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Black Mask [v22 #8, November 1939] (15¢, pulp)

6 · Scars of Murder [Bill Lennox] · W. T. Ballard · nv
32 · Oliver Quade at the Races [Oliver Quade] · Frank Gruber · nv
51 · Reprieve · Maurice Beam · nv
74 · Murder for Her Birthday · Edward S. Williams · nv
97 · Thirty Grand Reward · Roger Torrey · ss
105 · All in a Night’s Work · Donald S. Aitken · ss

Black Mask [v22 #9, December 1939] (15¢, pulp)

6 · Swastika Scourge · Peter Paige · nv
28 · Through a Dead Man’s Eye · Cornell Woolrich · nv
47 · Blood in the Snow [Beeker] · Dwight V. Babcock · nv
70 · Clear as Crystal [Miles Standish Rice] · Baynard H. Kendrick · ss
88 · Straight Across the Board [Vince Mallie] · Stewart Sterling · ss
102 · Accounting in Blood · William R. Cox · ss

Black Mask [v22 #10, January 1940] (20¢, pulp)

6 · Some Call It Murder [The Bishop] · Wyatt Blassingame · nv
24 · Voodoo Frame · Peter Paige · nv
46 · Too Much Static · Robert Arthur · ss
58 · This Murder’s on Me · H. H. Stinson · nv
82 · Death Calls the Hand [Pat McCarthy] · Roger Torrey · nv
99 · Ham Strung · Maurice Beam · ss
112 · The Garden of Violent Death · William B. Rainey · nv

Black Mask [v22 #11, February 1940] (20¢, pulp)

6 · Blackout! · Peter Paige · nv
30 · The White Lie · Maurice Beam · nv
56 · Murder for Your Money [Pat McCarthy] · Roger Torrey · nv
75 · Getting Maizie · William Tanquery · ss
86 · Fisherman’s Luck [Miles Standish Rice] · Baynard H. Kendrick · nv
113 · The Corpse Takes a Wife · H. F. Howard · ss
123 · The Last Pin · H. W. Guernsey · vi

Black Mask [v22 #12, March 1940] ed. F. Ellsworth (Pro-Distributors Publishing Company, Inc., 20¢, pulp, cover by Edgar A. Whitney)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · Words and Music [Oliver Quade] · Frank Gruber · nv
27 · Black and White · Roger Torrey · nv
44 · Counterfeit Citizen · Peter Paige · nv
66 · The Mercy Shot · John Hawkins · ss
76 · Murder Is Bad Luck · Wyatt Blassingame · nv
93 · Behind the Black Mask · [The Readers] · lc
94 · Blind Witness · Frederick C. Davis · nv
113 · A Short Cut to Murder [Miles Standish Rice] · Baynard Kendrick · ss
124 · The Fixer · Maurice Beam · vi

Black Mask [v23 #1, April 1940] (20¢, pulp)

4 · My Candle Burns [Jerry Tracy] · Theodore A. Tinsley · nv
30 · Blind Man’s Bluff · Samuel Drake · ss
36 · The Friends of Pepito Valdes [Gabby Grant; Pepito Valdes] · Peter Paige · nv
56 · Post-Mortem · Cornell Woolrich · nv
74 · Lost—and Found · Hugh B. Cave · nv
98 · The Vanishing Miss Vance · Roger Torrey · ss
113 · The Hunters’ Prey · Fred Hodgkins · ss

Black Mask [v23 #2, June 1940] (15¢, pulp)

6 · Tong Trouble [Ed Jenkins; Ngat T’oy] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv
40 · Too Many Angles [Donovan] · Roger Torrey · nv
71 · Body of Evidence [Broadway Squad] · John Lawrence · ss
87 · Overseer of the Poor · Paul Allenby · vi
90 · The Same Old Oil · Donald S. Aitken · ss
102 · Clamp Down [Ken O’Hara] · H. H. Stinson · nv

Black Mask [v23 #3, July 1940] (15¢, pulp)

6 · Death Stops Payment [Rex Sackler] · D. L. Champion · ss
23 · So Skulks the Weasel · Jim Kjelgaard · vi
28 · The Key [Lieutenant Canavan; Lieutenant Kleinschmidt] · Cleve F. Adams · nv
49 · ...And God Won’t Tell · Peter Paige · ss
68 · Someday I’ll Kill You · Edward S. Williams · nv
92 · Copper’s Moll · Russell Bender · ss
106 · Rhymes with Crimes [Mike O’Hanna] · Dale Clark · nv
127 · ‘Soapy’ Slater: A Prison Poem · Charles E. Jestings · pm

Black Mask [v23 #4, August 1940] (15¢, pulp)

6 · Murder—for No Reason [Bryant] · Roger Torrey · nv
26 · Ten Carats of Lead [Special Squad] · Stewart Sterling · nv
52 · Casey and the Blonde Wren [Jack “Flashgun” Casey] · George Harmon Coxe · ss
67 · Too Tough · John Graham · ss
82 · The Frame That Didn’t Fit [Duke Brian; Franny Steinmetz] · Eaton K. Goldthwaite · ss
95 · Rats Breed Rats · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · ss
104 · 10,001 Motives for Murder [The Bishop] · Wyatt Blassingame · nv
128 · Jim Gregg: A Prison Poem · Charles E. Jestings · pm

