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Black Mask (Canada) [March 1943] (15¢, pulp)
Incomplete Data - Issue not found - probably a reprint of the September 1942 (US) issue.

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Donovan’s Brain [Part 1 of 3; Dr. Patrick Cory] · Curt Siodmak · n. Black Mask Sep 1942
Dead Letter [Rod Case] · John K. Butler · ss Black Mask Sep 1942
Say It with Murder [Mike O’Hanna] · Dale Clark · ss Black Mask Sep 1942

Black Mask (Canada) [v26 #10, April 1943] (15¢, pulp)
Incomplete Data - Issue not found - probably a reprint of the October 1942 (US) issue.

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Murder by the Ears [Rex Sackler] · D. L. Champion · nv Black Mask Oct 1942
Blood on the Book [Doc Rennie] · C. P. Donnel, Jr. · ss Black Mask Oct 1942

Black Mask (Canada) [May 1943] (15¢, pulp)
Incomplete Data - Issue not found - probably a reprint of the November 1942 (US) issue.

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A Taste for Murder [Cellini Smith] · Robert Reeves · nv Black Mask Nov 1942
Now I Slay Me— [Mike O’Hanna] · Dale Clark · nv Black Mask Nov 1942

Black Mask (Canada) [v26 #11, June 1943] (Popular Publications, Toronto, 15¢, 112pp, pulp)
Reprint of the December 1942 (US) issue. Details supplied by William Denton.

2 · Behind the Black Mask · [The Readers] · lc Black Mask Dec 1942
4 · Bullets, Back to Back [Special Squad] · Stewart Sterling · nv Black Mask Dec 1942
29 · Death in a Homburg Hat · Harold Joyce · ss Black Mask Dec 1942
38 · Murder Lays the Keel · Hugh Pentecost · nv Black Mask Dec 1942
91 · The Con Man and the Cop [Costello] · W. T. Ballard · ss Black Mask Dec 1942
98 · Two Pin Man · Henry Norton · vi Black Mask Dec 1942
102 · Killer’s Luck · Eric Provost · ss Black Mask Dec 1942

Black Mask (Canada) [v26 #12, July 1943] (15¢, pulp)
Issue not found - probably a reprint of the January 1943 (US) issue.

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Black Mask (Canada) [v26 #13, August 1943] (Popular Publications, Inc., 15¢, pulp)
Incomplete Data - Issue not found - probably a reprint of the February 1943 (US) issue.

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Come Out of the Grave [Rex Sackler] · D. L. Champion · nv Black Mask Feb 1943
Slay as You Go [Mike O’Hanna] · Dale Clark · nv Black Mask Feb 1943

Black Mask (Canada) [v26 #14, September 1943] (Popular Publications, Inc., 15¢, pulp)
Reprint of the March 1943 (US) issue. Details taken from eBay listing.

The Incredible Mister Smith [Ed Jenkins; Ngat T’oy] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Black Mask Mar 1943
Slay, Fiddle, Slay · Henry Norton · ss Black Mask Mar 1943
Coffin Number Three · Philip Ketchum · nv Black Mask Mar 1943
Conspiracy in Sunlight · C. P. Donnel, Jr. · ss Black Mask Mar 1943
Blood on the Lens [Part 3 of 3; Jack “Flashgun” Casey] · George Harmon Coxe · sl Black Mask Mar 1943

Black Mask (Canada) [v26 #15, October 1943] (Popular Publications, Inc., 15¢, pulp)
Incomplete Data - Issue not found - probably a reprint of the May 1943 (US) issue.

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Save a Grave for Me [Peter Trapp, II] · Frederick C. Davis · nv Black Mask May 1943
Mark Hoy’s Death-Stick [“Sah-jin” O’Hara] · Walter C. Brown · nv Black Mask May 1943

Black Mask (Canada) [v26 #16, November 1943] (15¢, pulp)
Issue not found - probably a reprint of the July 1943 (US) issue.

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fc. · [front cover] · Anon. · cv Black Mask Jul 1943
Dead as a Duck [Special Squad] · Stewart Sterling · nv Black Mask Jul 1943

Black Mask (Canada) [v26 #17, December 1943] (Popular Publications, Inc., 15¢, 112pp+, pulp)
Details supplied by Rob Preston. Reprint of the September 1943 (US) issue.

