June 1, 1934 issue
cover art by John Howitt
T.T. Flynn, “Murder in the Mud” (Rance Duane)
John Lawrence, “The Corpse Control” (Cass Blue)
Fred MacIsaac, “Go-Between” (Rambler Murphy)
R.D. Torrey, “A Death in the Family” (Johnny Carr)
better image than previously posted
better image than previously posted
cover art by Francis H. Harbaugh
~ Carroll John Daly, “The Face Behind the Mask”, 6th 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) 14th the of 71 appearances in BM
~ James Parker Long, “Twice to Make Sure”, “‘Cautious, conservative business man’ as sleuth”, author’s sole appearance in BM
~ Harold Freeman Miners, “Topango Takes a Long Shot”, last of 4 ‘Topanga John, ancient desert rat’, last of 5 stories in BM
~ William Rollins, Jr., “Treasures That Dead Men Guard”, part 1 of 3, last of 3 stories with Jack Darrow, 10 of 23 stories in BM
~ Charles Somerville, “The Death Ship”, ‘schooner Mary Beatrice & Chinese, see important headnote (p. 118) and editorial note (p.125) relating to series’, 37th of 47 articles in the ‘Manhunter’ series, 38th of 49 total articles in BM
~ J. Paul Suter, “The Loud Voice of Time”, 3rd of 15 stories with The Reverend McGregor Daunt, ‘clergyman by profession and detective by choice’, ‘Daunt & one of his problems’, 6th of 19 appearances in BM
~ Kenneth Duane Whipple, “Tainted”, 2nd of 2 stories in BM
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