The FictionMags Index

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Black Mask [v24 #9, January 1942] (15¢, pulp) 11 · Bail Bait [Cellini Smith] · Robert Reeves · nv 40 · What’s Money? [Rex Sackler] · D. L. Champion · ss 60 · The Parrot That Wouldn’t Talk [“Sah-jin” O’Hara] · Walter C. Brown · ss 80 · The Shadowy Line · J. Lane Linklater · ss 94 · 5 Shrieks at 10 [Doc Rennie] · C. P. Donnel, Jr. · nv

Black Mask [v24 #10, February 1942] (15¢, pulp) 10 · Murder, Maestro, Please · John Lawrence · nv 50 · The Colt and the Killer [Bill Lennox] · W. T. Ballard · ss 69 · Wake Up and Give! · William E. Brandon · ss 76 · And a Little Child Shall Bleed Them [Nickie] · C. G. Tahney · nv 104 · The Night You Shot Hitler · Peter Paige · ss

Black Mask [v24 #11, March 1942] (15¢, pulp) 11 · Never Work at Night [Rod Case] · John K. Butler · nv 34 · Herrings Are Red [Lieutenant Canavan; Lieutenant Kleinschmidt] · Cleve F. Adams · nv 59 · Murder Pays 7 to 1 [Rex Sackler] · D. L. Champion · ss 77 · The Corpse Came Home [The Bishop] · Wyatt Blassingame · nv 98 · Kindly Omit Flowers [Special Squad] · Stewart Sterling · nv

Black Mask [v24 #12, April 1942] (15¢, pulp) 10 · Two Dead Hands [Ed Jenkins] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv 45 · Walk Across My Grave · Norbert Davis · ss 54 · Black Is for Widows [Duke Brian] · Eaton K. Goldthwaite · ss 66 · Hell and High Water [Bryant] · Roger Torrey · ss 85 · Corpse-Eye View [Doc Rennie] · C. P. Donnel, Jr. · nv 108 · Once upon a Crime · Lawrence Treat · nv

Black Mask [v25 #1, May 1942] (15¢, pulp) 11 · Lights, Action—Killer! [Bill Lennox] · W. T. Ballard · nv 37 · Blood from a Turnip [Rex Sackler] · D. L. Champion · nv 58 · The Death of the Party [Doc Rennie] · C. P. Donnel, Jr. · ss 70 · Dormant Account · Cornell Woolrich · nv 94 · Murder Is No Joke [Mike O’Hanna] · Dale Clark · ss 111 · Don’t You Cry for Me [John Collins] · Norbert Davis · ss

Black Mask [v25 #2, June 1942] ed. K. S. White (Fictioneers, Inc., 15¢, pulp, cover by Rafael DeSoto) Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · Lifting the July Black Mask · Anon. · ms 8 · Behind the Black Mask · [The Readers] · lc 10 · Murder in the Red [Jack “Flashgun” Casey] · George Harmon Coxe · nv 41 · My Body Lies Over the Ocean [Larceny Kane] · John Lawrence · nv 71 · Guy in the Sky [Mike O’Hanna] · Dale Clark · ss 88 · The Dancing Rats [Dr. Nick Adams] · Richard Sale · nv; not the same as the story of the same name in the February 27, 1937 issue of Detective Fiction Weekly. 119 · Cops Have Muddy Feet [Detective Slabbe] · William Rough · ss

Black Mask [v25 #3, July 1942] (15¢, pulp) 11 · Blow the Man Down [Special Squad] · Stewart Sterling · nv 41 · The Man They Couldn’t Break · Jim Kjelgaard · vi 44 · Let the Dead Alone [Luther McGavock] · Merle Constiner · nv 78 · You Can’t Ration Murder · Bill Gerry · nv 106 · 3 Kills for 1 · Cornell Woolrich · nv

Black Mask [v25 #4, August 1942] (15¢, pulp) 11 · Dead Ahead Lies Yesterday [Doc Rennie] · C. P. Donnel, Jr. · nv 33 · Bullets Don’t Bother Me · Norbert Davis · nv 54 · Treasonable Facsimile [Larceny Kane] · John Lawrence · nv 80 · Death Is a Souvenir · Peter Paige · nv 108 · Killer, Can You Spare a Dime? [Rex Sackler] · D. L. Champion · nv

Black Mask [v25 #5, September 1942] (15¢, pulp) 10 · Donovan’s Brain [Part 1 of 3; Dr. Patrick Cory] · Curt Siodmak · n. 37 · Stir-Bug · William E. Brandon · ss 41 · Dead Letter [Rod Case] · John K. Butler · ss 60 · Say It with Murder [Mike O’Hanna] · Dale Clark · ss 77 · Let’s Count Corpses [Luther McGavock] · Merle Constiner · nv 112 · Berlin Papers, Please Copy! · Peter Paige · ss

Black Mask [v25 #6, October 1942] (15¢, pulp) 10 · That Second Answer · Francis K. Allan · nv 44 · Murder by the Ears [Rex Sackler] · D. L. Champion · nv 61 · Detour to Death · John Lawrence · ss 73 · Blood on the Book [Doc Rennie] · C. P. Donnel, Jr. · ss 92 · Donovan’s Brain [Part 2 of 3; Dr. Patrick Cory] · Curt Siodmak · n.

