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The Black Mask [v3 #6, September 1921] (20¢, pulp) 3 · The Menace of the Air · Harold Ward · nv 27 · The Dead Tell No Tales · John Baer · ss 35 · Printed, But Not Read · Arthur Stanley Riggs · ss 44 · The Disappearing Diamond · J. J. Stagg · ss 51 · According to Hoyle · Ford Douglas · ss 58 · The Feel of the Place · J. B. Hawley · ss 71 · Dr. Thorpe’s Testimony · John Baer · ss 79 · The Yellow Door · Henry S. Watson & Asa Steele · ss 89 · Something Lingering · Arthur S. Garbett · ss 95 · In the Jury Room · J. Frederic Thorne · ss 106 · The Object in the Handkerchief · Joseph Faus & J. B. Wooding · ss 111 · The Second Charge · C. S. Montanye · ss 118 · The Reward · J. R. Ward · ss

The Black Mask [v4 #1, October 1921] (20¢, pulp) 3 · The Second Trial · John Baer · nv 31 · The Erstwhile Corpse of Patrick O’Flynn · L. Calvin · ss 41 · Letter by Letter · Walter Deffenbaugh · ss 49 · The Revolving Chair · J. B. Hawley · ss 57 · The Thing Called Luck · Hubert de Tavanne Roussel · ss 67 · The Death Warrant [Part 1 of 2] · J. Frederic Thorne · sl 99 · Getting Away Clean · J. J. Stagg · ss 107 · The Fall of the Bastile · H. M. Hamilton · ss 113 · A Big Job · Frederick Ames Coates · ss

The Black Mask [v4 #2, November 1921] ed. F. M. Osborne (Pro-Distributors Publishing Company, Inc., 20¢, 128pp, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 3 · The Dead Man’s Letter · Victor Lauriston · nv 27 · The Blonde Shadow · Bessie Dudley · ss 33 · The Hand of Destiny · Harold Ward · ss 41 · The Man Who Died Twice · J. Frederic Thorne · ss 51 · The Silver Lining · John Baer · ss 57 · The Whip of Death · Ward Sterling · ss 65 · The Bamboozler · J. R. Ward · ss 76 · The Sheriff Takes the Stand · H. W. Starr · ss 79 · When Two Plus Two Equals Five · Grover Fayerweather · ss 89 · The Death Warrant [Part 2 of 2] · J. Frederic Thorne · sl 107 · The Emperor of Blunderland · J. R. Ward · ss 117 · The Talking Wall · Walter Deffenbaugh · ss 124 · The New Mystery Books · Capt. Frank Cunningham · br

The Black Mask [v4 #3, December 1921] (20¢, pulp) (Full Text) (PDF) 3 · The Prisoner Speaks · J. Frederic Thorne · nv 21 · Ananias Ltd. · Elizabeth Dudley · ss 30 · The Weeping Killer · Harry M. Sutherland · vi 33 · The Finishing Touch · Charles S. Wolfe · ss 37 · The Trap Thief · Henry S. Watson & Asa Steele · ss 49 · The Mystery of the One-Legged Man · J. B. Hawley · ss 55 · Hear Not, See Not, Speak Not Evil · Walter Deffenbaugh · ss 69 · Fear · Pettersen Marzoni · ss 77 · The Woman Who Cursed a Man · Harold Ward · ss 83 · Thornton Smiled Significantly · David Morrison · ss 91 · The Dark Brown Dress · Meredith Beyers · ss 102 · In Full Payment · John B. Hart · ss 107 · The Man Who Knew Too Much · John D. Swain · ss 113 · Fit for a King · Walter Deffenbaugh · ss

The Black Mask [v4 #4, January 1922] (20¢, pulp) 3 · By the Print of a Thumb · Walter Deffenbaugh · nv 33 · The Hole in the Alibi · John Baer · ss 39 · The Case of the ‘Red’ Mulcahy · Elizabeth Dudley · ss 47 · The Last Message · J. J. Stagg · ss 54 · Speaking Steel · Charles S. Wolfe · ss 59 · Two Letters · Gottlieb Jacobs · vi 61 · The Phantom Bullet · Ward Sterling · ss 67 · The Stealing Scent · Paul Everman · ss 75 · The Tell-Tale Cigarette · J. B. Hawley · ss 83 · The Multiple Murder Mystery [Part 1 of 3] · J. Frederic Thorne · sl 99 · Scott’s Shoes · Carl S. Wallace · ss 104 · “Great Minds Run—” · Harold Ward · ss 107 · Pursuit · Kenneth Duane Whipple · ss 118 · The Striped Suit · Seer Kent · ss

