September 1938 issue ~ cover art by James Lunnon

September 1938 issue

cover art by James Lunnon

~ Walter E. Burton, “The Stamp of Guilt”, ‘murder & philately’, 2nd of 2 stories in BM

~ Nels Leroy Jorgensen, “Murder Masquerade”, last of 32 with Stuart “Black” Burton, ‘square-shooting gambler from the Southwest, often entangled with the law’, last of 39 stories in BM

~ H. Randolph Peacock, “Dead Man’s Prints”, last of 3 with Otto, department store dick, making $40 a week at Klineman’s, 3rd of 4 stories in BM

~ H.H. Stinson, “Ol’ Devil O’Hara”, 6th of 14 with ‘Ken O’Hara, fighting reporter on Los Angeles Tribune’, 9th of 27 stories in BM

~ Theodore A. Tinsley, “Make It Murder”, ‘22nd (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’, reprinted in Station K-I-L-L: The Complete Black Mask Cases of Jerry Tracy, vol.3 (Steeger, 2024), 23rd of 26 stories in BM

~ Donald Wandrei, “Corpse on the Campus”, ‘murder at Midville State University’, 4th of 6 stories in BM

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