September 1, 2025

January 1939 issue ~ cover art by A.R. McCowen

cover art by A.R. McCowen

pseudonym of W.T. Ballard, one of the ‘second wave’ of great Black Mask Magazine writers

1st book as MacNeil, and 1st of 7 books with Tony Costaine and Bert McCall published between 1958 and 1966

cover art by Gerry Powell

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cover art by A.R. McCowen

cover art by A.R. McCowen

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cover art by Norman Saunders

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Frank Huepper, “Hell Bent for Homicide”

Mel Colton, “Dreamer with a Gun” (Johnny Rock)

John D. MacDonald, “Take a Powder, Galahad!“

Richard E. Glendinning, “The Lady from Limbo”

John Bender, “Fall-Guy’s Feint”

Bert Styler, “Why Stoolies Get Stiff”

Mark Wilson, “Those Sticky, Sticky Fingers”

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

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1952; cover art by Barye Phillips

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cover by Adamsen

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