4 · The Gong of Vengeance [Ed Jenkins; Ngat T’oy] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Black Mask Sep 1943
40 · Heads—The Corpse Loses [Rex Sackler] · D. L. Champion · nv Black Mask Sep 1943
59 · No Match for Murder · Julius Long · ss Black Mask Sep 1943
64 · The Brenneke Slug [Mike O’Hanna] · Dale Clark · nv Black Mask Sep 1943
83 · I Thought I’d Die [Peter Trapp, II] · Frederick C. Davis · nv Black Mask Sep 1943

Black Mask (Canada) [v26 #20, March 1944] (Popular Publications, Toronto, 15¢, pulp)
Incomplete Data - Issue not found - probably a reprint of the January 1944 (US) issue.

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A Brain for Sale [Nickie] · C. G. Tahney · nv Black Mask Jan 1944
Murder o’ Mine [Mike O’Hanna] · Dale Clark · nv Black Mask Jan 1944

Black Mask (Canada) [v26 #21, April 1944] (Popular Publications, Toronto, 15¢, pulp)
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Movie Murder · Frank Gruber · ss Detective Fiction Weekly Apr 26 1941

Black Mask (Canada) [v26 #22, May 1944] (Popular Publications, Toronto, 15¢, pulp)
Incomplete Data - Issue not found - probably a reprint of the March 1944 (US) issue.

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Murder Goes to Market [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · nv Black Mask Mar 1944

Black Mask (Canada) [v26 #23, June 1944] (Popular Publications, Toronto, 15¢, 96pp+, pulp)
Details supplied by Rob Preston.

2 · Lifting the July Black Mask · Anon. · ms (r)
4 · The Fatal Footlights · Cornell Woolrich · nv Detective Fiction Weekly Jun 14 1941
21 · Death Flags the Express · William Edward Hayes · ss Detective Fiction Weekly Jun 28 1941
28 · The Chimes of Death · Paul Allenby · ss Detective Fiction Weekly Jun 28 1941
46 · Delayed Action [Candid Jones] · Richard Sale · ss Detective Fiction Weekly Jun 14 1941
55 · Decoy [Part 3 of 6; Rex McBride] · Cleve F. Adams · sl Detective Fiction Weekly Feb 8 1941
70 · Bantam Benny · Robert Arthur · ss Detective Fiction Weekly Jun 28 1941
79 · Call the Undertaker · Ted Stratton · ss Black Mask Mar 1944
85 · Breadline Kill · Walter Ripperger · ss Detective Fiction Weekly Jul 12 1941

Black Mask (Canada) [v26 #22, July 1944] (Popular Publications, Toronto, 15¢, pulp)
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The Corpse Pays Cash [Rex Sackler] · D. L. Champion · nv Black Mask May 1944

Black Mask (Canada) [v26 #23, August 1944] (Popular Publications, Toronto, 15¢, 96pp+, pulp)
Details supplied by Rob Preston.

2 · Lifting the September Black Mask · Anon. · ms
4 · No Time for Mercy · Richard Sale · nv Detective Fiction Aug 20 1941 (+1)
31 · Tape at Eleven · Arthur Leo Zagat · ss Detective Fiction Weekly Aug 2 1941
40 · Death in the Heart of New York · Joseph Fulling Fishman · ts Detective Fiction Weekly Aug 2 1941
50 · Golden Ghosts [Paul C. Pitt] · J. Lane Linklater · ss Detective Fiction Aug 20 1941
60 · The Man with the Radio Mind [Mr. Mystery] · Stuart Towne · ss Detective Fiction Weekly Aug 2 1941
70 · Decoy [Part 5 of 6; Rex McBride] · Cleve F. Adams · sl Detective Fiction Weekly Feb 22 1941
86 · Little Boy Lost · Fredric Brown · ss Detective Fiction Weekly Aug 2 1941
90 · Larceny Gesture · Paul Ernst · ss Detective Fiction Aug 20 1941

Black Mask (Canada) [October 1944] (15¢, pulp)
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Seven Men [Part ? of ?] · Theodore Roscoe · sl (r)

Black Mask (Canada) [January 1945] (15¢, pulp)
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Murder A.W.O.L. [Cellini Smith] · Robert Reeves · nv Black Mask Nov 1944

Black Mask (Canada) [April 1945] (15¢, pulp)
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Killer Stay ’Way from My Door [Luther McGavock] · Merle Constiner · nv Black Mask Nov 1944

Black Mask (Canada) [v36 #30, May 1945] (15¢, pulp)
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The Devil’s Mistress [Part 1 of 4] · Richard Sale · sl Detective Fiction Nov 15 1941 (+6)

Black Mask (Canada) [v36 #31, June 1945] (15¢, pulp)
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Until the Undertaker Comes [Luther McGavock] · Merle Constiner · nv Black Mask Mar 1945
The Devil’s Mistress [Part 2 of 4] · Richard Sale · sl Detective Fiction Nov 15 1941 (+6)

Black Mask (Canada) [v36 #32, July 1945] (Popular Publications, Inc., 15¢, pulp)
Details taken from eBay listing.

