Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

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Black Mask (UK) [v5 #10, June 1927] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 9d, 128pp, pulp) Reprint of the June 1927 (US) issue, plus a single story from the October 1920 (US) issue. fc. · [front cover] · Fred Craft · cv Black Mask Jun 1927 2 · The Scar of the Gibbering Imp · Roylston Markham · ss The Black Mask Oct 1920 5 · The Snarl of the Beast [Part 1 of 4; Race Williams] · Carroll John Daly · sl Black Mask Jun 1927 38 · The Spectre of Wickam’s Shack [Red Saunders] · Henry Wallace Phillips · ss The American Magazine Dec 1913 44 · The Main Death [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · ss Black Mask Jun 1927 58 · Murder Cars [“Mac” Macnamara] · Tom Curry · ss Black Mask Jun 1927 66 · The Raiding of Donna Clotilde [Captain Owen Kettle] · Cutcliffe Hyne · ss Pearson’s Magazine Mar 1898 77 · Tax Plus [Black Burton] · Nels Leroy Jorgensen · ss Black Mask Jun 1927 88 · The Perfect Plot · Wilber Wheeler · ss Black Mask Jun 1927 100 · The Lost Hope · William Donald Bray · ss Black Mask Jun 1927 107 · An Inside Job · Neil C. Miller · ss Black Mask Jun 1927 116 · Bottled Death [Chuck Reddington] · Raoul F. Whitfield · ss Black Mask Jun 1927

Black Mask (UK) [v5 #11, July 1927] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 9d, 128pp, pulp) Reprint of the July 1927 (US) issue, plus a single story from the April 1920 (US) issue. fc. · [front cover] · Fred Craft · cv Black Mask Jul 1927 2 · The Peculiar Affair at the Axminster · Julian Kilman · ss The Black Mask Apr 1920 9 · Stud Tactics [Black Burton] · Nels Leroy Jorgensen · ss Black Mask Jul 1927 24 · The Peterman [“Mac” Macnamara] · Tom Curry · ss Black Mask Jul 1927 34 · Box V’s Night of Mystery · Westmoreland Gray · nv Black Mask Jul 1927 57 · False Impressions · L. King Tichenor · nv Black Mask Jul 1927 70 · The Ninth Life · F. N. Litten · ss Black Mask Jul 1927 81 · Figgerin’ Roughly [Deputy Lou Havens] · Carl L. Martin · ss Black Mask Jul 1927 88 · A Man with Sand · Frederick Nebel · ss Black Mask Jul 1927 101 · The Snarl of the Beast [Part 2 of 4; Race Williams] · Carroll John Daly · sl Black Mask Jul 1927

Black Mask (UK) [v5 #12, August 1927] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 9d, 128pp, pulp) Reprint of the August 1927 (US) issue, plus a single story from the September 1920 (US) issue. fc. · [front cover] · Fred Craft · cv Black Mask Aug 1927 2 · The Devil Takes a Hand · Ward Sterling · ss The Black Mask Sep 1920 5 · The Absent-Minded Cannibal [The Reverend McGregor Daunt] · J. Paul Suter · nv Black Mask Aug 1927 26 · Live Men’s Gold [Chuck Reddington] · Raoul F. Whitfield · ss Black Mask Aug 1927 37 · Sinister Orchids · Bassett Morgan · nv Black Mask Aug 1927 65 · Unlisted Cargo [Black Burton] · Nels Leroy Jorgensen · ss Black Mask Aug 1927 75 · Chotka Sevier [Red Saunders] · Henry Wallace Phillips · ss The American Magazine Oct 1913 84 · Emeralds of Shade [Buck Jason] · Frederick L. Nebel · ss Black Mask Aug 1927 100 · The Snarl of the Beast [Part 3 of 4; Race Williams] · Carroll John Daly · sl Black Mask Aug 1927 128 · Getting Personal [J. Paul Suter] · Anon. · iv Black Mask Aug 1927

Black Mask (UK) [v6 #1, September 1927] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 9d, 128pp, pulp) Reprint of the September 1927 (US) issue, plus a single story from the June 1920 (US) issue. fc. · Where the Buzzards Circle · Fred Craft · cv Black Mask Sep 1927 2 · The Chest of Delicious Curves · Clinton Harcourt · ss The Black Mask Jun 1920 9 · Where the Buzzards Circle [Black Barr] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Black Mask Sep 1927 31 · The Crook Who Wanted to Be Straight · Erika Zastrow · ss Black Mask Sep 1927 38 · Murder Chains [Part 1 of 2] · Tom Curry · sl Black Mask Sep 1927 57 · The Red Mackinaw · William Donald Bray · ss Black Mask Sep 1927 67 · Yellow Smoke [Black Burton] · Nels Leroy Jorgensen · ss Black Mask Sep 1927 75 · The Killing Nerve [Red Saunders] · Henry Wallace Phillips · ss Munsey’s Magazine Jul 1914 82 · A Grudge Is a Grudge · Frederick Nebel · ss Black Mask Sep 1927 93 · The Kid on Number Twenty · Bob du Soe · ss Black Mask Sep 1927 99 · The Snarl of the Beast [Part 4 of 4; Race Williams] · Carroll John Daly · sl Black Mask Sep 1927 127 · The Terror of White Plains · Anon. · pl Black Mask Sep 1927 [Carroll John Daly] 128 · Getting Personal [Tom Curry] · Anon. · iv Black Mask Sep 1927

