issue

cover art by John Drew

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~ Russell Bender, “Heat Target”, ‘mayor of a small Maryland town’, 1st of 3 stories in BM

~ John K. Butler, “No Rest for Soldiers”, ‘WWI vets, bonuses & Russ McGregor’, 5th of 11 stories in BM

~ Lester Dent, “Sail”, 1st Oscar Sale story, set in Miami, 1st of 2 stories in BM, reprinted The Hard-Boiled Detective (1977), earlier version of this story reprinted in The Black Lizard Big Book of Black Mask Stories (Vintage, 2010) as “Luck”. “Sail” and “Luck” reprinted in Luck: The Complete Black Mask Cases of Oscar Sail (Steeger Books, 2021).

~ Roger Torrey, “Jail Bait”, ‘1st (of 14) in Pat McCarthy series, with Marge Chalmers often his “sidekick”; he is ex-NYC cop, ex-agency man (Chicago & St. Louis) who dislikes cops’, 21st of 50 appearances in BM

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