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Black Mask [Vol. XXIV No. 12, April 1942] (15¢, pulp, cover by Rafael M. DeSoto)

10 · Two Dead Hands [Ed Jenkins] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv

45 · Walk Across My Grave · Norbert Davis · ss

54 · Black Is for Widows [Duke Brian] · Eaton K. Goldthwaite · ss

66 · Hell and High Water [Bryant] · Roger Torrey · ss

85 · Corpse-Eye View [Doc Rennie] · C. P. Donnel, Jr. · nv

108 · Once upon a Crime · Lawrence Treat · nv

Black Mask [v25 #1, May 1942] (15¢, pulp, cover by Rafael M. DeSoto)

11 · Lights, Action—Killer! [Bill Lennox] · W. T. Ballard · nv

37 · Blood from a Turnip [Rex Sackler] · D. L. Champion · nv

58 · The Death of the Party [Doc Rennie] · C. P. Donnel, Jr. · ss

70 · Dormant Account · Cornell Woolrich · nv

94 · Murder Is No Joke [Mike O’Hanna] · Dale Clark · ss

111 · Don’t You Cry for Me [John Collins] · Norbert Davis · ss

Black Mask [v25 #2, June 1942] ed. K. S. White (Fictioneers, Inc., 15¢, pulp, cover by Rafael DeSoto)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

6 · Lifting the July Black Mask · [uncredited] · ms

8 · Behind the Black Mask · The Readers · lc

10 · Murder in the Red [Jack “Flashgun” Casey] · George Harmon Coxe · nv

41 · My Body Lies Over the Ocean [Larceny Kane] · John Lawrence · nv

71 · Guy in the Sky [Mike O’Hanna] · Dale Clark · ss

88 · The Dancing Rats · Richard Sale · nv
not the same as the story of the same name in the February 27, 1937 issue of Detective Fiction Weekly.

119 · Cops Have Muddy Feet [Detective Slabbe] · William Rough · ss

Black Mask [v25 #3, July 1942] (15¢, pulp, cover by Rafael M. DeSoto)

11 · Blow the Man Down [Special Squad] · Stewart Sterling · nv

41 · The Man They Couldn’t Break · Jim Kjelgaard · vi

44 · Let the Dead Alone [Luther McGavock] · Merle Constiner · nv

78 · You Can’t Ration Murder · Bill Gerry · nv

106 · 3 Kills for 1 · Cornell Woolrich · nv

Black Mask [v25 #4, August 1942] (15¢, pulp)

11 · Dead Ahead Lies Yesterday [Doc Rennie] · C. P. Donnel, Jr. · nv

33 · Bullets Don’t Bother Me · Norbert Davis · nv

54 · Treasonable Facsimile [Larceny Kane] · John Lawrence · nv

80 · Death Is a Souvenir · Peter Paige · nv

108 · Killer, Can You Spare a Dime? [Rex Sackler] · D. L. Champion · nv

Black Mask [v25 #5, September 1942] (15¢, pulp, cover by Rafael M. DeSoto)

10 · Donovan’s Brain [Part 1 of 3; Dr. Patrick Cory] · Curt Siodmak · n.

37 · Stir-Bug · William E. Brandon · ss

41 · Dead Letter [Rod Case] · John K. Butler · ss

60 · Say It with Murder [Mike O’Hanna] · Dale Clark · ss

77 · Let’s Count Corpses [Luther McGavock] · Merle Constiner · nv

112 · Berlin Papers, Please Copy! · Peter Paige · ss

Black Mask [v25 #6, October 1942] (15¢, pulp)

10 · That Second Answer · Francis K. Allan · nv

44 · Murder by the Ears [Rex Sackler] · D. L. Champion · nv

61 · Detour to Death · John Lawrence · ss

73 · Blood on the Book [Doc Rennie] · C. P. Donnel, Jr. · ss

92 · Donovan’s Brain [Part 2 of 3; Dr. Patrick Cory] · Curt Siodmak · n.

Black Mask [v25 #7, November 1942] (15¢, pulp, cover by Rafael M. DeSoto)

11 · A Taste for Murder [Cellini Smith] · Robert Reeves · nv

38 · How Big Is the Bucket? · Alan Farley · ss

50 · Donovan’s Brain [Part 3 of 3; Dr. Patrick Cory] · Curt Siodmak · n.