Black Mask (UK) [v6 #2, October 1927] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 9d, 128pp, pulp) Reprint of the October 1927 (US) issue, plus a single story from the July 1920 (US) issue. fc. · Sixty Minutes · Fred Craft · cv Black Mask Oct 1927 2 · The King Condor · Christopher Hawthorne · ss The Black Mask Jul 1920 9 · Sixty Minutes · Raoul F. Whitfield · ss Black Mask Oct 1927 24 · The Ending of El Jefe · Murray Leinster · ss Black Mask Oct 1927 32 · Folded Evidence · Marion Scott · ss Black Mask Oct 1927 40 · The Killer [Killer Blake] · W. H. B. Kent · ss Black Mask Oct 1927 49 · The Trap · William Donald Bray · ss Black Mask Oct 1927 56 · The Steel Avenger · Francis James · ss Black Mask Oct 1927 70 · The Man in the Bus [The Reverend McGregor Daunt] · J. Paul Suter · nv Black Mask Oct 1927 98 · The Rebellious Egg · Edward Parrish Ware · ss Black Mask Oct 1927 107 · The Lettered Telegraph · Merle Thomas · ss Black Mask Oct 1927 113 · Murder Chains [Part 2 of 2] · Tom Curry · sl Black Mask Oct 1927

Black Mask (UK) [v6 #3, November 1927] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 9d, 128pp, pulp) Reprint of the November 1927 (US) issue, plus a single story from the July 1920 (US) issue. fc. · [front cover] · Fred Craft · cv Black Mask Nov 1927 2 · Cal Hatfield’s Spirit · Walter Archer Frost · ss The Black Mask Jul 1920 9 · Red Harvest: The Cleansing of Poisonville [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · nv Black Mask Nov 1927 38 · The Return of Gun Eagen · John W. McCardell · ss Black Mask Nov 1927 45 · The Raiders [“Mac” Macnamara] · Tom Curry · ss Black Mask Nov 1927 52 · The Wax Dragon [Ed Jenkins; Helen Chadwick; Soo Hoo Duck] · Erle Stanley Gardner · na Black Mask Nov 1927 78 · One Bad Man · Everett H. Tipton · ss Black Mask Nov 1927 86 · Red Pearls · Raoul F. Whitfield · ss Black Mask Nov 1927 94 · With Benefit of Law · Frederick Nebel · ss Black Mask Nov 1927 105 · Riker Accomodates · Raymond Emery Lawrence · ss Black Mask Nov 1927 114 · Get Burton [Black Burton] · Nels Leroy Jorgensen · ss Black Mask Nov 1927

Black Mask (UK) [v6 #4, December 1927] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 9d, 128pp, pulp) Reprint of the December 1927 (US) issue, plus a single story from the May 1920 (US) issue. fc. · Hard Rock · Fred Craft · cv Black Mask Dec 1927 2 · The Prison Clock Strikes Nine · Ashton Crowell · ss The Black Mask May 1920 9 · Red Harvest: Crime Wanted—Male or Female [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · nv Black Mask Dec 1927 34 · The Snare · Julian Kilman · ss Black Mask Dec 1927 40 · Hard Rock [Dan Craig] · Victor Shaw · nv Black Mask Dec 1927 67 · His Last Pete Job [Pete Prentiss] · Louis Victor Eytinge · ss Black Mask Dec 1927 72 · The Devil Man · Horace McCoy · ss Black Mask Dec 1927 79 · Grinning Gods [Ed Jenkins; Ngat T’oy; Helen Chadwick] · Erle Stanley Gardner · na Black Mask Dec 1927 102 · The Crime Circle · Harold C. Firanze · ss Black Mask Dec 1927 108 · An Interlude at Six Bit Flats · William Donald Bray · ss Black Mask Dec 1927 116 · Bill Comes Home · William H. Stueber · ss Black Mask Dec 1927 121 · Perfect Money [“Mac” Macnamara] · Tom Curry · ss Black Mask Dec 1927

