January 1942 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

January 1942 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Stewart Sterling, “Bull-Market for the Dying”

Francis K. Allan, “Am I the Corpse’s Keeper?“

William R. Cox, “Beware the Black Queen”  (Tom Kincaid)

Wayne Rogers, “Murder Town”

Dane Gregory, “All at Once—No Wednesday!“

Russell Gray, “Death Hitch-Hikes South”

October 1942 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

October 1942 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

~ Francis K. Allan, “That Second Answer”, ‘Shamus Tim Hall of Hall & Branch, NYC; info on FKA, p.8’, 1st of 2 stories in BM, but only original appearance

~ D.L. Champion, “Murder By the Ears”, 10th of 26 with Rex Sackler, reprinted in Murder Costs Money: The Complete Black Mask Stories of Rex Sackler (Steeger, 2020), 11th of 30 stories in BM

~ C.P. Donnel, Jr., “Blood on the Book”, 11th of 16 with Colonel Walter (Doc) Rennie, USA Medical Corps, 11th of 20 stories in BM

~ John Lawrence, “Detour to Death”, last of 14 appearances in BM

~ Curt Siodmak, “Donovan’s Brain”, 2nd of 3 parts, serialization of the novel published in 1943, only 3 appearances in BM by the author and director

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November 1943 issue ~ cover art by Gloria Stoll

November 1943 issue

cover art by Gloria Stoll

Day Keene, “The Man from Hell”

Russell Gray, “I’ll Slay You Later”

Joe Kent, “Suicide Symphony”

William R. Cox, “Murder in Cinema City” (Tom Kincaid)

Francis K. Allan, “Mail from the Murdered”

Stuart Friedman, “Vengeance of the Voodoo Dancers”

November 21, 2013