86 · Beat Me Daddy [John Collins] · Norbert Davis · nv

106 · Now I Slay Me— [Mike O’Hanna] · Dale Clark · nv

Black Mask [v25 #8, December 1942] (15¢, pulp)

· Behind the Black Mask · The Readers · lc

10 · Bullets, Back to Back [Special Squad] · Stewart Sterling · nv

35 · Death in a Homburg Hat · Harold Joyce · ss

44 · Murder Lays the Keel · Hugh Pentecost · nv

100 · The Con Man and the Cop [Costello] · W. T. Ballard · ss

107 · Two Pin Man · Henry Norton · vi

111 · Killer’s Luck · Eric Provost · ss

Black Mask [v25 #9, January 1943] (15¢, pulp, cover by Rafael M. DeSoto)

11 · Blood on the Lens [Part 1 of 3; Jack “Flashgun” Casey] · George Harmon Coxe · sl

45 · Buttered on Both Sides · Alan Farley · ss

54 · Why Meddle with Murder? [Luther McGavock] · Merle Constiner · nv

92 · Don’t Stand under the Blackjack Tree [Doc Rennie] · C. P. Donnel, Jr. · ss

111 · Bag o’ Bones · Tom Marvin · ss

Black Mask [v25 #10, February 1943] (15¢, pulp, cover by Rafael M. DeSoto)

12 · Come Out of the Grave [Rex Sackler] · D. L. Champion · nv

36 · If the Dead Could Talk · Cornell Woolrich · ss

46 · Slay as You Go [Mike O’Hanna] · Dale Clark · nv

66 · Suffer, Little Children · Henry Norton · ss

76 · Blood on the Lens [Part 2 of 3; Jack “Flashgun” Casey] · George Harmon Coxe · sl

Black Mask [v25 #11, March 1943] (15¢, pulp, cover by Rafael M. DeSoto)

10 · The Incredible Mister Smith [Ed Jenkins; Ngat T’oy] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv

45 · Slay, Fiddle, Slay · Henry Norton · ss

54 · Coffin Number Three · Philip Ketchum · nv

87 · Conspiracy in Sunlight · C. P. Donnel, Jr. · ss

96 · Blood on the Lens [Part 3 of 3; Jack “Flashgun” Casey] · George Harmon Coxe · sl

Black Mask [v25 #12, May 1943] (15¢, pulp, cover by Rafael M. DeSoto)

8 · Save a Grave for Me [Peter Trapp, II] · Frederick C. Davis · nv

36 · Sauce for the Gander · Day Keene · ss

46 · Mark Hoy’s Death-Stick [“Sah-jin” O’Hara] · Walter C. Brown · nv

73 · Modeled in Murder · William E. Brandon · ss

82 · Death Draws the Shutter · C. P. Donnel, Jr. · ss

90 · Name Your Poison [John Collins] · Norbert Davis · ss

107 · Fatal Friday · Mitchell Wilson · ss

117 · Keyed for a Killing · Julius Long · ss

Black Mask [Vol. XXVI No. 1, July 1943] (15¢, pulp, cover by Rafael M. DeSoto)

8 · Dead as a Duck [Special Squad] · Stewart Sterling · nv

36 · Danger—Mind at Work! [Doc Rennie] · C. P. Donnel, Jr. · nv

62 · The Turkey Buzzard Blues [Luther McGavock] · Merle Constiner · nv

100 · The Cat with Ten Lives [“Sah-jin” O’Hara] · Walter C. Brown · ss

111 · Murderer’s Way · Henry Norton · ss

118 · Loser Takes All · Julius Long · ss

Black Mask [Vol. XXVI No. 2, September 1943] (15¢, pulp, cover by Rafael M. DeSoto)

8 · The Gong of Vengeance [Ed Jenkins; Ngat T’oy] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv

48 · Heads—The Corpse Loses [Rex Sackler] · D. L. Champion · nv

70 · The Brenneke Slug [Mike O’Hanna] · Dale Clark · nv

91 · No Match for Murder · Julius Long · ss

96 · I Thought I’d Die [Peter Trapp, II] · Frederick C. Davis · nv

Black Mask [Vol. XXVI No. 3, November 1943] (15¢, pulp, cover by Rafael M. DeSoto)

8 · Kill One, Skip One [Luther McGavock] · Merle Constiner · nv

47 · Two Rings for Murder · H. H. Stinson · nv

73 · It’s So Peaceful in the Country · William E. Brandon · ss

80 · So Red the Ruby · C. P. Donnel, Jr. · nv

118 · The Devil’s Jack-Pot · Julius Long · ss

Black Mask [Vol. XXVI No. 4, January 1944] (15¢, pulp, cover by Rafael M. DeSoto)

8 · A Brain for Sale [Nickie] · C. G. Tahney · nv

49 · Murder o’ Mine [Mike O’Hanna] · Dale Clark · nv

66 · The House of Red Candles [“Sah-jin” O’Hara] · Walter C. Brown · nv

92 · Who Took the Corpse? · D. L. Champion · ss

102 · Kill Without Murder · Bruno Fischer · ss

Black Mask [Vol. XXVI No. 5, March 1944] (15¢, pulp, cover by Rafael M. DeSoto)

8 · Murder Goes to Market [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · nv

49 · Hands Down [Mike O’Hanna] · Dale Clark · nv

66 · Death for a Dollar [Rex Sackler] · D. L. Champion · nv
not the same as the story of the same name in the January 1950 issue.

