Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

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Black Mask [v37 #2, Spring 2018] ed. Matthew Moring (Altus Press, $14.95, 94pp, quarto, cover by James Lunnon) Details supplied by Denny Lien. 1 · Behind the Mask · [The Editor] · ed 4 · The Lookalike Killer · Robb T. White · ss 12 · Claire’s Wasn’t · Jonathan Sheppard · ss 16 · The Isle of the Dolls · Richard Billingsley · ss 20 · Just Another Job, That Doesn’t Pay Very Well · J. D. Graves · ss 26 · Wicked, Wicked Rain · Brian Townsley · ss 32 · The Griffin’s Living Death [Gordon Manning; The Griffin] · J. Allan Dunn · nv Detective Fiction Weekly Mar 16 1935 42 · The Unholy Crew · Paul Ernst · nv Detective Tales Feb 1938 53 · Swamp Fetish [Armless O’Neil] · Dan Cushman · na Jungle Stories Win 1949/’50 74 · The White Peril · Frederick Nebel · nv North•West Stories Jan #1 1926 82 · Spy Against Europe [John Barnes] · H. Bedford-Jones · nv Argosy Feb 23 1935

Black Mask [v37 #3, (April) 2019] ed. Matthew Moring (Altus Press, $19.95, 142pp, quarto) Described as the “2019 Yearbook” on the cover and running heads. Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · Behind the Mask · [The Editor] · ed 4 · Prize Fight · Brian Townsley · ss 9 · In Custody · Jane Jakeman · ss 13 · Fight Music · Brian Stanley · ss 15 · Innocent Made Guilty · Hannah Honeybun · ss 24 · The Evolution of the Femme Fatale in Raymond Chandler’s The Little Sister · Katrina Younes · ar [Raymond Chandler] 27 · Lady Death · William Burton McCormick · ss 31 · Sucker Punch · Frank Megna · ss 38 · The Guilty · Jonathan Sheppard · ss 51 · The Maltese Terrier · Michael Bracken · ss 57 · Twelve Good Men and True · Jim Doherty · ss 67 · Lyubka the Cossack · Isaac Babel; translated by Boris Dralyuk · ss Odessa Stories, Pushkin 2016 69 · Lock the Death House Door! [Inspector Allhoff] · D. L. Champion · nv Dime Detective Magazine Dec 1938 78 · Slippery Fingers [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · ss The Black Mask Oct 15 1923, as by Peter Collinson 83 · Three Gun Terry [“Three-Gun” Terry Mack] · Carroll John Daly · nv The Black Mask May 15 1923 97 · Nobody’s Fall Guy · Frederick Nebel · nv Detective Fiction Weekly Aug 8 1931 106 · Kentucky Kickback [Mr. Maddox] · T. T. Flynn · na Dime Detective Magazine May 1940 127 · The Green Ghoul [Clay “Oke” Oakley; Secrets, Inc.] · Frederick C. Davis · nv Dime Detective Magazine Jun 15 1935

Black Mask (Canada):    (about) Initially a Canadian reprint edition of Black Mask; later reprinted stories from other US detective pulps. Precise number of issues not known.

Black Mask (Canada) Publishers: Popular Publications; 100 Adelaide St. W., Toronto 1, Ontario: Black Mask (Canada)

Black Mask (Canada) [v10 #9, June 1932] (Pro-Distributors Publishing Company, Inc., 20¢, pulp, cover by J. W. Schlaikjer) Identical contents to the US issue of the same date. Details supplied by Rob Preston. 5 · Editorial · [The Editor] · ed Black Mask Jun 1932 6 · Fast One 3: Velvet [Gerry Kells; S. Granquist] · Paul Cain · nv Black Mask Jun 1932 30 · The Golden Rule [Jerry Frost] · Horace McCoy · ss Black Mask Jun 1932 45 · Cooking Crooks [Ed Jenkins; Norma Gay] · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss Black Mask Jun 1932 64 · They Don’t Shake Hands in Arkansas [Slats Kirke] · Thomson Burtis · ss Black Mask Jun 1932 76 · The Amateur Murderer [Part 3 of 4; Race Williams] · Carroll John Daly · sl Black Mask Jun 1932 95 · The Black Sampan [Jo Gar] · Ramon Decolta · ss Black Mask Jun 1932 106 · A Touch of Nature [Red Saunders] · Henry Wallace Phillips · ss McClure’s Jan 1905 113 · Reform Racket · Norbert Davis · ss Black Mask Jun 1932 123 · Short Skits on Black Mask Writers · Anon. · ms Black Mask Jun 1932

