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2016
#1
Jan

#2
Apr

#3
Jul

#4
Oct

2017
#5
Jan

Black Hood Detective (about)

--- see under Crack Detective.

Black Hood Detective (UK)

--- see under Swan American Magazine.

Black Infinity Magazine (about)

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
Winter Spring Summer Fall Winter

2017

#1
Fall

2018
#2
Winter

#3
Fall

2019

#4
Spring

Black Ink Horror (about)

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
Winter Spring Summer Fall Winter

2006
v1
# 0

2007

v1
# 1

v1
# 2

v1
# 3
Red
Red

2008
v2
# 4
v2
# 5
XXX
XXX

2010
# 6

2011

# 7

The Black Lily (about)

Publishers: Southern Goblin Productions; Sarasota, FL.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
Winter Spring Summer Fall Winter

2002

#10
Spring

Black Lite (about)

Fanzine.

Publishers: John D. DiPrete; Cranston, RI.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
Winter Spring Summer Fall Winter

1976

# 1
Aug

# 2
Oct

1977

# 3
Mar

1978
# 4/5
Jan

Black Lotus (about)

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
Winter Spring Summer Fall Winter

1992
v 1 #1

1993

v 1 #2
May
v 1 #3

1995
v 1 #4

1996
v 1 #5

Black Magic (about)

Girlie magazine with some fiction.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
Winter Spring Summer Fall Winter

1964
v 1 #2

Black Mask:

Black Mask started life fairly innocuously as a general pulp running all types of fiction from adventure to romance to westerns. However, it was the advent of Joseph T. Shaw as editor in November 1926 that saw Black Mask transformed into what is generally regarded as the finest detective pulp magazine ever published. Even though Shaw was fired in 1936, the magazine continued with a consistently high standard into the early 1950s, reaching a total of 340 issues.

— The Black Mask

Publishers: Pro-Distributors Publishing Company, Inc.; 25 West 45th Street, New York, NY.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
Winter Spring Summer Fall Winter

1920

v1 #1
Apr
v1 #2
May
v1 #3
Jun
v1 #4
Jul
v1 #5
Aug
v1 #6
Sep
v2 #1
Oct
v2 #2
Nov v2 #3
Dec

1921 v2 #4
Jan
v2 #5
Feb
v2 #6
Mar
v3 #1
Apr
v3 #2
May v3 #3
Jun v3 #4
Jul
v3 #5
Aug v3 #6
Sep
v4 #1
Oct
v4 #2
Nov
v4 #3
Dec

1922
v4 #4
Jan
v4 #5
Feb v4 #6
Mar
v5 #1
Apr
v5 #2
May
v5 #3
Jun
v5 #4
Jul
v5 #5
Aug v5 #6
Sep v5 #7
Oct v5 #8
Nov v5 #9
Dec

1923
v5 #10
Jan v5 #11
Feb
v5 #12
Feb 15
v5 #13
Mar 1 v5 #14
Mar 15 v6 #1
Apr 1
v6 #2
Apr 15
v6 #3
May 1
v6 #4
May 15
v6 #5
Jun 1
v6 #6
Jun 15
v6 #7
Jul 1
v6 #8
Jul 15
1923
v6 #9
Aug 1
v6 #10
Aug 15
v6 #11
Sep 1 v6 #12
Sep 15
v6 #13
Oct 1
v6 #14
Oct 15
v6 #15
Nov 1
v6 #16
Nov 15
v6 #17
Dec 1 v6 #18
Dec 15

1924
v6 #19
Jan 1
v6 #20
Jan 15
v6 #21
Feb 1
v6 #22
Feb 15
v6 #23
Mar 1
v6 #24
Mar 15
v7 #1
Apr 1
v7 #2
Apr 15
v7 #3
May
v7 #4
Jun
v7 #5
Jul
v7 #6
Aug
v7 #7
Sep
1924
v7 #8
Oct
v7 #9
Nov
v7 #10
Dec

1925
v7 #11
Jan
v7 #12
Feb
v8 #1
Mar
v8 #2
Apr
v8 #3
May v8 #4
Jun
v8 #5
Jul
v8 #6
Aug
v8 #7
Sep
v8 #8
Oct
v8 #9
Nov
v8 #10
Dec

1926
v8 #11
Jan
v8 #12
Feb
v9 #1
Mar
v9 #2
Apr
v9 #3
May
v9 #4
Jun
v9 #5
Jul
v9 #6
Aug
v9 #7
Sep
v9 #8
Oct
v9 #9
Nov
v9 #10
Dec

1927
v9 #11
Jan
v9 #12
Feb
v10 #1
Mar
v10 #2
Apr

— Black Mask

Title changed from The Black Mask.

