Tag: william r. cox

May 1938 issue ~ cover art by Raymond S. Pease

May 1938 issue

cover art by Raymond S. Pease

~ William R. Cox, “Half a Crook”, murder & politics, 1st of 2 stories in BM

~ Carroll John Daly, “I Am the Law”, ‘Meet that implacable, coldly reckless manhunter, Satan Hall’, 1st of 2 stories (he mostly appeared in Dime Detective Magazine), 67th of 71 appearances in BM

~ James Duncan, “A Deal in Coconuts”, 4 of 5 stories with The Parson, who lives on a ‘mythical’ (fictional?) isle, Cariba, reprinted in Murder for Pennies: The Complete Black Mask Cases of the Parson (Steeger, 2024), 9th of 10 stories in BM

~ Steve Fisher, “Wait for Me”, ‘murder & intrigue in Shanghai’, reprinted in The Black Lizard Big Book of Black Mask Stories (Vintage, 2010), 5th of 9 stories in BM

~ Frank Gruber, “Death Sits Down”, 5th of 10 with ‘Oliver Quade, The Human Encyclopedia’, 7th of 14 stories in BM

~ Roger Torrey, “Murder Link”, ‘7th (of 14) in Pat McCarthy series, with Marge Chalmers often his “sidekick”; he is ex-NYC cop, ex-agency man (Chicago & St. Louis) who dislikes cops’, 34th of 50 appearances in BM

~ Donald Wandrei, “Game of Legs”, ‘wrestler’, 2nd of 6 stories in BM

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October 1945 issue ~ cover art by Samuel Cherry

October 1945 issue

cover art by Samuel Cherry

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Dale Clark, “Corpse in Pawn” (High Price)

C. William Harrison, “Down Among the Dead Men” (Hannibal Smith)

H.H. Stinson, “Crime on My Hands” (Johnny Smith)

Robert C. Dennis, “Lilies are for the Dead” (Pat Kinnick)

Richard C. Dermody, “The Doctor’s Gander” (Dot Pierce)

William R. Cox, “Slay-Belle” (Malachi Manatee)

Muriel Farr, “Protection for Life”

November 1944 issue

November 1944 issue (combined with 10 Story Mystery)

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W. Ryerson Johnson, “Killers’ Kingdom”

William R. Cox, “Hell Comes in Bottles!” (Tom Kincaid)

Ray Bradbury, “It Burns Me Up!“

Francis K. Allan, “Sing a Song of Murder”

Frederick C. Davis, “Doctor Diggory’s Glass Grave”

Wayne Rogers, “School for Corpses”

Ken Lewis, “Die, and You’ll Wear Diamonds!”

David X. Manners, “Lie Down, You’re Dead!“

Cyril Plunkett , “They Kill by Night!”