The Black Mask [v4 #5, February 1922] (20¢, pulp) 3 · The Phelam Lodge Mystery · Christopher B. Booth · nv 29 · Written in Blood · John Baer · ss 37 · The Wet Hand · Arthur S. Garbett · ss 43 · The Disappearing Judge · Lloyd Lonergan · ss 59 · Unlucky Friday · Charles S. Wolfe · ss 63 · The Attorney for the Defense · Harold Ward · vi 65 · The Man in Box D · J. J. Stagg · ss 73 · The Multiple Murder Mystery [Part 2 of 3] · J. Frederic Thorne · sl 94 · The Pearl-Handled Revolver · John Baer · ss 101 · At the Expense of James Cathew · J. Burton Loftus · vi 103 · 24 Karat—But · Walter Deffenbaugh · ss 111 · The Hallowell Murder · J. B. Hawley · ss 119 · The Passing of Bloody Dan · Ward Sterling · ss

The Black Mask [v4 #6, March 1922] (20¢, pulp) 3 · An Eye for an Eye · Lloyd Lonergan · ss 19 · The Murder at Greycourt · J. B. Hawley · ss 25 · One Small Smudge of Soot · Murray Leinster · ss 33 · How Mr. Bingham Wrote a Little Story for Nothing · S. T. Rodgers · ss 39 · The Oat Bin · Christopher B. Booth · ss 49 · Absolution · John Baer · ss 57 · The Green Eyes of O’Dowd · Harold Ward · ss 61 · The Hunch · Haughton Howell · ss 75 · A Shot in the Dark · Lloyd Lonergan · ss 89 · The Multiple Murder Mystery [Part 3 of 3] · J. Frederic Thorne · sl 105 · The Persian Rug · Walter Deffenbaugh · ss 113 · Candle Drip · Christopher B. Booth · ss

The Black Mask [v5 #1, April 1922] (20¢, pulp) (Full Text) (PDF) 3 · Exterior to the Evidence [Part 1 of 5] · J. S. Fletcher · n. Hodder & Stoughton 1920 19 · The Finger of Guilt · J. J. Stagg · ss 27 · Appearances Are Deceiving · George B. Jenkins, Jr. · ss 35 · The Light That Lies · Pettersen Marzoni · ss 41 · The Trap [Aurelius “Secret Service” Smith] · R. T. M. Scott · ss 51 · The Extra Dozen Eggs · J. B. Hawley · ss 57 · The Man Who Was Two · Harold Ward · ss 61 · The Campaign for Vengeance · John Baer · nv 91 · The Brand of Cain · Ward Sterling · ss 97 · A Track-and-a-Half · Walter Deffenbaugh · ss 106 · The Too-Easy Alibi · George Briggs · ss 113 · Pink Ears · Murray Leinster · ss 120 · Hankenson’s Perfect Crime · Ward Sterling · ss 124 · The New Mystery Books · Capt. Frank Cunningham · br

The Black Mask [v5 #2, May 1922] (20¢, pulp) 3 · Pound for Pound [Pod Slattery; Pittsburg Bender] · George Allan England · nv 25 · The Suicide’s Murderer · John Baer · ss 32 · Deep Water · Jeremy Lane · ss 41 · The Poisoned Pencil · Jack J. Gottlieb · ss 51 · Exterior to the Evidence [Part 2 of 5] · J. S. Fletcher · n. Hodder & Stoughton 1920 76 · The Secret of Baldwin Castle · Walter Deffenbaugh · ss 85 · The Spotter · T. B. Burt · ss 93 · Bram Dwyer’s Bonfire · Ward Sterling · ss 99 · The Frame-Up · J. J. Stagg · ss 105 · The Bug of Ambition · George B. Jenkins, Jr. · ss 113 · The Shot in the Blizzard · Harry M. Sutherland · ss 123 · Finger Prints · William Stanwood Post, F.P.E. · cl