Publishers: Pro-Distributors Publishing Company, Inc.; 25 West 45th Street, New York, NY, May 1927 – Apr 1940; Popular Publications, Inc.; 2256 Grove Street, Chicago, IL, May 1940 – Mar 1950.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
Winter Spring Summer Fall Winter

1927

v10 #3
May
v10 #4
Jun
v10 #5
Jul
v10 #6
Aug
v10 #7
Sep
v10 #8
Oct
v10 #9
Nov
v10 #10
Dec

1928
v10 #11
Jan
v10 #12
Feb
v11 #1
Mar
v11 #2
Apr
v11 #3
May
v11 #4
Jun
v11 #5
Jul
v11 #6
Aug
v11 #7
Sep
v11 #8
Oct
v11 #9
Nov
v11 #10
Dec

1929
v11 #11
Jan
v11 #12
Feb
v12 #1
Mar
v12 #2
Apr
v12 #3
May
v12 #4
Jun
v12 #5
Jul
v12 #6
Aug
v12 #7
Sep
v12 #8
Oct
v12 #9
Nov
v12 #10
Dec

1930
v12 #11
Jan
v12 #12
Feb
v13 #1
Mar
v13 #2
Apr
v13 #3
May
v13 #4
Jun
v13 #5
Jul
v13 #6
Aug
v13 #7
Sep
v13 #8
Oct
v13 #9
Nov
v13 #10
Dec

1931
v13 #11
Jan
v13 #12
Feb
v14 #1
Mar
v14 #2
Apr v14 #3
May
v14 #4
Jun
v14 #5
Jul
v14 #6
Aug
v14 #7
Sep
v14 #8
Oct
v14 #9
Nov
v14 #10
Dec

1932
v14 #11
Jan
v14 #12
Feb
v15 #1
Mar
v15 #2
Apr
v15 #3
May
v15 #4
Jun
v15 #5
Jul
v15 #6
Aug
v15 #7
Sep
v15 #8
Oct
v15 #9
Nov
v15 #10
Dec

1933
v15 #11
Jan
v15 #12
Feb
v16 #1
Mar
v16 #2
Apr
v16 #3
May
v16 #4
Jun
v16 #5
Jul
v16 #6
Aug
v16 #7
Sep
v16 #8
Oct
v16 #9
Nov
v16 #10
Dec

1934
v16 #11
Jan
v16 #12
Feb
v17 #1
Mar
v17 #2
Apr
v17 #3
May
v17 #4
Jun
v17 #5
Jul
v17 #6
Aug
v17 #7
Sep
v17 #8
Oct
v17 #9
Nov
v17 #10
Dec

1935
v17 #11
Jan
v17 #12
Feb
v18 #1
Mar
v18 #2
Apr
v18 #3
May
v18 #4
Jun
v18 #5
Jul
v18 #6
Aug
v18 #7
Sep
v18 #8
Oct
v18 #9
Nov
v18 #10
Dec

1936
v18 #11
Jan
v18 #12
Feb
v19 #1
Mar
v19 #2
Apr
v19 #3
May
v19 #4
Jun
v19 #5
Jul
v19 #6
Aug
v19 #7
Sep
v19 #8
Oct
v19 #9
Nov
v19 #10
Dec

1937
v19 #11
Jan
v19 #12
Feb
v20 #1
Mar
v20 #2
Apr
v20 #3
May
v20 #4
Jun
v20 #5
Jul
v20 #6
Aug
v20 #7
Sep
v20 #8
Oct
v20 #9
Nov
v20 #10
Dec

