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The Black Mask (UK) [v1 #11, November 15, 1923] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 9d, 128pp, pulp) Reprint of the November 15, 1923 (US) issue, plus a single story from the March 15, 1923 (US) issue. 2 · The Tombstone of Babette [Cemetery Tale] · Drayton Dunster · ss The Black Mask Mar 15 1923 9 · Where the Road Ends · Robert Lee Heiser · nv The Black Mask Nov 15 1923 37 · Lupsika of the Forest · Elvin J. Owens · ss The Black Mask Nov 15 1923 43 · Hundred Thousand Cache · Royce Brier · ss The Black Mask Nov 15 1923 49 · Water · Clif Hill · ss The Black Mask Nov 15 1923 59 · Triggers of Justice · H. B. Davenport · ss The Black Mask Nov 15 1923 64 · The White Streak · Fred McLaughlin · ss The Black Mask Nov 15 1923 70 · One Dried Head [Part 2 of 3] · Herman Petersen · sl The Black Mask Nov 15 1923 87 · Felton Celebrates Egg-Day · Charles T. Jordan · ss The Black Mask Nov 15 1923 96 · The Silent Law · Vance Hoyt · ss The Black Mask Nov 15 1923 103 · The Manhunters: The “Cigar Box” Mystery [The Manhunters] · Charles Somerville · ts The Black Mask Nov 15 1923 110 · The Second-Story Angel · Dashiell Hammett · ss The Black Mask Nov 15 1923 119 · Executioners I Have Met: Hangman Calcraft, Who Killed 15,000 People, Talks Business at the Peacock · Henry W. Fisher · cl The Black Mask Nov 15 1923 126 · Our Readers’ Private Corner · [The Readers] · lc The Black Mask Nov 15 1923 _126 · [letter] · Robert Lee Heiser · lt The Black Mask Nov 15 1923 _126 · [letter] · Vance J. Hoyt · lt The Black Mask Nov 15 1923 _126 · [letter] · Clif Hill · lt The Black Mask Nov 15 1923 _127 · [letter] · Elvin J. Owens · lt The Black Mask Nov 15 1923 _127 · [letter] · J. Paul Suter · lt The Black Mask Nov 15 1923

The Black Mask (UK) [v1 #12, December 1, 1923] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 9d, 128pp, pulp) Reprint of the December 1, 1923 (US) issue, plus an additional feature. 2 · The Wickedest Woman in New York · Anon. · ar 7 · The Slippery Eel · Emmet Welsh · nv The Black Mask Dec 1 1923 33 · Bodies Piled Up [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · ss The Black Mask Dec 1 1923 43 · The Laughing Death [Part 1 of 4; Prentice; Shannon] · Francis James · sl The Black Mask Dec 1 1923 61 · Oscar the Terrible [Topango John] · Harold Freeman Miners · ss The Black Mask Dec 1 1923 74 · Punctual · Willett Stockard · ss The Black Mask Dec 1 1923 81 · The Manhunters: The Vultures’ Trail [The Manhunters] · Charles Somerville · ts The Black Mask Dec 1 1923 89 · When 7539 Went Back · Eustace Hale Ball · ss The Black Mask Dec 1 1923 103 · One Dried Head [Part 3 of 3] · Herman Petersen · sl The Black Mask Dec 1 1923 121 · Executioners I Have Met: Witnessing the Short Drop Man · Henry W. Fisher · cl The Black Mask Dec 1 1923 126 · Our Readers’ Private Corner · [The Readers] · lc The Black Mask Dec 1 1923

The Black Mask (UK) [v1 #13, December 15, 1923] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 9d, 128pp, pulp) Reprint of the December 15, 1923 (US) issue, plus an additional story. 2 · A Fellow Can’t Know Everything · John Baer · ss 7 · The Shrieking Skeleton · Charles M. Green · nv The Black Mask Dec 15 1923 30 · Weapons · H. B. Davenport · nv The Black Mask Dec 15 1923 53 · The Wolf of the du Mont Thiers · William Rollins, Jr. · ss The Black Mask Dec 15 1923 65 · The Wanderer · Charles Hilan Craig · ss The Black Mask Dec 15 1923 71 · The Laughing Death [Part 2 of 4; Prentice; Shannon] · Francis James · sl The Black Mask Dec 15 1923 92 · Emeralds! · Donald Feak · ss The Black Mask Dec 15 1923 104 · The Manhunters: The Loot Ship [The Manhunters] · Charles Somerville · ts The Black Mask Dec 15 1923 111 · A Melanesian Holiday · Thomas de V. Harper · vi The Black Mask Dec 15 1923 120 · Executioners I Have Met: Gocher, the Bloody Man of Germany · Henry W. Fisher · cl The Black Mask Dec 15 1923 127 · Our Readers’ Private Corner · [The Readers] · lc The Black Mask Dec 15 1923 _127 · [letter] · Dashiell Hammett · lt The Black Mask Dec 15 1923 _127 · [letter] · H. B. Davenport · lt The Black Mask Dec 15 1923 _127 · [letter] · Charles Hilan Craig · lt The Black Mask Dec 15 1923