Black Mask [v23 #5, September 1940] (15¢, pulp)

6 · Pictures for Murder [Bill Lennox] · W. T. Ballard · nv
25 · Death in the Pluperfect [Broadway Squad] · John Lawrence · ss
38 · Danny, Once the Rat · William E. Brandon · ss
45 · That Certain Feeling [Englehardt; Dewey] · Cleve F. Adams · ss
56 · Killer in the Wind [Mike O’Hanna] · Dale Clark · nv
76 · Dog Eat Dog [Part 1 of 3; Cellini Smith] · Robert Reeves · sl

Black Mask [v23 #6, October 1940] (15¢, pulp)

6 · C-Jag · Cornell Woolrich · nv
33 · Murder Set to Music [Duke Brian; Franny Steinmetz] · Eaton K. Goldthwaite · ss
48 · Money to Burn [Rex Sackler] · D. L. Champion · nv
69 · Hangman’s Mark · Jim Kjelgaard · vi
72 · The Man Who Turned Up Missing · Donald Barr Chidsey · ss
77 · Killer in Camp · J. Lane Linklater · ss
86 · Dog Eat Dog [Part 2 of 3; Cellini Smith] · Robert Reeves · sl

Black Mask [v23 #7, November 1940] ed. K. S. White (15¢, pulp, cover by Rafael DeSoto)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · Lifting the December Black Mask · Anon. · ms
6 · Behind the Black Mask · [The Readers] · lc
8 · No Sap for Murder [Pete Hines] · Carroll John Daly · nv
35 · The Brand of Abel · D. L. Champion · ss
42 · You’ll Die Laughing · Norbert Davis · nv
62 · What’s Wrong with This Famous Crime? · I. B. Hazelton · cn
64 · Rob and Kill [Mike O’Hanna] · Dale Clark · nv
80 · The Missing Mr. Lee · Hugh B. Cave · ss
90 · Dog Eat Dog [Part 3 of 3; Cellini Smith] · Robert Reeves · sl

Black Mask [v23 #8, December 1940] (15¢, pulp)

6 · Jade Sanctuary [Ed Jenkins] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv
42 · Coat of Many Killers [Special Squad] · Stewart Sterling · nv
67 · Backfire · Jim Kjelgaard · vi
70 · North of the Border [Ken O’Hara] · H. H. Stinson · nv
95 · Red Friday · Harvey Howard · ss
100 · The Veiled Vampire [Duke Brian] · Eaton K. Goldthwaite · ss

Black Mask [v23 #9, January 1941] (15¢, pulp)

8 · Five Minutes for Murder [Pete Hines] · Carroll John Daly · nv
33 · The Aunt of Sigma Chi [Lieutenant Canavan; Lieutenant Kleinschmidt] · Cleve F. Adams · nv
51 · The Man Who Knew Fear [Doc Rennie] · C. P. Donnel, Jr. · ss
60 · The Lady with the Light Blue Hair [Bill Lennox] · W. T. Ballard · ss
78 · Killers in Glass Houses [The Bishop] · Wyatt Blassingame · nv
96 · Bomb Heat [Gabby Grant; Pepito Valdes] · Peter Paige · nv

Black Mask [v23 #10, February 1941] (15¢, pulp)

6 · Picture Killer [Broadway Squad] · John Lawrence · nv
30 · Don’t Make It Murder · John K. Butler · nv
50 · The Fourth Degree [Doc Rennie] · C. P. Donnel, Jr. · ss
60 · No Gashes Were Deep [Bryant] · Roger Torrey · nv
80 · Front-Page Frame-Up [Jeff Cardin] · Hugh B. Cave · nv
102 · Skin Game [Mike O’Hanna] · Dale Clark · nv

Black Mask [v23 #11, March 1941] (15¢, pulp)

8 · The Flying Hearse [Cellini Smith] · Robert Reeves · nv
36 · Thirty Miles to Albuquerque · W. T. Ballard · ss
44 · Five Gray Seeds · J. Lane Linklater · ss
53 · Blackmail, Theft and Murder, Inc. · A. Boyd Correll · ss
63 · Death of a Stout Fellow [Doc Rennie] · C. P. Donnel, Jr. · ss
71 · The Green and Ghastly Twig · J.-J. des Ormeaux · ss
90 · The Platinum Pig [Special Squad] · Stewart Sterling · nv

Black Mask [v23 #12, April 1941] (15¢, pulp)

8 · Dance Macabre · Robert Reeves · nv
29 · Murder Done in Gold [Broadway Squad] · John Lawrence · nv
58 · Stranger in Town · Hugh B. Cave · ss
73 · Law and Disorder · Roger Torrey · ss; not the same as the story of the same name in the November 1934 issue.
90 · Vacation with Pay [Rex Sackler] · D. L. Champion · nv
107 · Cool, Calm and Detected · Cornell Woolrich · nv