1938
v20 #11
Jan
v20 #12
Feb
v21 #1
Mar
v21 #2
Apr
v21 #3
May
v21 #4
Jun

v21 #5
Aug
v21 #6
Sep
v21 #7
Oct
v21 #8
Nov
v21 #9
Dec

1939
v21 #10
Jan
v21 #11
Feb
v21 #12
Mar
v22 #1
Apr
v22 #2
May
v22 #3
Jun
v22 #4
Jul
v22 #5
Aug
v22 #6
Sep
v22 #7
Oct
v22 #8
Nov
v22 #9
Dec

1940
v22 #10
Jan
v22 #11
Feb
v22 #12
Mar
v23 #1
Apr

v23 #2
Jun
v23 #3
Jul
v23 #4
Aug
v23 #5
Sep
v23 #6
Oct
v23 #7
Nov
v23 #8
Dec

1941
v23 #9
Jan
v23 #10
Feb
v23 #11
Mar
v23 #12
Apr
v24 #1
May
v24 #2
Jun
v24 #3
Jul
v24 #4
Aug
v24 #5
Sep
v24 #6
Oct
v24 #7
Nov
v24 #8
Dec

1942
v24 #9
Jan
v24 #10
Feb
v24 #11
Mar
v24 #12
Apr
v25 #1
May
v25 #2
Jun
v25 #3
Jul
v25 #4
Aug
v25 #5
Sep
v25 #6
Oct
v25 #7
Nov
v25 #8
Dec

1943
v25 #9
Jan
v25 #10
Feb
v25 #11
Mar

v25 #12
May

v26 #1
Jul

v26 #2
Sep

v26 #3
Nov

1944
v26 #4
Jan

v26 #5
Mar

v26 #6
May

v26 #7
Jul

v26 #8
Sep

v26 #9
Nov

1945
v26 #10
Jan

v26 #11
Mar

v26 #12
May

v27 #1
Jul

v27 #2
Sep

v27 #3
Nov

1946
v27 #4
Jan
v28 #1
Feb
v28 #2
Mar

v28 #3
May

v28 #4
Jul

v29 #1
Sep

v29 #2
Nov

1947
v29 #3
Jan

v29 #4
Mar

v30 #1
May

v30 #2
Jul

v30 #3
Sep

v30 #4
Nov

1948
v31 #1
Jan

v31 #2
Mar

v31 #3
May

v31 #4
Jul

v32 #1
Sep

v32 #2
Nov

1949
v32 #3
Jan

v32 #4
Mar

v33 #1
May

v33 #2
Jul

v33 #3
Sep

v33 #4
Nov

1950
v34 #1
Jan

v34 #2
Mar

— Black Mask Detective

Title changed from Black Mask.

Publishers: Popular Publications, Inc.; 2256 Grove Street, Chicago, IL.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
Winter Spring Summer Fall Winter

1950

v34 #3
May

v34 #4
Jul

v35 #1
Sep

v35 #2
Nov

1951
v35 #3
Jan

v35 #4
Mar

v36 #1
May

— Black Mask Detective Magazine

Title changed from Black Mask Detective.

Publishers: Fictioneers, Inc.; 1125 E. Vaile Ave., Kokomo, Indiana.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
Winter Spring Summer Fall Winter

1951

v36 #2
Jul

— Black Mask (1974)

A brief revival that lasted for only one issue, featuring reprint fiction. A second issue was finished but never published.

Publishers: Lopez Publications, Inc.; 21 West 26th Street, New York, NY 10010, Aug 1974.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
Winter Spring Summer Fall Winter

1974

v1 #1
Aug

— The New Black Mask Quarterly

A second revival which was, arguably, an original anthology series rather than a magazine. It was superseded by the anthology series A Matter of Crime by the same editors (1987-88, 4 volumes).

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
Winter Spring Summer Fall Winter

1985
#1
#2

— The New Black Mask

Title changed from The New Black Mask Quarterly.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
Winter Spring Summer Fall Winter

1985
#3

1986
#4
#5
#6
#7

1987
#8

— Black Mask (2016)

A third revival that mainly reprinted from a variety of different pulp magazines.

Publishers: Altus Press, Fll 2016—.

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