Black Mask (Canada) [August 1932] (20¢, pulp) Incomplete Data - Issue not found - probably identical contents to the US issue of the same date. Need Contents Shake-Up [Donny Donahue] · Frederick Nebel · nv Black Mask Aug 1932 Fugitive [Part 1 of 4] · Joseph T. Shaw · sl Black Mask Aug 1932

Black Mask (Canada) [v15 #11, January 1933] (20¢, pulp, cover by J. W. Schlaikjer) Identical contents to the US issue of the same date. Details taken from Table of Contents. 7 · Credit Where Credit Is Due · [The Editor] · ed Black Mask Jan 1933 8 · Murder by Request [Ben Jardinn] · Raoul F. Whitfield · nv Black Mask Jan 1933 31 · Close Call [Ken Corning] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Black Mask Jan 1933 51 · Beyond All Light [Jerry Tracy] · Theodore A. Tinsley · ss Black Mask Jan 1933 62 · The Deal · John Onslow · ss Black Mask Jan 1933 75 · Police Business [Dal Prentice] · Roger Torrey · ss Black Mask Jan 1933 91 · Dirty Linen [Percy Warren] · William Rollins, Jr. · ss Black Mask Jan 1933 106 · The Price of a Rod [“Mac” Macnamara] · Tom Curry · ss Black Mask Jan 1933 124 · February’s Great Line-Up · Anon. · ms Black Mask Jan 1933

Black Mask (Canada) [v16 #5, July 1933] (20¢, pulp) Probably identical contents to the US issue of the same date. Details taken from eBay listing. If Death Is Respectable [Race Williams] · Carroll John Daly · nv Black Mask Jul 1933 Devil’s Fire [Ken Corning] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Black Mask Jul 1933 Somebody Stole My Pal [Jerry Tracy] · Theodore A. Tinsley · ss Black Mask Jul 1933 The Amber Fan [Jo Gar] · Ramon Decolta · ss Black Mask Jul 1933 A Man Who’ll Talk · Donald Barr Chidsey · ss Black Mask Jul 1933 Double Check · Thomas Walsh · ss Black Mask Jul 1933 Song and Dance [Donny Donahue] · Frederick L. Nebel · ss Black Mask Jul 1933

Black Mask (Canada) [v18 #11, January 1936] (20¢, pulp, cover by John Drew) Identical contents to the US issue of the same date. Details taken from eBay listing. 7 · Firearms and Crime · [The Editor] · ed Black Mask Jan 1936 8 · Guns at Cyrano’s [Ted Malvern] · Raymond Chandler · nv Black Mask Jan 1936 38 · Fan Dance [Kennedy of the Free Press; Captain Steve MacBride] · Frederick Nebel · nv Black Mask Jan 1936 63 · Death Song · Paul Cain · ss Black Mask Jan 1936 75 · ‘G-Man’ Chuck Thompson [Chuck Thompson] · Dwight V. Babcock · nv Black Mask Jan 1936 97 · Numbers with Lead [Bill Lennox] · W. T. Ballard · nv Black Mask Jan 1936 123 · Warner Bros.—Black Mask Clue Club Mystery Contest Story No. 12 The Murder of Dr. Harrigan · Anon. · cn Black Mask Jan 1936 128 · In February · Anon. · ms Black Mask Jan 1936