Black Mask [v24 #1, May 1941] ed. K. S. White (Fictioneers, Inc., 15¢, pulp)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

6 · Lifting the June Black Mask · Anon. · ms
8 · Behind the Black Mask · [The Readers] · lc
8 · The Chinese People [Ed Jenkins; Ngat T’oy] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv
47 · Crime Quiz · Hallack McCord · qz
48 · Once Around the Clock [Jack “Flashgun” Casey] · George Harmon Coxe · nv
71 · Blood Is Quicker Than Water · S. Omar Barker · ss
78 · Finders Takers · M. C. Clay · ss
82 · Satan in Short Pants [Nickie] · C. G. Tahney · nv
104 · Murder Parade [Lieutenant Canavan] · Cleve F. Adams · ss

Black Mask [v24 #2, June 1941] (Fictioneers, Inc., 15¢, pulp)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

6 · Lifting the July Black Mask · Anon. · ms
8 · Behind the Black Mask · [The Readers] · lc
10 · Over My Dead Body [Special Squad] · Stewart Sterling · nv
39 · Hot Towels [Mike O’Hanna] · Dale Clark · nv
56 · The Cat with a Headache [Cellini Smith] · Robert Reeves · nv
80 · Snakes in the Grass [Bryant] · Roger Torrey · ss
98 · Death Do Us Part [Doc Rennie] · C. P. Donnel, Jr. · ss
108 · Split Fee [Rex Sackler] · D. L. Champion · nv

Black Mask [v24 #3, July 1941] (Fictioneers, Inc., 15¢, 130pp+, pulp, cover by Rafael DeSoto)
Details supplied by Chad Calkins.

6 · Lifting the August Black Mask · Anon. · ms
8 · Behind the Black Mask · [The Readers] · lc
10 · Not in the Script [Bill Lennox] · W. T. Ballard · nv
32 · Murder in Ten Easy Lessons · C. G. Tahney · nv
60 · Nobody Loves Cops [Englehardt; Dewey] · Cleve F. Adams · ss
78 · Calling All Hearses [Ken O’Hara] · H. H. Stinson · nv
98 · The Bishop and the Tinkling Belle [The Bishop] · Wyatt Blassingame · nv
120 · Curse of the Beaver · Jim Kjelgaard · ss

Black Mask [v24 #4, August 1941] ed. K. S. White (Fictioneers, Inc., 15¢, pulp, cover by Rafael DeSoto)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

6 · Lifting the September Black Mask · Anon. · ms
8 · Behind the Black Mask · [The Readers] · lc
10 · Death Has My Number [Rod Case] · John K. Butler · nv
41 · Five Who Killed [Mike O’Hanna] · Dale Clark · ss
58 · Murder in High Gear · Robert Reeves · nv
83 · The Sunday That Came on a Thursday [Doc Rennie] · C. P. Donnel, Jr. · ss
100 · The Shamus Called It Murder · A. Boyd Correll · ss
110 · Falling Star [Duke Brian] · Eaton K. Goldthwaite · ss
120 · Hounded · Jim Kjelgaard · ss

Black Mask [v24 #5, September 1941] (15¢, pulp)

10 · Killers Are Camera Shy [Part 1 of 3; Jack “Flashgun” Casey] · George Harmon Coxe · sl
43 · Climb Back in Your Coffin · H. H. Stinson · ss
62 · Iron Cure · John Lawrence · nv
93 · Mind Over Murder · Philip Ketchum · ss
110 · The Macao Mark · Walter C. Brown · ss

Black Mask [v24 #6, October 1941] (15¢, pulp)

10 · Pick Up the Marbles [Rex Sackler] · D. L. Champion · nv
36 · Funeral of a Small American [Doc Rennie] · C. P. Donnel, Jr. · nv
62 · Killers Are Camera Shy [Part 2 of 3; Jack “Flashgun” Casey] · George Harmon Coxe · sl
100 · Murder in Haste · Ronal Kayser · vi
103 · San Quentin Quail [Mike O’Hanna] · Dale Clark · nv

Black Mask [v24 #7, November 1941] (15¢, pulp)

11 · Don’t Bury Me at All [Special Squad] · Stewart Sterling · nv
41 · Murder Is a Swell Idea [Bill Lennox] · W. T. Ballard · nv
62 · Picture Me Dead! · Peter Paige · na
111 · Invitation to Murder · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · ss
121 · Killers Are Camera Shy [Part 3 of 3; Jack “Flashgun” Casey] · George Harmon Coxe · sl
Behind the Black Mask · [The Readers] · lc

Black Mask [v24 #8, December 1941] (15¢, pulp) (Full Text)

11 · Rain Check [Ed Jenkins] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv
46 · This Will Slay You [Mike O’Hanna] · Dale Clark · ss
63 · Clothes Make the Corpse [The Bishop] · Wyatt Blassingame · nv
86 · Stage Fright · Donald Barr Chidsey · vi
88 · Murder for Nickels [Rod Case] · John K. Butler · nv

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