skull – SMB Noir

December 1934 issue

December 1934 – second issue

better image than previously posted

September 8, 1934 issue ~ cover art by Lejaren Hiller

September 8, 1934

cover art by Lejaren Hiller

February 1, 1923 issue ~ cover art by A. Rose

February 1, 1923 issue

cover art by A. Rose

~ Eustace Hale Ball, “The Trail of the Scarlet Fox”, part 2 of 6 parts with various subtitles, BM debut, 2nd of 13 appearances in BM

~ Drayton Dunster, “Her Gold and Her Pearls”, 2^nd of 9 stories in BM

~ Eliza Mae Harvey, “The Last Snow”, author’s sole appearance in BM

~ W.H. Holmes, “Creeping Death”, ‘A Complete Mystery Novelette’, 1^st of 3 stories in BM

~ Francis James, “Sinister Images”, Prentice, Harvard-trained criminologist turned policeman (‘the young Central Office Man’) with Police Chief Shannon, 1st of 4 parts, 3rd of 20 appearances in BM

~ A. Kandel, “Eulogy on a Rare Theme”, ‘brief-brief’, author’s sole appearance in BM

~ Roy L. McCardell, “A Million A Year”, last of 4 parts, 4^th of 5 appearances in BM

~ Marr Murray, “Hades and Return”, ‘South Sea story‘, author’s only appearance in BM

~ Charles Somerville, “After Ten Thousand Miles”, 1^st of 47 articles in the ‘Manhunter’ series, ‘(see pp. 38-39 for data on CS); no effort has been made to sustain the supposed veracity of series; see also under Joseph Gallomb, Glenn G. Gravatt, & Robert Lee Heiser’, 1^st of 49 total articles in BM

~ Horace Winston Stokes, “The Devil’s Hollow”, author’s only appearance in BM

~ Joe Taylor, “The Fixer”, 4th of 12 tales in ‘My Underworld’ series, billed as fiction, 4^th of 13^th appearances in BM

~ N.H. Wilson, “The Head of Clampini”, ‘Daytime story’, author’s sole appearance in BM

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1943 Mystery House original

1943 Mystery House original

pseudonym of Ewart Adamson – only book under this pen name

January 29, 2014

March 1, 1923 issue ~ cover art by A. Rose

March 1, 1923 issue

cover art by A. Rose

~ John Ayotte, “Okolehao”, ‘short-short, ‘A tragedy of Hawaii’, JA’s debut in BM’, 1^st of 10 stories

~ Eustace Hale Ball, “The Trail of the Scarlet Fox”, part 4 of 6 parts with various subtitles, 4th of 13 appearances in BM

~ Black Mask Crime Review, ‘A Crime Expert’s Review of the Hall-Mills Tragedy; Article; anonymous;1^st segment in this irregular, short-lived Department; no indexed beyond this point’

~ Crowley Conmarr, “Under the Hide of Tu Son”, ‘A Weird Tale’; 1^st-person narrator; Chinese character’, 1^st of 2 stories in BM

~ Jack J. Gottlieb, “With His Enemies’ Aid”, ‘A Mystery of the D.A.s office’, authors 8^th and final story in BM

~ John Hanlon, “The Door”, ‘A Skit with Spirits’, last of 3 stories in BM

~ John Holden, “The Perfect Plan”, ‘Gerald Drago, embezzler’, author’s only story in BM

~ Francis James, “Sinister Images”, Prentice, Harvard-trained criminologist turned policeman (‘the young Central Office Man’) with Police Chief Shannon, 3rd of 4 parts, 5th of 20 appearances in BM

~ Roy L. McCardell, “Pieces of Men”, ‘daytime story’, last of 5 appearances in BM

~ Herman Petersen, “The Ghost Ship”, ‘Complete Mystery Novelette of the Cannibal Isles’, 6th of 20 stories in BM

~ Charles Somerville, “Old Clothes”, ‘fictitious names are given…changed a bit for necessary reasons’, 3rd of 47 articles in the ‘Manhunter’ series, 3^rd of 49 total articles in BM

~ Gregory Stragnell, MD, “Our Dreams”, “short-lived Department devoted to ‘one of the newest sciences – psychoanalysis’; not indexed beyond this point”

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