Black Mask (Canada) [v19 #10, December 1936] (20¢, pulp, cover by John Drew) Identical contents to the US issue of the same date. Details taken from eBay listing. 12 · Angelfish [Oscar Sail] · Lester Dent · nv Black Mask Dec 1936 31 · Panic · E. G. Morris · ss Black Mask Dec 1936 40 · Murder on the Side · Dwight V. Babcock · nv Black Mask Dec 1936 64 · Whipsawed [Bill Lennox] · W. T. Ballard · nv Black Mask Dec 1936 86 · The Irish Have it [Pat McCarthy] · Roger Torrey · nv Black Mask Dec 1936 107 · Thoroughbred · James Duncan · ss Black Mask Dec 1936 117 · Dutch Treat · Paul Cain · ss Black Mask Dec 1936 126 · Address Unknown · James Francis Bonnell · vi Black Mask Dec 1936

Black Mask (Canada) [v20 #4, June 1937] (20¢, pulp, cover by J. George Janes) Identical contents to the US issue of the same date. 8 · The Parson Tells a Lie [The Parson] · James Duncan · nv Black Mask Jun 1937 30 · Mary, Mary, the Secretary · Eric Howard · ss Black Mask Jun 1937 39 · The Amateur Detective · [The Readers] · lc Black Mask Jun 1937 40 · Double Check [Otto] · H. Randolph Peacock · nv Black Mask Jun 1937 61 · Ask Me Another [Oliver Quade] · Frank Gruber · ss Black Mask Jun 1937 72 · Hillbilly Stuff [Shean Connell] · Roger Torrey · nv Black Mask Jun 1937 94 · Murder Cruise [Black Burton] · Nels Leroy Jorgensen · ss Black Mask Jun 1937 112 · Mimic Murder · Cornell Woolrich · ss Black Mask Jun 1937 127 · Set for Life · Gene Gilbert · vi Black Mask Jun 1937

Black Mask (Canada) [August 1937] (20¢, pulp) Incomplete Data - Issue not found - probably identical contents to the US issue of the same date. Need Contents Murder Is News [Jerry Tracy] · Theodore Tinsley · nv Black Mask Aug 1937 Plumes of Slaughter [Miles Standish Rice] · Baynard H. Kendrick · nv Black Mask Aug 1937 Stormy Nocturne · Emile C. Tepperman · ss Black Mask Aug 1937 Just a Nice Girl [Shean Connell] · Roger Torrey · nv Black Mask Aug 1937 Murder at Eight [Tony Key] · Steve Fisher · nv Black Mask Aug 1937 The Razzberry · H. W. Guernsey · vi Black Mask Aug 1937

Black Mask (Canada) [February 1938] (20¢, pulp) Incomplete Data - Issue not found - probably identical contents to the US issue of the same date. Need Contents Shake-Up [Donny Donahue] · Frederick Nebel · nv Black Mask Aug 1932 Fugitive [Part 1 of 4] · Joseph T. Shaw · sl Black Mask Aug 1932 Murder in Error · Horace McCoy · ss Black Mask Aug 1932 Fast One 4: The Heat [Gerry Kells; S. Granquist] · Paul Cain · nv Black Mask Aug 1932 Renegade · Thomson Burtis · ss Black Mask Aug 1932

Black Mask (Canada) [v22 #6, August 1941] (15¢, pulp) Incomplete Data - Issue not found. Need Contents Dance Macabre · Robert Reeves · nv Black Mask Apr 1941 Murder Done in Gold [Broadway Squad] · John Lawrence · nv Black Mask Apr 1941 Vacation with Pay [Rex Sackler] · D. L. Champion · nv Black Mask Apr 1941

Black Mask (Canada) [October 1941] (Popular Publications, Toronto, 15¢, pulp) Reprint of the May 1941 (US) issue, plus an additional story by Hallack McCord. The Chinese Never Forget [Ed Jenkins; Ngat T’oy] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Black Mask May 1941, as “The Chinese People” Once Around the Clock [Jack “Flashgun” Casey] · George Harmon Coxe · nv Black Mask May 1941 Blood Is Quicker Than Water · S. Omar Barker · ss Black Mask May 1941 Finders Takers · M. C. Clay · ss Black Mask May 1941 Satan in Short Pants [Nickie] · C. G. Tahney · nv Black Mask May 1941 Murder Parade [Lieutenant Canavan] · Cleve F. Adams · ss Black Mask May 1941 [unknown story] · Hallack McCord · ss (r)

