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June 1951 issue

January 1951 issue

~ Robert Arthur, “The Coroner’s Hand”, ‘reprint, not originally BM’, 2^nd of 2 appearances in BM

~ Robert C. Dennis, “I Thee Kill”, 9^th of 10 stories in BM

~ Dean Evans, “Scandal-Time Gal”, last of 3 stories in BM

~ Frederick L. Nebel, “The Green Widow”, ’Sgt. Brinkhaus, reprint from “Detective Fiction Weekly”, 11 Feb 1933’, last of 67 (66 originals) stories in BM

~ Richard Sale, “Banshee”, ‘reprint; not from BM’

~ Robert Turner, “For the Rest of Your Death”, last of 4 stories in BM

~ Cornell Woolrich, “He Looked Like Murder”, ‘reprint; not from BM; orig. pub., Detective Fiction Weekly, 8 Feb 1941’, last of 24 (22 original) stories to appear in BM

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reissues of Woolrich classics from Centipede Press

Woolrich classics from Centipede Press

July 1939 issue ~ cover art by J. George Janes

July 1939 issue

cover art by J. George Janes

~ W.T. Ballard, “Death in the Zoo”, 32nd of 43 stories in BM

~ Maurice Beam, “Death Swing”, ‘stunt fliers’,(thought to possibly be a pseud. of Robert Leslie Bellem), 2^nd of 7 with this name in BM

~ C.S. Montanye (Carleton Stevens), “Framed for Hanging”, 28th of 29 stories in BM

~ Stewart Sterling (pseud. of Prentice Winchell), “Kill a Man Dead”, 2nd of 3 stories with Vince Mallie, 2nd of 12 stories

~ H.H. Stinson, “Murder Sweepstakes”, 7th of 14 with ‘Ken O’Hara, fighting reporter on Los Angeles Tribune’, ‘see pg. 7 for letter from HHS about O’H’, 12th of 27 stories in BM

~ Cornell Woolrich, “Borrowed Crime”, reprinted in The Black Lizard Big Book of Black Mask Stories (Vintage, 2010), 11th of 24 (22 original) stories to appear in BM

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May 1942 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

May 1942 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

~ W.T. Ballard, “Lights, Action – Killer!”, 27^th and last Lennox story in BM, 40^th of 43 stories in BM

~ D.L. Champion, “Blood from a Turnip”, 8^th of 26 with Sackler, reprinted in Murder Costs Money: The Complete Black Mask Stories of Rex Sackler (Steeger, 2020), 9^th of 30 stories in BM.

~ Dale Clark, “Murder is No Joke”, 9th of 28 with house dick Mike O’Hanna story, at San Alpa Resort hotel, 11^th of 32 stories in BM

~ Norbert Davis, “Don’t Cry for Me”, 1^st of 3 with Hollywood piano man John Collins, 10^th of 13 stories in BM

~ C.P. Donnell, Jr., “Death of the Party ”, 9th of 16 with Colonel Walter (Doc) Rennie, USA Medical Corps psychiatrist, 9th of 20 stories in BM

~ Cornell Woolrich, “Dormant Account”, 19th of 24 (22 original) stories to appear in BM

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