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    Black Aces    (about)
    Subtitled “Lone Wolf Stories of Action”, Black Aces was a short-lived Black Mask imitation that never quite hit the hard-boiled mark.

    • Publishers:
      • Fiction House, Inc.; 220 East 42nd Street, New York, NY: Black Aces

    • Editors:

    Black Bat Detective Mysteries    (about)
    Although Black Bat Detective Mysteries was centered around a series of stories featuring “The Black Bat”, this is not the same crime fighter that was made famous in Black Book Detective Magazine but is instead a separate character created by Murray Leinster..

    • Publishers:
      • The Berryman Press, Inc.; 103 Park Avenue, New York, NY: Black Bat Detective Mysteries

    • Editors:

    Black Belt Magazine [v21 #5, May 1983] (quarto)
    Details taken from eBay listing.
    • The Third Lesson · Robert Dillon · ss; Ko-taka laughed at the old man for being foolish, but he soon learned that his elder could kill him as easily as he had saved his life.

    Black Book Detective Magazine:
    Black Book Detective Magazine was a fairly average pulp until it introduced the character of The Black Bat crimefighter in the July 1939 issue. He featured in about 60% of the magazine’s issues and was directly responsible for the magazine surviving into the early 1950s, long after most detective pulps.

    Black Book Detective Magazine

    • Publishers:
      • Newsstand Publications, Inc.; Myrick Building, Springfield, MA: Black Book Detective Magazine, Jun 1933 – Aug 1933.
      • Newsstand Publications, Inc.; Chicago, IL: Black Book Detective Magazine, Sep 1933.
      • Newsstand Publications, Inc.; 4600 Diversey Avenue, Chicago, IL: Black Book Detective Magazine, Oct 1933 – Jun 1934.
      • Lincoln Hoffman; 4600 Diversey Avenue, Chicago, IL: Black Book Detective Magazine, Aug 1934 – Apr 1935.
      • Ranger Publications, Inc.; 4600 Diversey Avenue, Chicago, IL: Black Book Detective Magazine, Jan 1936 – Jun 1937.
      • Better Publications, Inc.; 4600 Diversey Avenue, Chicago, IL: Black Book Detective Magazine, Mar 1938 – Jan 1941.

    • Editors:
      • Ward Marshall - Editor: Black Book Detective Magazine, Jan 1934 – Mar 1934.
      • Alice Phillips - Editor: Black Book Detective Magazine, Aug 1934 – Jun 1937.
      • Leo Margulies - Editor: Black Book Detective Magazine, Mar 1938 – Jan 1941.

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