Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

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Black Mask [v29 #4, March 1947] (15¢, pulp) 8 · Dead on Arrival [Luther McGavock] · Merle Constiner · nv 33 · You’ll Never Grow Old · Coleman Meyer · ss 42 · Out of This World [Willie Carmody; Margaret O’Leary] · Robert C. Dennis · nv 62 · A Murder for Mac [Mortimer Jones] · William Campbell Gault · ss 81 · The Corpse with the Bloody Nose [Mike O’Hanna] · Dale Clark · nv

Black Mask [v30 #1, May 1947] (25¢, pulp) 10 · Too Mean to Die [Rex Sackler] · D. L. Champion · nv 30 · An Oscar for O’Leary [Willie Carmody; Margaret O’Leary] · Robert C. Dennis · nv 54 · Dig Me a Deep Grave [Rick Trent] · Norman A. Daniels · nv 82 · One Life to a Customer [Ben Corbett] · Julius Long · nv 110 · And Death Did Them Part [Duane] · R. M. F. Joses · ss

Black Mask [v30 #2, July 1947] (25¢, pulp) 6 · The Constant Shadow [Mortimer Jones] · William Campbell Gault · nv 28 · Murder’s No Libel [Ken O’Hara] · H. H. Stinson · nv 55 · A Killer in the Crowd · Bruno Fischer · ss 58 · High Voltage Homicide · Henry Norton · ss 66 · Concerto for Guns · Michael Sutton · nv 100 · Padlocked Pockets [Rex Sackler] · D. L. Champion · ss 119 · Never Call the Cops · Ed Edstrom · ss

Black Mask [v30 #3, September 1947] (25¢, pulp) 6 · Murder Makes the Cock Crow · Fergus Truslow · nv 28 · Don’t Look Behind You · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · nv 58 · My Dying Day [Rick Trent] · Norman A. Daniels · nv 85 · Blood-Red and Beautiful · Tom Marvin · ss 94 · To Each His Corpse · Burt Sims · nv 115 · Manhattan Horse Opera · John D. MacDonald · ss

Black Mask [v30 #4, November 1947] ed. K. S. White (Fictioneers, Inc., 25¢, pulp, cover by Peter Stevens) Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · Lifting the January Black Mask · Anon. · ms 8 · The Case of the Sleeping Beauty [Mortimer Jones] · William Campbell Gault · nv 26 · Down Payment on Death [Rex Sackler] · D. L. Champion · nv 46 · Call in the Coroner [Ben Corbett] · Julius Long · nv 72 · Red Pearls [Duane] · R. M. F. Joses · nv 96 · Please Kill Me Carefully · H. H. Stinson · ss 116 · Middleman for Murder · Bruno Fischer · ss

Black Mask [v31 #1, January 1948] (25¢, pulp) 6 · Bury Me Not [Luther McGavock] · Merle Constiner · nv 29 · Keep the Killing Quiet · C. P. Donnel, Jr. · ss 32 · Red Christmas · George F. Kull · ss 40 · Murder Tops the Cast [Willie Carmody; Margaret O’Leary] · Robert C. Dennis · nv 68 · Death Is No Stranger [Rick Trent] · Norman A. Daniels · nv 96 · Snow at Waikiki [Johnny Ford] · Curtis Cluff · nv

Black Mask [v31 #2, March 1948] ed. K. S. White (Fictioneers Inc., 25¢, pulp, cover by Peter Stevens) Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · Lifting the May Black Mask · Anon. · ms 8 · No Substitute for Murder · H. H. Stinson · nv 30 · The Corpse with Green Hair · Fergus Truslow · ss 40 · Hanging Is Too Good · Robert Martin · nv 64 · Red Runaround [Mortimer Jones] · William Campbell Gault · nv 85 · Killer Come Home · Curt Hamlin · ss 90 · Your Funeral—Not Mine · W. Lee Herrington · ss 102 · Death Takes a Dive · Donn Mullally · nv 126 · Bullet Fingerprints · Lon Clark · ar

