December 1932 issue ~ cover art by William Reusswig

December 1932 issue

cover art by William Reusswig

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T.T. Flynn, “The Black Doctor” (Val Easton, Secret Service)

Frederick Nebel, “A Truck Load of Diamonds” (Cardigan)

Erle Stanley Gardner, “Marked Money” (Dane Skarle)

Richard J. Credicott, “The Three Horrible Heads” (Anthony Fletcher)

Joseph Mulvaney, “Smart Like a Fox” (Oscar Fox)

November 15, 1933 issue ~ cover art by William Reusswig

November 15, 1933 issue

cover art by William Reusswig

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T.T. Flynn, “The Jade Joss” (Val Easton v. Black Doctor)

Russ Meservey, “The Swamp Lake Horrors” (Link Nace)

Frederick Nebel, “Murder a la Carte” (Cardigan)

Erle Stanley Gardner, “The Cross-Stitch Killer” (Paul Pry)

Photo and profile of Russ Meservey appeared on pg. 123

July 1949 issue ~ cover art by Albert Drake

July 1949 issue

cover art by Albert Drake

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Mel Cotton, “No Time to Burn”

Bruce Cassiday, “Hellcat of Homicide Highway”

John D. MacDonald, “A Corpse-Maker Goes Courting”

Peter Paige, “Coffin Cure”

Johanas L. Bouma, “I’ll Be Killing You”

Robert Turner, “Kiss and Kill”

December 1948 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

December 1948 issue

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cover art by Norman Saunders

T.T. Flynn, “Mr Maddox’s Phoney-Finish”

John D. MacDonald, “No Grave Has My Love”

Philip Ketchum, “Meet Miss Murder”

B.J. Benson, “Homicide in a Hurry” (Shamus Dobson)

Raymond Drennan, Jr., “I Take This Doom”

Robert Turner, “How Dead Can You Get”

[Saunders’ artwork and some of the stories used for the August 1950 UK issue of Black Mask]

October 1939 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

October 1939 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

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John Lawrence, “Man Hunt” (Marquis of Broadway)

D.L. Champion, “Dead and Dumb” (Inspector Allhoff)

Sam Merwin, Jr., “Murder March of the Toy Soldiers”

Martin Labas, “The Devil’s Burden”

O.B. Myers, “Diamonds Can’t Swim”

March 1, 1935 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

March 1, 1935 issue

cover art by Walter Baumhofer

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Leslie T. White, “The Crimson Counterfoil” (Duke Martindel)

John M. Gregory, “Track Racket” (Jim MacCauley)

John Lawrence, “A Burial is Arranged” (Cass Blue)

Russ Meservey, “The Fourth Pharaoh” (Pokerface)

Cornell Woolrich, “Murder in Wax” (Angelface)

O.B. Myers, “The Case of the Footless Corpse” (Breck)

August 1940 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

August 1940 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

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D.L. Champion, “There was a Crooked Man – ” (Inspector Allhoff)

Norbert Davis, “This will Kill You!” (Bail-Bond Dodd)

John Lawrence, “The Death of the Party” (Marquis of Broadway)

Merle Constiner, “Strangler’s Kill” (The Dean)

O.B. Myers, “United We Fall”

April 15, 1935 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

April 15, 1935 issue

cover art by Walter Baumhofer

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Frederick Nebel, “Hell Couldn’t Stop Him” (Cardigan)

Leslie T. White, “Crook for a Night” (Toby Laird)

William Edward Hayes, “The Corpse on the Semaphore” (Dan Howell)

T. T. Flynn, “The Dragons of Change Ch’ien” (Val Easton)

O.B. Myers, “Grave Mates” (Jimmy McRay)

August 1936 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

August 1936 issue

cover art by Walter Baumhofer

William E. Barrett, “The Tattooed Chinamen” (Needle Mike)

Leslie T. White, “The Bullet That Took Its Time” (Duke Martindel)

John K. Butler, “Parole for the Dead” (Tricky Enright)

Fred MacIsaac, “Blond Cargo” (Rambler Murphy)

Denslow M. Dade, “The Came On”