The Black Mask (UK) [v1 #14, January 1, 1924] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 9d, 128pp, pulp) Issue not found - probably a reprint of the January 1, 1924 (US) issue, plus a single story from an earlier issue. Need Contents

The Black Mask (UK) [v1 #15, January 15, 1924] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 9d, 128pp, pulp) Reprint of the January 15, 1924 (US) issue, plus an additional story. 2 · The Proposal · Ellen Montclair · vi Saucy Stories Dec 1 1922 5 · The Streaks in the Iris · Ben Lucien Burman · nv The Black Mask Jan 15 1924 27 · Clara · Wolcott LeClear Beard · ss The Black Mask Jan 15 1924; given as by Walcott LeClear Beard. 35 · The Man Who Killed Dan Odams · Dashiell Hammett · ss The Black Mask Jan 15 1924 42 · The Pursuing Shadow [Captain Valentine] · C. S. Montanye · ss The Black Mask Jan 15 1924 49 · The Brute · Carroll John Daly · ss The Black Mask Jan 15 1924 61 · The Funeral Offering [Cemetery Tale] · Drayton Dunster · ss The Black Mask Jan 15 1924 67 · Why Shall Say? · Joe Burke · ss The Black Mask Jan 15 1924 73 · The Manhunters: The Grim Detective [The Manhunters] · Charles Somerville · ts The Black Mask Jan 15 1924 81 · Motive Missing · William H. Heath · ss The Black Mask Jan 15 1924 87 · Crime by Poison · J. R. Russel · ar The Black Mask Jan 15 1924 94 · The Mutt · Royal Roussel · vi The Black Mask Jan 15 1924 97 · Inheritance by Proxy · Victor Rowan · ss The Black Mask Jan 15 1924 102 · The Laughing Death [Part 4 of 4; Prentice; Shannon] · Francis James · sl The Black Mask Jan 15 1924 118 · The Burglar · Elizabeth Parker Smith · vi The Black Mask Jan 15 1924 120 · Executioners I Have Met: Strange Death Penalty Beliefs · Henry W. Fisher · cl The Black Mask Jan 15 1924 126 · Our Readers’ Private Corner · [The Readers] · lc The Black Mask Jan 15 1924

The Black Mask (UK) [v2 #3, February 1, 1924] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 9d, 128pp, pulp, cover by Onestus Uzzell) Reprint of the February 1, 1924 (US) issue, plus a single story from the February 15, 1923 (US) issue. Details supplied by Rob Preston. 2 · The Jewel of Blood · C. S. Montanye · ss The Black Mask Feb 15 1923 9 · The Sandalwood Box [Captain Valentine] · C. S. Montanye · ss The Black Mask Feb 1 1924 28 · The Ghost of the Hesperides · Henry Serrano · ss The Black Mask Feb 1 1924 33 · Night Shots [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · ss The Black Mask Feb 1 1924 45 · The Verdict · Charles M. Green · ss The Black Mask Feb 1 1924 49 · Rifles · John Ayotte · ss The Black Mask Feb 1 1924 67 · T. McGuirk, Movie Actor [T. McGuirk] · Ray Cummings · ss The Black Mask Feb 1 1924 75 · The Master of the Maizie · Jennings Perry · ss The Black Mask Feb 1 1924 88 · The Hunters · Don Cameron Shafer · ss The Black Mask Feb 1 1924 95 · The Kid’s Hole Card · Edward Parrish Ware · ss The Black Mask Feb 1 1924 101 · That Yellow Devil [Part 1 of 2] · Herman Petersen · sl The Black Mask Feb 1 1924 118 · The Manhunters: The “Cat” Detective [The Manhunters] · Charles Somerville · ts The Black Mask Feb 1 1924 126 · Our Readers’ Private Corner · [The Readers] · lc The Black Mask Feb 1 1924 _126 · [letter] · Edward Parrish Ware · lt The Black Mask Feb 1 1924 _126 · [letter] · Henry Serrano · lt The Black Mask Feb 1 1924