Black Mask [v31 #3, May 1948] ed. K. S. White (Fictioneers Inc., 25¢, pulp, cover by Peter Stevens) Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · Lifting the July Black Mask · Anon. · ms 8 · You’ll Never Die Rich [Johnny Ford] · Curtis Cluff · nv 40 · Pattern for Shrouds · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · nv 66 · The Man Who Chose the Devil [Manville Moon] · Richard Deming · nv 92 · Death Is No Bargain · George F. Kull · nv 116 · No Match for Murder · Day Keene · ss 125 · Can You Take the Witness? · Julius Long · pz

Black Mask [v31 #4, July 1948] (25¢, pulp) 6 · Leave Killings to the Cops [Johnny Ford] · Curtis Cluff · nv 35 · License to Kill · Norman A. Daniels · ss 44 · Don’t Bet on Death · William Campbell Gault · ss 56 · A Shot in the Arm [Manville Moon] · Richard Deming · na 86 · Eeney-Meeny-Money—Murder! · Victor K. Ray · ss 96 · Bury Me Last · W. Lee Herrington · nv 117 · Big-Time Operator · Paul W. Fairman · ss

Black Mask [v32 #1, September 1948] (25¢, pulp) 6 · Murder Is a Pleasure · H. H. Stinson · nv 30 · A Corpse Can’t Run · D. L. Champion · nv 52 · Goodbye, Enemy · John H. Knox · ss 64 · Side Bet on Death [Duane] · R. M. F. Joses · nv 88 · The Case of the Carved Model · John D. MacDonald · ss 99 · Killer Bait · Terry O. K. Burleson · ss 110 · Shoot if You Must · Barry Cord · ss

Black Mask [v32 #2, November 1948] (25¢, pulp) (Full Text) 8 · Overdose of Lead · Curtis Cluff · nv 36 · The Bloody Bokhara · William Campbell Gault · nv 67 · Gun in His Back · Coleman Meyer · ss 72 · Harm’s Way · Tom Marvin · ss 92 · Odds on Death · Don M. Mankiewicz · ss 100 · Cry Silence · Fredric Brown · ss 104 · Dead Men Can’t Welsh · Mel Colton · ss

Black Mask [v32 #3, January 1949] ed. K. S. White (Fictioneers Inc., 25¢, pulp, cover by Peter Stevens) Details taken from Table of Contents. 8 · No Pockets in a Shroud [Manville Moon] · Richard Deming · na 56 · Trouble on Circuit 13 · Robert J. McCaig · ss 68 · Legitimately Dead · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · nv 92 · Ear-Witness · Maurice Beam · ss 96 · Somebody for the Wolves · Robinson MacLean · ss 104 · Extra Alibi · D. L. Champion · ss Can You Take the Witness? · Julius Long · pz Bullets, Ballistics and Bloodshed · J. E. B. Cole · ar Lifting the March Black Mask · Anon. · ms

Black Mask [v32 #4, March 1949] (Fictioneers Inc., 25¢, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · Crime, Murder, and Guns · J. E. B. Cole · ar 10 · Killing All Men! · John D. MacDonald · na 33 · Sing a Song of Murder · Marvin J. Jones · ss 42 · Something Dead Has Been Added · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · nv 64 · Frame for a Dame · Dean Evans · ss 74 · The High Cost of Dying · Edward van der Rhoer · ss 77 · Lifting the May Black Mask · Anon. · ms 78 · Let’s All Swing Together [Clinton L. Colby] · Robert Martin · nv 100 · Kiss the Corpse Good-By · Scott O’Hara · ss 106 · Flaming Angel · Frederick C. Davis · nv

Black Mask [v33 #1, May 1949] (Fictioneers Inc., 25¢, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 8 · Pardon My Poison Platters · Fergus Truslow · nv 30 · Diary of a Deadly Dame · Marian O’Hearn · ss 48 · Copper, Come Back to Me · John P. Foran · ss 58 · Murder in One Syllable · John D. MacDonald · nv 81 · Popular Films · Ted Palmer · mr 82 · Five O’Clock Menace · Bruno Fischer · ss 89 · Lifting the July Black Mask · Anon. · ms 90 · Death’s Glass Slipper [Clinton L. Colby] · Robert Martin · nv 114 · Suicidal Slay Ride · Ed Barcelo · ss