The Black Mask [v5 #3, June 1922] (20¢, pulp) 3 · The Six Suspects · Lloyd Lonergan · ss 19 · The Advertising Criminal · Paul Sand · ss 29 · The Blunt Fingers of Hate · Jack J. Gottlieb · ss 39 · The Vanishing Motive · John Baer · nv 46 · Alibis and Evidence · Howard P. Rockey · ss 59 · Exterior to the Evidence [Part 3 of 5] · J. S. Fletcher · n. Hodder & Stoughton 1920 75 · On Page 119 · Jack J. Gottlieb · ss 80 · The Frankenstein Twins · Murray Leinster · ss 87 · Murdering Uncle · J. J. Stagg · ss 92 · State’s Exhibit A · Lloyd Lonergan · ss 97 · Crusoe’s Man Friday · H. R. Corey · ss 104 · The Turbans in the Forest · Walter Deffenbaugh · ss 111 · Two Minutes Alone · George B. Jenkins, Jr. · ss 117 · Courage · John Baer · ss 123 · The Finger Print Bureau · William Stanwood Post, F.P.E. · cl

The Black Mask [v5 #4, July 1922] (20¢, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 3 · The Devil at the Helm · Harry C. Hervey, Jr. · nv 24 · Have a Smoke? · John Baer · ss 31 · “By His Own Hand—” · George Briggs · ss 38 · Post-Mortem Murder · J. J. Stagg · ss 43 · Exterior to the Evidence [Part 4 of 5] · J. S. Fletcher · n. Hodder & Stoughton 1920 71 · An Affair of Honor · Fred B. Mann · vi 73 · Two Faultless Crimes · George B. Jenkins, Jr. · ss 80 · The Accident · Frederick Ames Coates · ss 87 · In the Grip of the Everglades · Lloyd Lonergan · ss 103 · Red Hot · T. B. Burt · ss 103 · The Mystery of the Mary Ann · Harold Ward · ss 107 · When Lightning Strikes · Howard P. Rockey · ss 117 · Crimsoned Baubles · Jack J. Gottlieb · ss 123 · The Finger Print Bureau · William Stanwood Post, F.P.E. · cl

The Black Mask [v5 #5, August 1922] (20¢, pulp) (Full Text) (PDF) 3 · Blueberry Pie · Thyra Samter Winslow · nv 19 · The Phantom Check · George Bruce Marquis · ss 30 · The Vault · Murray Leinster · ss 37 · Murder in Haste · John Baer · ss 44 · A Weapon of the Law · George W. Breuker · vi 47 · The Monolith Hotel Mystery · Lloyd Lonergan · ss 55 · Exterior to the Evidence [Part 5 of 5] · J. S. Fletcher · n. Hodder & Stoughton 1920 72 · The Failure · Harold Ward · vi 75 · The Explosive Gentleman · J. J. Stagg · ss 81 · The Weight of a Feather · Carl Clausen · ss 89 · His Thirteenth Wife · Hubert Raymond Carter · ss 98 · The Mistaken Sacrifice · Howard Rockey · ss 107 · The Police Sometimes Guess Wrong · Harold Ward · ss 114 · The Catspaw · Ward Sterling · ss 123 · The Finger Print Bureau · William Stanwood Post, F.P.E. · cl

The Black Mask [v5 #6, September 1922] (20¢, pulp) 3 · Dollars and Scents · Harold Ward · nv 32 · The Thirteenth Victim · Robert Hannan · vi 35 · The Seven Gilded Balls · Herman Petersen · ss 43 · The Murderer’s Name and Address · John Baer · ss 49 · The Living Dead · Frederick C. Davis · ss 57 · Madge the Mouse · Howard P. Rockey · ss 68 · Velvet Tips · Meredith Davis · ss 73 · Poisoned Gas · Herman Petersen · ss 85 · The Ordway Suicide Mystery · M. Hernaiz Becerra · ss 101 · The House with the Silver Shutters · Hubert Raymond Carter · ss 109 · The Broken Melody · J. J. Stagg · ss 115 · Eyes That See Not · Jack J. Gottlieb · ss

The Black Mask [v5 #7, October 1922] (20¢, pulp) 3 · The Sand Devil [Prentice] · Francis James · nv 31 · The Concrete Facts About Thomas Hancock · Ward Sterling · ts 37 · Half Across the World · Herman Petersen · ss 48 · Beyond · J. Ainsworth Wood · vi 49 · Man, Woman and the Iceman · Mary Browne Donoho · ss 57 · Dolly · Carroll John Daly · ss 66 · Ling the Lucky · Jack J. Gottlieb · ss 72 · A Pile of Dust · Francis F. Gregory · ss 79 · Suspiciously Good Behavior · Robert Russell · ss 97 · The Wallet That Weighed Too Much · Murray Leinster · ss 108 · Parker Proves His Theory · David Dart · ss 114 · False Witness · Howard P. Rockey · ss 121 · A Gold-Digger’s Man · Herman Petersen · ss

