Tag: thomas walsh

July 1935 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

July 1935 issue

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

better image than previously posted

~ William Donald Bray, “Hot Gold”, 3rd of 4 Britt Hardsley stories, of the Carneal Construction Co., ‘man of murder and mystery’, 1st person narrator, 10th of 12 stories in BM

~ George Harmon Coxe, “Buried Evidence”, ‘Tom Wade with Flashgun Casey’, 12th of 27 with Flashgun Casey, 12th of 31 stories in BM

~ B.B. Fowler, “A Frame Should Stick”, ‘Red Candless, reporter’, 1st of 2 stories in BM

~ Dick Moreland, “Blue Dandy”, ‘Jim Delf, owner of Blue Dandy Kennels‘, author’s sole appearance in BM

~ Theodore A. Tinsley, “Murderer’s Guest”, ‘11th (of 25) Jerry Tracy capers, columnist on the (NYC) Planet, ‘mixer with poor and rich, the crooked and the straight, trailer of trouble and happiness’, 12th of 26 stories in BM. Reprinted in South Wind: The Complete Black Mask Cases of Jerry Tracy (Steeger Books, 2021).

~ Roger Torrey, “Nose Trouble”, ‘3rd of 4 stories starring 1st-person narrator Mike O’Dell, ex-wrestler, now bodyguard’, 17th of 50 appearances in BM. Reprinted in South Wind: The Complete Black Mask Cases of Jerry Tracy (Steeger Books, 2021).

~ Thomas Walsh, “Death Can Come Hard”, ‘Dr. Ed French, interne, 1st-person narrator’, 5th of 6 stories in BM

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October 1934 issue ~ cover art by Fred Craft

October 1934 issue

better image than previously posted

cover art by Fred Craft

~ W.T. Ballard, “Snatching Is Dynamite”, ‘Lennox & ‘The Secret Five’ of Hollywood’, 9th of 27 BM stories with ‘Bill Lennox, troubleshooter for Consolidated Films’, 9th of 43 stories in BM

~ Raymond Chandler, “Finger Man”, “Finger Man”, unnamed LA PI, first person narrator, first book appearance in the collection The Simple Art of Murder (Houghton Mifflin hardcover, 1950), first paperback, Trouble is My Business (Pocket, 10/51), various paperback editions, reprinted in The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps (Vintage, 2007), 3rd of 11 stories in BM

~ Nels Leroy Jorgensen, “Immunity Murders”, 21th of 32 with Stuart “Black” Burton, ‘square-shooting gambler from the Southwest, often entangled with the law’, with his wife Vivian, 28th of 39 stories in BM

~ Horace McCoy, “Somebody Must Die”, last of 14 Frost stories with ‘Capt. Jerry Frost, Texas (Air) Ranger,  last of 17 appearances in BM

~ Thomas Walsh, “Best Man”, ‘Carver, plain-clothesman, Homicide; reprinted in The Hard-Boiled Omnibus (1946)’, 4th of 6 stories in BM

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different cover –

[updated 1/25/26]

March 1936 issue ~ cover art by John Drew

March 1936 issue

cover art by John Drew

better image than previously posted

~ John K. Butler, “Guns for a Lady”, ‘ex-pug, 1st-person narrator; bodyguard for girl’, 2nd of 11 stories in BM

~ Paul Cain, “Pineapple”, ‘Nick Green & Blondie Kessler, police-reporter’, later released as one of the Seven Slayers (1950 Avon), reprinted in The Complete Slayers (2011 Centipede Press), 16th of 17 stories in BM

~ Raymond Chandler, “The Man Who Liked Dogs”, ‘1st of 4 Carmady stories, reprinted in The Hard-Boiled Omnibus (1946)‘ [Simon & Schuster, first hardcover and first book appearance], and Killer in the Rain (Hammish hc, 1964), 7th of 11 stories in BM

~ George Harmon Coxe, “You Gotta Be Tough”, 1st of 4 stories with Paul Baron, 16th of 31 stories in BM

~ Thomas Walsh, “Diamonds Mean Death”, ‘Joe Keenan, private copper’, reprinted in The Black Lizard Big Book of Black Mask Stories (Vintage, 2010), last of 6 stories in BM

~ Edward S. Williams, “Death Has Green Eyes”, ‘Mike Dunneen, private ‘tec’, 1st of 8 appearances in BM

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[cover updated 10/27/25]

January 1956 issue ~ cover art by Ed Emshwiller

January 1956 subscription issue – different cover from the newsstand issue

gouache on illustration board, 13″ x 18″

[post updated 1/1/24]