Black Mask [v33 #2, July 1949] (Fictioneers, Inc., 25¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) Details supplied by James Felton. 6 · Popular Films · Ted Palmer · mr 8 · Big Shots Die Young [Manville Moon] · Richard Deming · na 34 · Heritage of Hate · John D. MacDonald · ss 45 · Die, Die Again · W. Lee Herrington · ss 57 · Lifting the September Black Mask · Anon. · ms 58 · Richest Man in the Graveyard [Clinton L. Colby] · Robert Martin · nv 76 · Boulevard Buzzards · Harold Preece · ss 79 · Behind the Black Mask · [The Readers] · lc 80 · Her Dagger Before Me [Ed Rivers (aka Lloyd Carter)] · Talmage Powell · nv 97 · Through the Murder Glass · Larry Marcus · ss 104 · Last Kill and Testament · Frank Gordon · ss 107 · Death’s 43 Days · Edward A. Herron · vi 110 · These Dead Hands Reaching · Robert P. Toombs · nv

Black Mask [v33 #3, September 1949] (Fictioneers, Inc., 25¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) Details supplied by Tom Daniels from Table of Contents. 6 · Popular Films · Ted Palmer · mr 7 · How Safe’s a Safe? · Joseph W. Quinn · ar 8 · Man’s Best Fiend · Robert Turner · na 34 · The Slay’s the Thing · Phil Richards · ss 47 · Murder Express · Hiawatha Jones · ss 55 · Behind the Black Mask · [The Readers] · lc 56 · Blackmail Backfire [Rex Sackler] · D. L. Champion · nv 73 · Collect from a Corpse [Joe Ragan] · Louis L’Amour · ss 83 · Lifting the November Black Mask · Anon. · ms 84 · Not Necessarily Dead · Robert P. Toombs · nv 104 · Back Door to Hell · James Hall · ss 112 · Let Me Kill You, Sweetheart · Frederick C. Davis · nv

Black Mask [v33 #4, November 1949] (25¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) 10 · The 7th Pallbearer [Willie Carmody] · Robert C. Dennis · nv 50 · The Corpse Didn’t Kick · Milton K. Ozaki · ss 63 · Moonlight ’n’ Murder · Graham Goulden · ss 72 · Her Favorite Alibi · Julius Long · ss 89 · Make with a Wake · John Krill · ss 97 · Crime Waits for No Man · Edward van der Rhoer · ss 102 · Steal Your Own Grave · E. A. Morris · nv

Black Mask [v34 #1, January 1950] (Fictioneers, Inc., 25¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) Details supplied by James Felton. 6 · Behind the Black Mask · [The Readers] · lc 8 · Dirge in Bolero Time [Clinton L. Colby] · Robert Martin · na 31 · Lifting the March Black Mask · Anon. · ms 32 · Stop, You’re Killing Me! · Robert C. Dennis · ss 45 · Homicide—According to Hoyle · Herb Schneiderman · ss 52 · Death for a Dollar [Rex Sackler] · D. L. Champion · ss; not the same as the story of the same name in the March 1944 issue. 67 · Come Hell or Hot Water! · Tedd Thomey · ss 76 · The Lady Grooms a Corpse · Bruno Fischer · nv 91 · One Sunk Punk · Philip Ketchum · ss 100 · The Murder’s All Mine · Roy Lopez · ss 104 · Swansong for an Ugly Duckling · Marian O’Hearn · nv

Black Mask [v34 #2, March 1950] (Fictioneers, Inc., 25¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · Crime Quirks · Harold Helfer · ar 8 · Fan Forum · [The Readers] · lc 10 · Slayer at Sea · Fred Lane · na 44 · Drop Dead Twice · Hank Searls · ss 53 · Boozer Take All · Walter Snow · ss 58 · Swing Low, Sweet Casket · Frederick C. Davis · nv 85 · Skid-Row Slaughter · Bryce Walton · ss 96 · Epitaph for an Eager Beaver · John P. Foran · ss 107 · Lifting the May Black Mask · Anon. · ms 108 · Hot-Rod Homicide · Dean Evans · nv

