Tag: w.t. ballard

October 1935 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

October 1935 issue

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

better image than previously posted

~ W.T. Ballard, “You Never Know About Women”, 1st of 7 with ‘Red Drake, undercover investigator for the State Racing Commission, 1st-person narrator’, 15th of 43 stories in BM

~ George Harmon Coxe, “Mr. Casey Flashgun Murder”, 14th of 27 with Flashgun Casey, 14th of 31 stories in BM

~ Erle Stanley Gardner, “Crash and Carry”, 61th of 73 stories with Ed Jenkins, ‘The Phantom Crook’, 86th of 99 stories in BM

~ Preston Grady, “Massacre”, ‘Ned price, p.i., in South Carolina, 1st-person  narrator; smuggling & Chinese villain.’, author’s sole appearance in BM

~ Leslie T. White, “The City of Hell”, ‘four honest cops “put the Indian sign on a city of graft”’, author’s sole appearance in BM

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July 1941 issue ~ cover art by Raphael DeSoto

July 1941 issue

cover art by Raphael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

~ Cleve F. Adams, “Nobody Loves Cops”, ‘Engelhardt & Dewey, Car 97, LA’, 5th of 6 stories in BM

~ W.T. Ballard, “Not in the Script”, 24th of 27 stories with ‘Bill Lennox, troubleshooter for Consolidated Films’, 37th of 43 stories in BM

~ Wyatt Blassingame, “The Bishop and the Tinkling Belle”, 4th of 6 stories with The Bishop, political writer on a Southern newspaper, 60ish and peg-legged, ‘young Eddie narrates’, 6th of 8 stories in BM

~ Jim Kjelgaard, “Curse of the Beaver”, ‘again, the wilderness’, 4th of 6 stories in BM

~ H.H. Stinson, “Calling All Hearses”, 10th of 14 with ‘Ken O’Hara, fighting reporter on Los Angeles Tribune’, 16th of 27 stories in BM

~ C.G. Tahney, [pseud of Charles Green, not to be confused with Charles M. Green], “Murder in Ten Easy Lessons”, Nickie, aka ‘Sherlock in short pants’, 2nd of 5 stories in BM

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September 1940 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

September 1940 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

~ Cleve Adams, “That Certain Feeling”, ‘Engelhardt & Dewey, Car 97, LA setting’, 2nd of 6 stories in BM

~ W.T. Ballard, “Pictures for Murder”, 22nd of 27 stories with ‘Bill Lennox, troubleshooter for Consolidated Films’, 34th of 43 stories in BM

~ William E. Brandon, “Danny, Once the Rat”, ‘police-stoolie & Nazi spies’, 3rd of 7 stories in BM

~ Dale Clark, “Killer in the Wind”, 2nd of 28 with house dick Mike O’Hanna story, at San Alpa Resort hotel, 4th of 32 stories in BM

~ John Lawrence, “Death in the Pluperfect”, 1st of 2 stories with ‘Ace McGuire, Broadway squad, 1st-person narrator’, 7th of 14 stories in BM

~ Robert Reeves, “Dog Eat Dog”, Cellini Smith and RR’s debut, 1st of 3 parts that will be published as the novel No Love Lost in 1941, reprinted in Dead and Done For: The Complete Black Mask Cases of Cellini Smith (Steeger, 2020), 1st of 12 appearances in BM

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June 1935 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

June 1935 issue

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

better image than previously posted

~ Dwight V. Babcock, “Hide-Out”, ‘1st G-Man Chuck Thompson story of 7; CT, Special Agent, FBI, in LA’, 6th of 21 stories in BM

~ W.T. Ballard, “Murder Makes a Difference”, 2nd of 2 Jimmy DeHaven stories, 14th of 43 stories in BM

~ Raymond Chandler, “Nevada Gas”, Johnny DeRuse, first book appearance Five Murderers (Avon digest, 2/3/44), first hardcover appearance The Simple Art of Murder (Houghton Mifflin, 1950), then Pickup on Noon Street (Pocket, 1/52), various paperback editions 5th of 11 stories in BM

~ George Harmon Coxe, “Thirty Tickets to Win”, ‘Flashgun Casey at the race-track’, 11th of 27 Casey, 11th of 31 stories in BM

~ Roger Torrey, “Dead Men Can Talk”, last of 11 Dal Prentice capers, Magna City police dick, ‘one tough guy’, 16th of 50 appearances in BM

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[cover updated 11/9/25]