The Black Mask (UK) [v2 #4, February 15, 1924] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 9d, 128pp, pulp) Given as v2 #2 in the Table of Contents. Reprint of the February 15, 1924 (US) issue, plus a single story from the February 15, 1923 (US) issue. 2 · The Conscientious Grave Digger [Cemetery Tale] · Drayton Dunster · ss The Black Mask Feb 15 1923 9 · Devil’s Bowl · Edwin Goodenow Wood · nv The Black Mask Feb 15 1924 34 · The New Racket · Dashiell Hammett · ss The Black Mask Feb 15 1924 38 · The Lady in Handcuffs [Captain Valentine] · C. S. Montanye · ss The Black Mask Feb 15 1924 47 · Chains That Bind · Merlin Moore Taylor · nv The Black Mask Feb 15 1924 64 · Fangs · Herbert Elisha Stover · ss The Black Mask Feb 15 1924 69 · A Vengeance of Death · Eustace Hale Ball · ss The Black Mask Feb 15 1924 74 · Salted · Harold de Polo · ss The Black Mask Feb 15 1924 83 · That Yellow Devil [Part 2 of 2] · Herman Petersen · sl The Black Mask Feb 15 1924 105 · The Curse of Indra · Edith Lyle Ragsdale · ss The Black Mask Feb 15 1924 111 · The Manhunters: The Aeroplane Burglar [The Manhunters] · Charles Somerville · ts The Black Mask Feb 15 1924 117 · Esses Pip Seven · Reginald Scott · ss The Black Mask Feb 15 1924 124 · And This Is How It Is · Carl Asher · ts The Black Mask Feb 15 1924 126 · Our Readers’ Private Corner · [The Readers] · lc The Black Mask Feb 15 1924 _126 · [letter] · Edith Lyle Ragsdale · lt The Black Mask Feb 15 1924 _126 · [letter] · R. T. M. Scott · lt The Black Mask Feb 15 1924

The Black Mask (UK) [v2 #5, March 1, 1924] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 9d, 128pp, pulp, cover by Henry C. Murphy) Reprint of the March 1, 1924 (US) issue, plus a single story from the January 1923 (US) issue. 2 · That Laugh · George L. Catton · ss The Black Mask Jan 1923 9 · The Impossible Murder · Harry Adler · nv The Black Mask Mar 1 1924 39 · Afraid of a Gun · Dashiell Hammett · ss The Black Mask Mar 1 1924 46 · The Pain Thermometer · H. G. Addison · ss The Black Mask Mar 1 1924 51 · White Midnight [Part 1 of 4] · Marjory Stoneman Douglas · sl The Black Mask Mar 1 1924 72 · What Did She See? · Harford Powel, Jr. · ss The Black Mask Mar 1 1924 80 · Zigzags of Treachery [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · nv The Black Mask Mar 1 1924 103 · The Hay-Bag · Edward Parrish Ware · ss The Black Mask Mar 1 1924 115 · The Manhunters: The False Clue [The Manhunters] · Charles Somerville · ts The Black Mask Mar 1 1924 122 · The Sultan’s Diamond · Richard Hoadley Tingley · ss The Black Mask Mar 1 1924 127 · Our Readers’ Private Corner · [The Readers] · lc The Black Mask Mar 1 1924 127 · [letter] · Harry Adler · lt The Black Mask Mar 1 1924 _127 · [letter] · Dashiell Hammett · lt The Black Mask Mar 1 1924 _127 · [letter] · Dashiell Hammett · lt The Black Mask Mar 1 1924

The Black Mask (UK) [v2 #6, March 15, 1924] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 9d, 128pp, pulp) Reprint of the March 15, 1924 (US) issue, plus a single story from the February 1923 (US) issue. 2 · Hades and Return · Marr Murray · ss The Black Mask Feb 1923 9 · The Cunning of Red Neck · William Merriam Rouse · nv The Black Mask Mar 15 1924 31 · Lights Out · Charles G. Booth · ss The Black Mask Mar 15 1924 41 · Ivywild [Part 1 of 2] · Merlin Moore Taylor · sl The Black Mask Mar 15 1924 67 · Old Dogs, Old Tricks · Harold de Polo · ss The Black Mask Mar 15 1924 75 · On Ten Palms Island · Herman Petersen · ss The Black Mask Mar 15 1924 88 · The Widow · Edward Ettinger · ss The Black Mask Mar 15 1924 95 · White Midnight [Part 2 of 4] · Marjory Stoneman Douglas · sl The Black Mask Mar 15 1924 120 · Bristow’s Sunset · Walter Scott Story · ss The Black Mask Mar 15 1924 127 · Our Readers’ Private Corner · [The Readers] · lc The Black Mask Mar 15 1924 127 · [letter] · Merlin Moore Taylor · lt The Black Mask Mar 15 1924 _127 · [letter] · William M. Rouse · lt The Black Mask Mar 15 1924 _127 · [letter] · Dashiell Hammett · lt The Black Mask Mar 15 1924