The Creeps · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · nv Black Mask May 1945
The Devil’s Mistress [Part 3 of 4] · Richard Sale · sl Detective Fiction Nov 15 1941 (+6)
Dressed to Kill · W. T. Ballard · ss Black Mask May 1945
Carnie Kill [Ben Corbett] · Julius Long · ss Black Mask May 1945
Can You Stick to Your Guns? · Julius Long · qz (r)

Black Mask (Canada) [v36 #33, August 1945] (Popular Publications, Inc., 15¢, pulp)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

2 · Lifting the September Black Mask · Anon. · ms (r)
4 · A Noose for Little Nemo · H. H. Stinson · nv Black Mask May 1945
31 · The Devil’s Mistress [Part 4 of 4] · Richard Sale · sl Detective Fiction Nov 15 1941 (+6)
46 · Trap of the Mongoose [The Mongoose] · Johnston McCulley · nv Detective Fiction Weekly May 27 1933
70 · Red Skies [Tug Norton] · Edward Parrish Ware · ss Detective Fiction Weekly May 27 1933
82 · Hell Around the Corner · Joseph Ivers Lawrence · ss Detective Fiction Weekly Jun 3 1933

Black Mask (Canada) [September 1945] (15¢, pulp)
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Spend, Killer, Spend! [Rex Sackler] · D. L. Champion · nv Black Mask Jul 1945

Black Mask (Canada) [v36 #34, October 1945] (Popular Publications, Inc., 15¢, 96pp+, pulp)
Details supplied by Rob Preston.

4 · The Glowing Head · Herman Landon · nv Detective Fiction Weekly Apr 29 1933
42 · Death Rides at Anchor · Howard Finney, Jr. · ss Detective Fiction Weekly Apr 22 1933
50 · The Witch of Birdfoot Ranch · Merle Constiner · ss Black Mask May 1945
70 · Locoed [T. Ashley] · George Allan England · ss Detective Fiction Weekly May 20 1933
78 · Bodyguard · J. Lane Linklater · ss Detective Fiction Weekly May 13 1933
85 · The Agent of Justice · Ralph R. Perry · ss Detective Fiction Weekly Apr 8 1933

Black Mask (Canada) [November 1945] (pulp)
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Alcoholics Calamitous [Cellini Smith] · Robert Reeves · nv Black Mask Sep 1945

Black Mask (Canada) [December 1945] (pulp)
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Death to the Hunter [Ivy Trask] · Judson P. Philips · nv Detective Fiction Weekly Feb 18 1933

Black Mask (Canada) [v32 #3, January 1949] (25¢, pulp)
Identical contents to the US issue of the same date. Details taken from eBay listing.

8 · No Pockets in a Shroud [Manville Moon] · Richard Deming · na Black Mask Jan 1949
56 · Trouble on Circuit 13 · Robert J. McCaig · ss Black Mask Jan 1949
68 · Legitimately Dead · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · nv Black Mask Jan 1949
92 · Ear-Witness · Maurice Beam · ss Black Mask Jan 1949
96 · Somebody for the Wolves · Robinson MacLean · ss Black Mask Jan 1949
104 · Extra Alibi · D. L. Champion · ss Black Mask Jan 1949

Black Mask (Canada) [v33 #2, July 1949] (Fictioneers Inc., 25¢, pulp)
Identical contents to the US issue of the same date. Details supplied by Rob Preston.

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

Black Mask (Canada) [v33 #3, September 1949] (25¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders)
Identical contents to the US issue of the same date. Details taken from eBay listing.

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

Black Mask (Canada) [November 1949] (25¢, pulp)
Issue not found - probably identical contents to the US issue of the same date.

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The 7th Pallbearer [Willie Carmody] · Robert C. Dennis · nv Black Mask Nov 1949
The Corpse Didn’t Kick · Milton K. Ozaki · ss Black Mask Nov 1949
Her Favorite Alibi · Julius Long · ss Black Mask Nov 1949

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