May 1936 issue ~ cover art by John Drew

May 1936 issue

cover art by John Drew

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~ W.T. Ballard, “Blackmailers Die Hard”, 14th of 27 stories with ‘Bill Lennox, troubleshooter for Consolidated Films’, 19th of 43 stories in BM

~ John K. Butler, “Dark Return”, ‘Mark Dana, ex-G-man’, 3rd of 11 stories in BM

~ George Harmon Coxe, “Murder Mixup”, 16th of 27 with Flashgun Casey, 18th of 31 stories in BM, reprinted in The Hard-Boiled Omnibus (1946)

~ Erle Stanley Gardner, “Beating the Bulls”, 63th of 73 Ed Jenkins stories, ‘The Phantom Crook’, 88th of 99 stories in BM

~ Eric Taylor, “Murder to Music”, ‘Jess Arno, private eye’, 6th of 7 stories in BM

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July 1947 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

July 1947 issue

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cover art by Rafael DeSoto

Thorne Lee, “The Face of Fear”

Charles Beckman, Jr., “Died in the Wool”

Joel Townsley Rogers, “Killing Time”

Larry Holden, “Port of the Dead”

Gayle Roberts, Jr., “Trigger Man”

Curt Hamlin, “Death Is a Small Thing”

Ted Stratton, “On Borrowed Crime”

Todhunter Ballard (W.T. Ballard), “Bury Me Not”