Black Mask (UK) [v6 #5, January 1928] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 9d, 128pp, pulp) Reprint of the January 1928 (US) issue, plus a single story from the May 1920 (US) issue. fc. · The Fifth Loop · Fred Craft · cv Black Mask Jan 1928 2 · The Belled Boomerang · John Irving Pearce, Jr. & Joseph Faus · ss The Black Mask May 1920 7 · Red Harvest: Dynamite [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · ss Black Mask Jan 1928 27 · Pore Pickin’s [Deputy Lou Havens] · Carl L. Martin · ss Black Mask Jan 1928 40 · The Fifth Loop · Stephen Payne · ss Black Mask Jan 1928 50 · Guns of Silence · Westmoreland Gray · nv Black Mask Jan 1928 78 · The Faith o’ MacGown [Rio Kennedy] · Nels Leroy Jorgensen · ss Black Mask Jan 1928 88 · The Penalty of the Code · Frederick Nebel · ss Black Mask Jan 1928 101 · When Fingerprints Lied [Pete Prentiss] · Louis Victor Eytinge · ss Black Mask Jan 1928 107 · The Man Who Would Not Quit · L. R. Sherman · ss Black Mask Jan 1928 111 · A Man Reforms · William S. Newell · ss Black Mask Jan 1928 119 · The Sky’s the Limit [Chuck Reddington] · Raoul F. Whitfield · ss Black Mask Jan 1928

Black Mask (UK) [v6 #6, February 1928] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 9d, 128pp, pulp) Reprint of the February 1928 (US) issue, plus a single story from the May 1920 (US) issue. Details supplied by John Benson. fc. · The 19th Murder · Fred Craft · cv Black Mask Feb 1928 2 · The Jest Ironic · Hamilton Craigie & Walter Grahame · ss The Black Mask May 1920 9 · Under Cover [Francis Devrite] · Tom Curry · ss Black Mask Feb 1928 26 · Soft Goods [Center City] · Raoul F. Whitfield · ss Black Mask Feb 1928 35 · Yellow Shadows [Ed Jenkins; Helen Chadwick; Ngat T’oy] · Erle Stanley Gardner · na Black Mask Feb 1928 60 · Leather Mask and Cowhide Vest · Everett H. Tipton · ss Black Mask Feb 1928 69 · Red Harvest: The 19th Murder [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · nv Black Mask Feb 1928 97 · The Tommy-Knocker [Dan Craig] · Victor Shaw · ss Black Mask Feb 1928 111 · Lefty Helps the Cops · Charles T. Hickey · ss Black Mask Feb 1928 117 · The Contract · David Thibault · ss Black Mask Feb 1928

Black Mask (UK) [v6 #7, March 1928] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 9d, 128pp, pulp) Reprint of the March 1928 (US) issue, plus a single story from the July 1920 (US) issue. Details supplied by John Benson. 2 · “When the Wind Blows” · Emmett Campbell Hall · ss The Black Mask Jul 1920 7 · The Egyptian Lure [Race Williams] · Carroll John Daly · nv Black Mask Mar 1928 30 · The Trail of Sudden Death · Wilber Wheeler · ss Black Mask Mar 1928 38 · The Clue Upstairs [“Big Scar” Guffman] · Henry Leverage · ss Black Mask Mar 1928 47 · Whispering Feet [Ed Jenkins; Ngat T’oy; Soo Hoo Duck] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Black Mask Mar 1928 74 · Killers Should Run · Everett H. Tipton · ss Black Mask Mar 1928 82 · The Gang [Francis Devrite] · Tom Curry · ss Black Mask Mar 1928 98 · Bullfrogs · Bentley B. Mackay · ss Black Mask Mar 1928 109 · All Over a Pup · Bob du Soe · ss Black Mask Mar 1928 117 · The Masked Trail · Anderson McCully · ss Black Mask Mar 1928

Black Mask (UK) [v6 #8, April 1928] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 9d, 128pp, pulp) Reprint of the April 1928 (US) issue, plus a single story from the May 1920 (US) issue. fc. · Snow Bird · Fred Craft · cv Black Mask Apr 1928 2 · In the Light of the Red Lamp · Maurice Level; translated by Alys Eyre Macklin · ss 1909, as “The Grip of Fear”; translated from the French (“Sous la lumière rouge”, Le Journal, 1906). 5 · Snow Bird [Ed Jenkins; Ngat T’oy] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Black Mask Apr 1928 30 · Little Guns · Raoul F. Whitfield · ss Black Mask Apr 1928 48 · The Law of Silence [Part 1 of 2] · Carroll John Daly · sl Black Mask Apr 1928 66 · Muddy Waters · David Thibault · ss Black Mask Apr 1928 74 · Noose Law · Everett H. Tipton · ss Black Mask Apr 1928 82 · The Killing of Antone Mulvaney · Leslie N. Johnson · ss Black Mask Apr 1928 88 · A Score Settled · Bob du Soe · ss Black Mask Apr 1928 95 · Cass Munroe Plays a Hand · Joseph E. Dash · ss Black Mask Apr 1928 102 · The Trick Play · William Donald Bray · ss Black Mask Apr 1928 108 · The Killer Comes In [Killer Blake] · W. H. B. Kent · ss Black Mask Apr 1928 112 · Wheels Within Wheels [Francis Devrite] · Tom Curry · ss Black Mask Apr 1928

