top hat – SMB Noir

March 1928, issue #4

March 1928, issue #4 of 5 issue

featuring “Cool Air” by H. P. Lovecraft

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

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debut mystery and first with The Great Merlini, magician and sleuth

cover art by Gerald Gregg

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cover art by Stockton Mulford

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cover art by Rafael DeSoto

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stories mentioned on the cover are from the April 1942 US edition

no corresponding US cover art

cover art by H.J. Ward

November 1950

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Robert Martin, “Slayers Burn Slow” (Jim Bennett)

Donn Mullally, “A Bullet for Baby”

T.T. Flynn, “Build-Up for Murder”*

Rufus Bakalor, “Homicidal Hobby”

Raymond Drennan, Jr., “Killer’s Luck”

John D. MacDonald, “Tri-Kill Cutie”

*reprint from 1941