Black Mask (Canada) [November 1941] (15¢, pulp) Incomplete Data - Issue not found. Need Contents Over My Dead Body [Special Squad] · Stewart Sterling · nv Black Mask Jun 1941 The Cat with a Headache [Cellini Smith] · Robert Reeves · nv Black Mask Jun 1941 Split Fee [Rex Sackler] · D. L. Champion · nv Black Mask Jun 1941

Black Mask (Canada) [March 1942] (Popular Publications, Toronto, 15¢, pulp) Incomplete Data - Issue not found. Need Contents Pick Up the Marbles [Rex Sackler] · D. L. Champion · nv Black Mask Oct 1941 San Quentin Quail [Mike O’Hanna] · Dale Clark · nv Black Mask Oct 1941

Black Mask (Canada) [v25 #2, April 1942] (Popular Publications, Toronto, 15¢, 112pp, pulp) Partial reprint of the November 1941 (US) issue. Details supplied by Rob Preston. 4 · Don’t Bury Me at All [Special Squad] · Stewart Sterling · nv Black Mask Nov 1941 32 · Murder Is a Swell Idea [Bill Lennox] · W. T. Ballard · nv Black Mask Nov 1941 53 · Picture Me Dead! · Peter Paige · na Black Mask Nov 1941 70 · Killers Are Camera Shy [Part 3 of 3; Jack “Flashgun” Casey] · George Harmon Coxe · sl Black Mask Nov 1941 105 · Invitation to Murder · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · ss Black Mask Nov 1941 122 · Behind the Black Mask · [The Readers] · lc Black Mask Nov 1941

Black Mask (Canada) [August 1942] (15¢, pulp) Incomplete Data - Issue not found - probably a reprint of the February 1942 (US) issue. Need Contents Murder, Maestro, Please · John Lawrence · nv Black Mask Feb 1942

Black Mask (Canada) [September 1942] (15¢, pulp) Incomplete Data - Issue not found - probably a reprint of the March 1942 (US) issue. Need Contents Murder Pays 7 to 1 [Rex Sackler] · D. L. Champion · ss Black Mask Mar 1942 Kindly Omit Flowers [Special Squad] · Stewart Sterling · nv Black Mask Mar 1942

Black Mask (Canada) [October 1942] (15¢, pulp) Incomplete Data - Issue not found - probably a reprint of the April 1942 (US) issue. Need Contents Two Dead Hands [Ed Jenkins] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Black Mask Apr 1942 Corpse-Eye View [Doc Rennie] · C. P. Donnel, Jr. · nv Black Mask Apr 1942

Black Mask (Canada) [November 1942] (15¢, pulp) Incomplete Data - Issue not found - probably a reprint of the May 1942 (US) issue. Need Contents Dormant Account · Cornell Woolrich · nv Black Mask May 1942

Black Mask (Canada) [December 1942] (15¢, pulp) Incomplete Data - Issue not found - probably a reprint of the June 1942 (US) issue. Need Contents Murder in the Red [Jack “Flashgun” Casey] · George Harmon Coxe · nv Black Mask Jun 1942 The Dancing Rats [Dr. Nick Adams] · Richard Sale · nv Black Mask Jun 1942; not the same as the story of the same name in the February 27, 1937 issue of Detective Fiction Weekly.

Black Mask (Canada) [January 1943] (15¢, pulp) Incomplete Data - Issue not found - probably a reprint of the July 1942 (US) issue. Need Contents Blow the Man Down [Special Squad] · Stewart Sterling · nv Black Mask Jul 1942 3 Kills for 1 · Cornell Woolrich · nv Black Mask Jul 1942

Black Mask (Canada) [v26 #9, February 1943] (Popular Publications, Inc., 15¢, pulp) Incomplete Data - Issue not found - probably a reprint of the August 1942 (US) issue. Need Contents Dead Ahead Lies Yesterday [Doc Rennie] · C. P. Donnel, Jr. · nv Black Mask Aug 1942 Killer, Can You Spare a Dime? [Rex Sackler] · D. L. Champion · nv Black Mask Aug 1942