Black Mask [v25 #7, November 1942] (15¢, pulp) 11 · A Taste for Murder [Cellini Smith] · Robert Reeves · nv 38 · How Big Is the Bucket? · Alan Farley · ss 50 · Donovan’s Brain [Part 3 of 3; Dr. Patrick Cory] · Curt Siodmak · n. 86 · Beat Me Daddy [John Collins] · Norbert Davis · nv 106 · Now I Slay Me— [Mike O’Hanna] · Dale Clark · nv

Black Mask [v25 #8, December 1942] (15¢, pulp) Behind the Black Mask · [The Readers] · lc 10 · Bullets, Back to Back [Special Squad] · Stewart Sterling · nv 35 · Death in a Homburg Hat · Harold Joyce · ss 44 · Murder Lays the Keel · Hugh Pentecost · nv 100 · The Con Man and the Cop [Costello] · W. T. Ballard · ss 107 · Two Pin Man · Henry Norton · vi 111 · Killer’s Luck · Eric Provost · ss

Black Mask [v25 #9, January 1943] (15¢, pulp) 11 · Blood on the Lens [Part 1 of 3; Jack “Flashgun” Casey] · George Harmon Coxe · sl 45 · Buttered on Both Sides · Alan Farley · ss 54 · Why Meddle with Murder? [Luther McGavock] · Merle Constiner · nv 92 · Don’t Stand under the Blackjack Tree [Doc Rennie] · C. P. Donnel, Jr. · ss 111 · Bag o’ Bones · Tom Marvin · ss

Black Mask [v25 #10, February 1943] (15¢, pulp) 12 · Come Out of the Grave [Rex Sackler] · D. L. Champion · nv 36 · If the Dead Could Talk · Cornell Woolrich · ss 46 · Slay as You Go [Mike O’Hanna] · Dale Clark · nv 66 · Suffer, Little Children · Henry Norton · ss 76 · Blood on the Lens [Part 2 of 3; Jack “Flashgun” Casey] · George Harmon Coxe · sl

Black Mask [v25 #11, March 1943] (15¢, pulp) 10 · The Incredible Mister Smith [Ed Jenkins; Ngat T’oy] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv 45 · Slay, Fiddle, Slay · Henry Norton · ss 54 · Coffin Number Three · Philip Ketchum · nv 87 · Conspiracy in Sunlight · C. P. Donnel, Jr. · ss 96 · Blood on the Lens [Part 3 of 3; Jack “Flashgun” Casey] · George Harmon Coxe · sl

Black Mask [v25 #12, May 1943] (15¢, pulp) 8 · Save a Grave for Me [Peter Trapp, II] · Frederick C. Davis · nv 36 · Sauce for the Gander · Day Keene · ss 46 · Mark Hoy’s Death-Stick [“Sah-jin” O’Hara] · Walter C. Brown · nv 73 · Modeled in Murder · William E. Brandon · ss 82 · Death Draws the Shutter · C. P. Donnel, Jr. · ss 90 · Name Your Poison [John Collins] · Norbert Davis · ss 107 · Fatal Friday · Mitchell Wilson · ss 117 · Keyed for a Killing · Julius Long · ss

Black Mask [v26 #1, July 1943] (15¢, pulp) 8 · Dead as a Duck [Special Squad] · Stewart Sterling · nv 36 · Danger—Mind at Work! [Doc Rennie] · C. P. Donnel, Jr. · nv 62 · The Turkey Buzzard Blues [Luther McGavock] · Merle Constiner · nv 100 · The Cat with Ten Lives [“Sah-jin” O’Hara] · Walter C. Brown · ss 111 · Murderer’s Way · Henry Norton · ss 118 · Loser Takes All · Julius Long · ss

Black Mask [v26 #2, September 1943] (15¢, pulp) 8 · The Gong of Vengeance [Ed Jenkins; Ngat T’oy] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv 48 · Heads—The Corpse Loses [Rex Sackler] · D. L. Champion · nv 70 · The Brenneke Slug [Mike O’Hanna] · Dale Clark · nv 91 · No Match for Murder · Julius Long · ss 96 · I Thought I’d Die [Peter Trapp, II] · Frederick C. Davis · nv

Black Mask [v26 #3, November 1943] (15¢, pulp) 8 · Kill One, Skip One [Luther McGavock] · Merle Constiner · nv 47 · Two Rings for Murder · H. H. Stinson · nv 73 · It’s So Peaceful in the Country · William E. Brandon · ss 80 · So Red the Ruby · C. P. Donnel, Jr. · nv 118 · The Devil’s Jack-Pot · Julius Long · ss

Black Mask [v26 #4, January 1944] (15¢, pulp) 8 · A Brain for Sale [Nickie] · C. G. Tahney · nv 49 · Murder o’ Mine [Mike O’Hanna] · Dale Clark · nv 66 · The House of Red Candles [“Sah-jin” O’Hara] · Walter C. Brown · nv 92 · Who Took the Corpse? · D. L. Champion · ss 102 · Kill Without Murder · Bruno Fischer · ss