Black Mask Detective Title changed from Black Mask. Publishers: Popular Publications, Inc.; 2256 Grove Street, Chicago, IL: Black Mask Detective

Black Mask Detective [v34 #3, May 1950] (Fictioneers, Inc., 25¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · Court of Laughs · Harold Helfer · ar 10 · Fan Forum · [The Readers] · lc 12 · Lifting the July Black Mask · Anon. · ms 14 · Glitter Street Nightmare · Robert C. Dennis · nv 39 · Homicide Honeymoon · Tedd Thomey · ss 49 · Always Leave ’Em Dying · Jim T. Pearce · ss 58 · Murder Is the Best Policy · Albert Simmons · ss 74 · A Kill for the Bride · Robert P. Toombs · nv 99 · The Random Kee-Whango · Rufe Bakal · ss 105 · The High Cost of Lying · John Bender · ss 110 · Dead-End Darling · Dorothy Dunn · ss

Black Mask Detective [v34 #4, July 1950] (25¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) 12 · Lost in the Shrouds [Clinton L. Colby] · Robert Martin · nv 37 · Bring Your Own Body · Owen Couey · ss 52 · Jukebox Jungle · John D. MacDonald · ss 69 · Shutterbug’s Long Shot · Harmon Bellamy · ss 72 · Nice Girls Don’t Murder · Hank Searls · ss 90 · Satan’s Step-Daughter · Charles Beckman · ss; given as by Charles J. Beckman. 104 · All Work and No Slay · D. Westcott Gouldner · ss 106 · Nine Kills to Paradise · Robert Turner · nv

Black Mask Detective [v35 #1, September 1950] (Fictioneers, Inc., 25¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) Given as v35 #5 in the Table of Contents. Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · Fan Forum · [The Readers] · lc 10 · Murder’s Little Helper [Willie Carmody] · Robert C. Dennis · nv 49 · Don’t Kill, My Love · Paul Kolton · ss 63 · Aces and Eights · Ellis G. Curtis · ss 72 · Patsy in Slaughter-Land [Black Burton] · Nels Leroy Jorgensen · ss Black Mask Jul 1932, as “New Boss” 91 · A Matter of Timing · Larry J. Marcus · vi 95 · Mum’s the Corpse · R. M. F. Joses · ss 103 · Lifting the November Black Mask · Anon. · ms 104 · The Blonde Who Wouldn’t Die · Frederick C. Davis · nv

Black Mask Detective [v35 #2, November 1950] (25¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) 12 · Five O’Clock Shroud [Manville Moon] · Richard Deming · na 39 · Hell Is What You Make It · Robert Turner · ss 50 · Dead-End for Delia · William Campbell Gault · nv 60 · Disc-Jockey Dirge · Albert Simmons · ss 76 · Die, Gypsy, Die! · Richard E. Glendinning · ss 85 · Mayhem Patrol · John Bender · ss 96 · Of Time and Murder · Cornell Woolrich · nv Detective Fiction Weekly Mar 15 1941

Black Mask Detective [v35 #3, January 1951] (25¢, pulp) 2 · Scandal-Time Gal · Dean Evans · nv 26 · I Thee Kill · Robert C. Dennis · ss 40 · He Looked Like Murder · Cornell Woolrich · nv Detective Fiction Weekly Feb 8 1941 68 · Banshee [Candid Jones] · Richard Sale · nv Detective Fiction Weekly Apr 9 1938 82 · For the Rest of Your Death · Robert Turner · ss 87 · The Coroner’s Hand · Robert Arthur · ss Detective Fiction Weekly Jun 17 1939 96 · The Green Widow [Sergeant Brinkhaus] · Frederick Nebel · ss Detective Fiction Weekly Feb 11 1933