April 1936 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

April 1936 issue

cover art by Tom Lovell

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Arthur Leo Zagat, Girl for the Torture God

Dale Clark, “Death’s Painted Priestess”

Paul Ernst, Satan’s Servant

Emerson Graves. “Come with Me to Hell!”

Roger Howard Norton, “Desire of the Undead”

Wyatt Blassingame, My Love Brings Death!

Arthur J. Burks, Invitation to the Morgue

William B. Rainey, “Prey of the Beast-Woman”

March 1947 issue ~ cover art by Albert Drake

March 1947 issue

cover art by Albert Drake

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~ Dale Clark, “The Corpse with the Bloody Nose”, last of 28 O’Hanna stories, last of 32 appearances in BM

~ Merle Constiner, “Dead on Arrival”, ‘Luther McGavock, private detective; he works Atherton Browne who heads a Memphis-based agency, 10th of 11 of the McG stories; usually rural setting’, reprinted in Let the Dead Alone: The Complete Black Mask Cases of Luther McGavock (Steeger, 2020), 11th of 12 stories in BM

~ Robert C. Dennis, “Out of This World”, 2nd of 6 with ‘William (Willie) Carmody, Confidential Investigations & Margaret O’Leary, writer, Hollywood, WC is first-person narrator’, 2nd of 10 stories in BM

~ William Campbell Gault, “A Murder for Mac”, reprinted in Hot-House Homicide: The Complete Black Mask Cases of Mortimer Jones (Steeger, 2925), 2nd of 5 with PI Mortimer Jones, 3rd of 9 stories in BM

~ Coleman Meyer, “You’ll Never Grow Old”, ‘Hill Cartright, auto racer, tells it’, author’s 1st of 2 stories in BM

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January 1947 issue

January 1947 issue

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Day Keene, “Married to Murder!“

John Raymond English, “Black Monday”

Joe Kent, “Collect for the Corpse!“

Ken Lewis, “The Path Points Down”

Dale Clark, “The Possessed”

Everett M. Webber, “Crowbait”

Francis K. Allan, “The Face of Fear”

Talmage Powell, “Swamp Fever”

Stewart Toland, “Murder Has a Hundred Faces”

– Peacock listed on cover but not in contents –

November 1942 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

November 1942 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

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Merle Constiner, “Mr. Bettleman’s Blisters” (The Dean)

D.L. Champion, “A Leg on Murder” (Insp. Allhoff)

Dale Clark, “Necktie Party” (Plates O’Rion)

Marvin L. De Vries, “There Goes the Doctor”

John Lawrence, “Blood Test”

February 1936 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

February 1936 issue

cover by Tom Lovell

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Hugh B. Cave, “Death Holds for Ransom

Dale Clark, “My Friend—The Corpse”

Paul Ernst, “Embrace of the Fire God”

Roger Howard Norton, “The Woman Hell Gave Me”

Wyatt Blassingame, “Slaves of the Tomb Maidens”

Ben Judson, “The Beast in Her Bed!“

Emerson Graves, “Pale Daughters of Death”

October 1945 issue ~ cover art by Samuel Cherry

October 1945 issue

cover art by Samuel Cherry

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Dale Clark, “Corpse in Pawn” (High Price)

C. William Harrison, “Down Among the Dead Men” (Hannibal Smith)

H.H. Stinson, “Crime on My Hands” (Johnny Smith)

Robert C. Dennis, “Lilies are for the Dead” (Pat Kinnick)

Richard C. Dermody, “The Doctor’s Gander” (Dot Pierce)

William R. Cox, “Slay-Belle” (Malachi Manatee)

Muriel Farr, “Protection for Life”

March 1945 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

March 1945 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

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H.H. Stinson, “Slay Binge” (Pete Rousseau)

Robert Martin, “G.I. Doublecross” (Jim Bennett)

Dale Clark, “Corpse on Parade” (High Price)

Thorne Lee, “The Whisperer”

Ralph Eldred, “Death Watch”

Ken Lewis, “This May Hurt a Little”

February 1939 issue ~ cover art by James Lunnon

February 1939 issue

cover art by James Lunnon

~ W.T. Ballard, “No Parole from Death”, 20th of 27 stories with ‘Bill Lennox, troubleshooter for Consolidated Films’, 31st of 43 stories in BM

~ Dale Clark, “Death Watch”, Scotland Yard undercover man Carr, politics and murder, 2nd of 32 stories in BM

~ Frederick C. Davis, “Tonight I Must Die”, 7th of 16 stories in BM

~ Steve Fisher, “Flight to Paris”, 8th of 9 stories in BM

~ Frank Gruber, “State Fair Murder”, 7th of 10 with‘Oliver Quade, The Human Encyclopedia’, 10th of 14 stories in BM

~ K. Webster, “Underwater Kill”, ‘cop goes under sea-surface to nab his man’, 1st of 3 stories in BM

~ Edward S. Williams, “Deadly Secret”, ‘Rex Flynn, private dick’, 4th of 8 appearances in BM

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