Black Mask [v26 #5, March 1944] (15¢, pulp) 8 · Murder Goes to Market [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · nv 49 · Hands Down [Mike O’Hanna] · Dale Clark · nv 66 · Death for a Dollar [Rex Sackler] · D. L. Champion · nv; not the same as the story of the same name in the January 1950 issue. 85 · Clues in the Night [Doc Rennie] · C. P. Donnel, Jr. · ss 96 · Tears for Little Willie · Clyde Morehead · vi 98 · Call the Undertaker · Ted Stratton · ss

Black Mask [v26 #6, May 1944] (15¢, pulp) 8 · The Hound with the Golden Eye [Luther McGavock] · Merle Constiner · nv 43 · The Corpse Pays Cash [Rex Sackler] · D. L. Champion · nv 59 · Death Without Blackstone · Clyde Morehead · ss 66 · Don’t Ration Murder · Julius Long · ss 82 · Monkey See · Dale Clark · ss 97 · An Earful for Willie · Richard Dermody · ss 103 · Handwriting on the Wall · H. Wolff Salz · ss

Black Mask [v26 #7, July 1944] ed. K. S. White (Fictioneers, Inc., 15¢, 114pp, pulp, cover by Rafael DeSoto) Details supplied by Katherine Harper. 8 · Picture Frame · Cornell Woolrich · nv 29 · Murder Theme · Carroll John Daly · ss 46 · Slay on Sight [Mike O’Hanna] · Dale Clark · ss 62 · Dead Men Don’t Ask Questions · Ennen Reaves Hall · ss 82 · Merely Murder [Ben Corbett] · Julius Long · nv 97 · Sing for Your Slaughter · W. T. Ballard · ss

Black Mask [v26 #8, September 1944] (15¢, pulp) 10 · The White Walker [Doc Rennie] · C. P. Donnel, Jr. · ss 30 · Cash as Cash Can [Rex Sackler] · D. L. Champion · nv 45 · The Nip and the Bite [Mike O’Hanna] · Dale Clark · ss 58 · Without Benefit of Camera · K. M. Knight · nv 89 · Suicide Soup · Ken Lewis · ss

Black Mask [v26 #9, November 1944] ed. K. S. White (Fictioneers, Inc., 15¢, pulp, cover by Rafael DeSoto) (Full Text) Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · Lifting the January Black Mask · Anon. · ms 6 · Can You Stick to Your Guns? · Julius Long · qz 10 · Murder A.W.O.L. [Cellini Smith] · Robert Reeves · nv 30 · A Taste for Cognac [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday · nv 55 · Blind Bogey [Ben Corbett] · Julius Long · nv 66 · Killer Stay ’Way from My Door [Luther McGavock] · Merle Constiner · nv

Black Mask [v26 #10, January 1945] (15¢, pulp) 10 · Blood, Sweat and Biers · Robert Reeves · ss 30 · Leave Your Killing Card [Ben Corbett] · Julius Long · nv 41 · Good Hunting [Doc Rennie] · C. P. Donnel, Jr. · ss 50 · A Corpse Means Cash [Rex Sackler] · D. L. Champion · nv 64 · That’s Murder for You! [Mike O’Hanna] · Dale Clark · nv

Black Mask [v26 #11, March 1945] (15¢, pulp, cover by Gloria Stoll) 10 · Until the Undertaker Comes [Luther McGavock] · Merle Constiner · nv 37 · Dead as in Blonde [Rex Sackler] · D. L. Champion · ss 49 · Murder Had a Little Lamb [Mike O’Hanna] · Dale Clark · ss 61 · Get Your Own Corpse [Ken O’Hara] · H. H. Stinson · ss 78 · Goon My Way [Ben Corbett] · Julius Long · ss

Black Mask [v26 #12, May 1945] (15¢, pulp, cover by Gloria Stoll) 10 · The Creeps · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · nv 29 · Dressed to Kill · W. T. Ballard · ss 42 · A Noose for Little Nemo · H. H. Stinson · nv 62 · The Witch of Birdfoot Ranch · Merle Constiner · ss 75 · Caliente · James R. McKenna · vi 78 · Carnie Kill [Ben Corbett] · Julius Long · ss

Black Mask [v27 #1, July 1945] (15¢, pulp, cover by Samuel Cherry) [interior artwork] · Peter Kuhlhoff · il 8 · Spend, Killer, Spend! [Rex Sackler] · D. L. Champion · nv 24 · The Witch of Endor County [Ben Corbett] · Julius Long · nv 38 · Open and Shut [Mike O’Hanna] · Dale Clark · nv 53 · Jail Will Be Lonely · Michael Sutton · ss 62 · Here’s Homicide · Henry Norton · ss 74 · Dig Down Deep · Frances Beck · ss 79 · Death on Ice · Fergus Truslow · ss 87 · The Catalyst · Anthony Boucher · ss