Black Mask (UK) [v6 #9, May 1928] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 9d, 128pp, pulp) Reprint of the May 1928 (US) issue, plus a single story from the May 1920 (US) issue. fc. · Hoofprints of Law · Fred Craft · cv Black Mask May 1928 2 · The Wheel Within the Wheel · Merlin Moore Taylor · ss The Black Mask May 1920 9 · Out of the Shadows [Ed Jenkins; Ngat T’oy; Helen Chadwick] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Black Mask May 1928 37 · Fools Rush in · Marion Scott · ss Black Mask May 1928 48 · Hoofprints of Law · Clee Woods · nv Black Mask May 1928 72 · Black Murder · Raoul F. Whitfield · ss Black Mask May 1928 81 · The System [Francis Devrite] · Tom Curry · ss Black Mask May 1928 91 · The Killer Finds a Horseshoe [Killer Blake] · W. H. B. Kent · ss Black Mask May 1928 94 · Hunted · Everett H. Tipton · ss Black Mask May 1928 102 · The Gopher · Henry Leverage · ss Black Mask May 1928 113 · The Law of Silence [Part 2 of 2] · Carroll John Daly · sl Black Mask May 1928

Black Mask (UK) [v6 #10, June 1928] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 9d, 128pp, pulp) Partial reprint of the June 1928 (US) issue, plus two stories from the July 1920 (US) issue. Details supplied by Mike Whale. fc. · [front cover] · Fred Craft · cv Black Mask Jun 1928 2 · Identities Changed · W. R. Milnor · vi The Black Mask Jul 1920 5 · Border Brand #1: First Blood [Border Brand] · Raoul F. Whitfield · nv Black Mask Jun 1928 23 · A Gun in the Dark · Frederick L. Nebel · ss Black Mask Jun 1928 36 · Alias Kid Buck · Hapsburg Liebe · ss Black Mask Jun 1928 42 · The Hidden Hand [Race Williams; The Hidden Hand] · Carroll John Daly · nv Black Mask Jun 1928 64 · The Show-Down · Leslie N. Johnson · ss Black Mask Jun 1928 72 · Ripe Peach Odor · Merlin Moore Taylor · ss The Sovereign Magazine Jan 1925 82 · The Spies [Francis Devrite] · Tom Curry · ss Black Mask Jun 1928 98 · Jungle Justice · Eric Taylor · ss Black Mask Jun 1928 105 · Cards on the Table · Earl & Marion Scott · nv Black Mask Jun 1928 125 · The Case of Renlaw · Julian Kilman · ss The Black Mask Jul 1920

Black Mask (UK) [v6 #10, July 1928] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 9d, 128pp, pulp) Partial reprint of the July 1928 (US) issue, plus a single story from the June 1920 (US) issue. This is the second issue numbered v6 #10. fc. · [front cover] · Fred Craft · cv Black Mask Jul 1928 2 · The Confession · Maurice Level · ss The Black Mask Jun 1920 5 · Wanted for Murder [Race Williams; The Hidden Hand] · Carroll John Daly · nv Black Mask Jul 1928 28 · Pirate Blood [Killer Blake] · W. H. B. Kent · ss Black Mask Jul 1928 38 · Border Brand #2: Blue Murder [Border Brand] · Raoul F. Whitfield · nv Black Mask Jul 1928; not the same as the story of the same name in the September 1932 issue. 52 · Purging Purgatory [Deputy Lou Havens] · Carl L. Martin · nv Black Mask Jul 1928 71 · The Scented Crime · Harold C. Firanze · ss Black Mask Jul 1928 81 · The Woman [“Mac” Macnamara; Francis Devrite] · Tom Curry · nv Black Mask Jul 1928 96 · Bad Penny · H. J. Krier · ss Black Mask Jul 1928 103 · Blue Gulch Joe Butts In · W. S. Charles · nv Black Mask Jul 1928 120 · The Murder Rap · Eric Taylor · ss Black Mask Jul 1928