85 · Clues in the Night [Doc Rennie] · C. P. Donnel, Jr. · ss

96 · Tears for Little Willie · Clyde Morehead · vi

98 · Call the Undertaker · Ted Stratton · ss

Black Mask [Vol. XXVI No. 6, May 1944] (15¢, pulp, cover by Rafael M. DeSoto)

8 · The Hound with the Golden Eye [Luther McGavock] · Merle Constiner · nv

43 · The Corpse Pays Cash [Rex Sackler] · D. L. Champion · nv

59 · Death Without Blackstone · Clyde Morehead · ss

66 · Don’t Ration Murder · Julius Long · ss

82 · Monkey See · Dale Clark · ss

97 · An Earful for Willie · Richard Dermody · ss

103 · Handwriting on the Wall · H. Wolff Salz · ss

Black Mask [Vol. XXVI No. 7, July 1944] ed. K. S. White (Fictioneers, Inc., 15¢, 114pp, pulp, cover by Rafael DeSoto)
Details supplied by Katherine Harper.

8 · Picture Frame · Cornell Woolrich · nv

29 · Murder Theme · Carroll John Daly · ss

46 · Slay on Sight [Mike O’Hanna] · Dale Clark · ss

62 · Dead Men Don’t Ask Questions · Ennen Reaves Hall · ss

82 · Merely Murder [Ben Corbett] · Julius Long · nv

97 · Sing for Your Slaughter · W. T. Ballard · ss

Black Mask [Vol. XXVI No. 8, September 1944] (15¢, pulp, cover by Rafael M. DeSoto)

10 · The White Walker [Doc Rennie] · C. P. Donnel, Jr. · ss

30 · Cash as Cash Can [Rex Sackler] · D. L. Champion · nv

45 · The Nip and the Bite [Mike O’Hanna] · Dale Clark · ss

58 · Without Benefit of Camera · K. M. Knight · nv

89 · Suicide Soup · Ken Lewis · ss

Black Mask [Vol. XXVI No. 9, November 1944] ed. K. S. White (Fictioneers, Inc., 15¢, pulp, cover by Rafael DeSoto) (Full Text)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

6 · Lifting the January Black Mask · [uncredited] · ms

6 · Can You Stick to Your Guns? · Julius Long · qz

10 · Murder A.W.O.L. [Cellini Smith] · Robert Reeves · nv

30 · A Taste for Cognac [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday · nv

55 · Blind Bogey [Ben Corbett] · Julius Long · nv

66 · Killer Stay ’Way from My Door [Luther McGavock] · Merle Constiner · nv

Black Mask [Vol. XXVI No. 10, January 1945] ed. K. S. White (Fictioneers, Inc., 15¢, pulp)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

6 · Lifting the March Black Mask · [uncredited] · ms

6 · Can You Stick to Your Guns? · Julius Long · qz

10 · Blood, Sweat and Biers [Cellini Smith] · Robert Reeves · ss

30 · Leave Your Killing Card [Ben Corbett] · Julius Long · nv

41 · Good Hunting [Doc Rennie] · C. P. Donnel, Jr. · ss

50 · A Corpse Means Cash [Rex Sackler] · D. L. Champion · nv

64 · That’s Murder for You! [Mike O’Hanna] · Dale Clark · nv

Black Mask [Vol. XXVI No. 11, March 1945] (15¢, pulp, cover by Gloria Stoll)

10 · Until the Undertaker Comes [Luther McGavock] · Merle Constiner · nv

37 · Dead as in Blonde [Rex Sackler] · D. L. Champion · ss

49 · Murder Had a Little Lamb [Mike O’Hanna] · Dale Clark · ss

61 · Get Your Own Corpse [Ken O’Hara] · H. H. Stinson · ss

78 · Goon My Way [Ben Corbett] · Julius Long · ss

Black Mask [Vol. XXVI No. 12, May 1945] (15¢, pulp, cover by Gloria Stoll)

10 · The Creeps · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · nv

29 · Dressed to Kill · W. T. Ballard · ss

42 · A Noose for Little Nemo · H. H. Stinson · nv

62 · The Witch of Birdfoot Ranch · Merle Constiner · ss

75 · Caliente · James R. McKenna · vi

78 · Carnie Kill [Ben Corbett] · Julius Long · nv

Black Mask [v27 #1, July 1945] (15¢, pulp, cover by Rafael M. DeSoto)

· [interior artwork] · Peter Kuhlhoff · il

8 · Spend, Killer, Spend! [Rex Sackler] · D. L. Champion · nv

24 · The Witch of Endor County [Ben Corbett] · Julius Long · nv

38 · Open and Shut [Mike O’Hanna] · Dale Clark · nv

53 · Jail Will Be Lonely · Michael Sutton · ss

62 · Here’s Homicide · Henry Norton · ss

74 · Dig Down Deep · Frances Beck · ss

79 · Death on Ice · Fergus Truslow · ss

87 · The Catalyst · Anthony Boucher · ss

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