The Black Mask (UK) [v2 #7, April 1, 1924] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 9d, 128pp, pulp, cover by H. C. Murphy) Reprint of the April 1, 1924 (US) issue, plus a single story from the April 1, 1923 (US) issue. Details supplied by Rob Preston. 2 · A Matter of Gallantry · Arthur Floyd Henderson · ss The Black Mask Apr 1 1923 9 · The Ring on the Hand of Death · William Rollins, Jr. · nv The Black Mask Apr 1 1924 33 · Jerauld of Beranda Island · Frederick Moore · ss The Black Mask Apr 1 1924 44 · One Hour [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · ss The Black Mask Apr 1 1924 53 · The Malevolent Bequest · Charles G. Booth · ss The Black Mask Apr 1 1924 67 · Ivywild [Part 2 of 2] · Merlin Moore Taylor · sl The Black Mask Apr 1 1924 94 · Twisted Trails [Topango John] · Harold Freeman Miners · ss The Black Mask Apr 1 1924 103 · The Manhunters: Numbers and Threads [The Manhunters] · Charles Somerville · ts The Black Mask Apr 1 1924 110 · White Midnight [Part 3 of 4] · Marjory Stoneman Douglas · sl The Black Mask Apr 1 1924 127 · Our Readers’ Private Corner · [The Readers] · lc The Black Mask Apr 1 1924

The Black Mask (UK) [v2 #8, April 15, 1924] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 9d, 128pp, pulp) Reprint of the April 15, 1924 (US) issue, plus a single story from the March 1, 1923 (US) issue. 2 · The Perfect Plan · John Holden · ss The Black Mask Mar 1 1923 9 · The House in Turk Street [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · ss The Black Mask Apr 15 1924 23 · One Night of Frenzy · Carroll John Daly · nv The Black Mask Apr 15 1924 48 · The Time Speeder · Arthur S. Garbett · nv The Black Mask Apr 15 1924 76 · The Seven Gold Figures [Captain Valentine] · C. S. Montanye · ss The Black Mask Apr 15 1924 91 · Mr. Dugan’s Vocation · Harold de Polo · ss The Black Mask Apr 15 1924 99 · The Mystery of Perkins Farm · Edward Ettinger · ss The Black Mask Apr 15 1924 104 · The Manhunters: A Reporter’s Clue [The Manhunters] · Charles Somerville · ts The Black Mask Apr 15 1924 113 · Poker · L. M. Lish · vi The Black Mask Apr 15 1924 116 · White Midnight [Part 4 of 4] · Marjory Stoneman Douglas · sl The Black Mask Apr 15 1924 127 · Our Readers’ Private Corner · [The Readers] · lc The Black Mask Apr 15 1924

The Black Mask (UK) [v2 #9, May 1924] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 9d, 128pp, pulp, cover by Henry C. Murphy) Reprint of the May 1924 (US) issue, plus a single story from the January 1923 (US) issue. 3 · Beyond Want · Harry Simon · ss The Black Mask Jan 1923 9 · The Art Killer [Prentice] · Francis James · nv The Black Mask May 1924 47 · T. McGuirk—Burglary Adjuster [T. McGuirk] · Ray Cummings · ss The Black Mask May 1924 55 · Footsteps of the Dead · William Rollins, Jr. · nv The Black Mask May 1924 77 · Jazz Water—by Special Delivery · John Joseph · ss The Black Mask May 1924 89 · The Horror of McCandless Bend · H. C. Raynor · ss The Black Mask May 1924 98 · Third Man’s It · Murray Leinster · ss The Black Mask May 1924 109 · The Manhunters: The Double Stroke [The Manhunters] · Charles Somerville · ts The Black Mask May 1924 117 · My Underworld: Tell It to Toots · Joe Taylor · ts The Black Mask May 1924 127 · Our Readers’ Private Corner · [The Readers] · lc The Black Mask May 1924