The Black Mask [v5 #8, November 1922] (20¢, pulp) 3 · The Careful Alibi · Carl Clausen · ss 18 · A Shred of Yellow Paper · John Hanlon · vi 19 · Shark-Bait · Herman Petersen · vi 21 · But She Looked Lovely · John McColl · pm 23 · A Substitute for Blood · A. Rose · ss 29 · A Million a Year [Part 1 of 4] · Roy L. McCardell · sl 41 · My Underworld: The Life of a Hold-Up Man · Joe Taylor · ts 49 · The Indorsed Check · Peter Condet · ss 60 · Payment as Promised · J. R. McCarthy · vi 63 · Dead Men Do Tell! · E. H. Ball & Earl Derby · ss 77 · The Goat · C. S. Montanye · ss 83 · The Breaking Point · Marie Eisenbrandt · ss 89 · Bottled Judgment · Frederick Ames Coates · ss 99 · The House on the Dunes · Sally Dixon Wright · ss 112 · Tom Shepherd and the Rat · Thomas Ewing Dabney · ss

The Black Mask [v5 #9, December 1922] (20¢, pulp) 3 · The False Burton Combs · Carroll John Daly · ss 19 · The Road Home · Peter Collinson · vi 21 · The Wife · William Sanford · pp 22 · Out of the East · C. H. Claudy · ss 32 · Beside Three Tables · John McColl · vi 33 · Floating Pearls · Frederick C. Davis · ss 42 · The Basket Trick · Hamish McLaren · ss 50 · For Sale · Elsy Wilson · ss 57 · T. McGuirk Steals a Diamond [T. McGuirk] · Ray Cummings · ss 64 · The Frog · Maurice Renard · ss 73 · My Underworld · Joe Taylor · ts 82 · A Million a Year [Part 2 of 4] · Roy L. McCardell · sl 95 · The Last Door · Coleman Breck · ss 102 · Tubby Gower Collects His Dues · R. de S. Horn · ss 116 · Roarin’ Jack · John D. Carroll · ss

The Black Mask [v5 #10, January 1923] (20¢, pulp) 3 · The Saldetta Mystery [Prentice] · Francis James · ss 19 · The Sexton [Cemetery Tale] · Drayton Dunster · ss 23 · Christmas Eve · John Hanlon · ss 36 · T. McGuirk Walks Straight and Narrow [T. McGuirk] · Ray Cummings · ss 41 · The Trail of the Scarlet Fox [Part 1 of 6; The Scarlet Fox] · Eustace Hale Ball · sl 59 · The Wife Stealer · William Sanford · ss 63 · The Dragon Fly · C. S. Montanye · ss 70 · Red Jade · Robert E. Hewes · vi 73 · Beyond Want · Harry Simon · ss 81 · That Laugh · George L. Catton · ss 89 · My Underworld · Joe Taylor · ts 95 · A Million a Year [Part 3 of 4] · Roy L. McCardell · sl 110 · For Value Received · John McColl · vi 112 · The 12:32 · Kingsley Moses · ss 119 · The Mystery of Doctor Steele · Harold Ward · ss

The Black Mask [v5 #11, February 1923] (20¢, pulp) 3 · Creeping Death · W. H. Holmes · nv 24 · Hades and Return · Marr Murray · ss 31 · The Head of Clampini · N. H. Wilson · ss 39 · The Manhunters: After Ten Thousand Miles [The Manhunters] · Charles Somerville · ts 52 · Her Gold and Her Pearls · Drayton Dunster · ss 55 · The Devil’s Hollow · Horace Winston Stokes · ss 63 · Sinister Images [Part 1 of 4; Prentice] · Francis James · sl 77 · My Underworld: The Fixer · Joe Taylor · ts 92 · The Last Snow · Eliza Mae Harvey · ss 98 · The Trail of the Scarlet Fox [Part 2 of 6; The Scarlet Fox] · Eustace Hale Ball · sl 114 · Eulogy on a Rare Theme · A. Kandel · vi 115 · A Million a Year [Part 4 of 4] · Roy L. McCardell · sl