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”
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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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”
March 1945 issue
cover art by Gloria Stoll
~ D.L. Champion, “Dead As in Blonde”, 17th of 26 with Rex Sackler, reprinted in Murder Costs Money: The Complete Black Mask Stories of Rex Sackler (Steeger, 2020), 19th of 30 stories in BM
~ Dale Clark, “Murder Had a Little Lamb”, 20th of 28 with house dick Mike O’Hanna story, at San Alpa Resort hotel, 23rd of 32 stories in BM
~ Merle Constiner, “Until the Undertaker Comes”, ‘Luther McGavock, private detective; he works Atherton Browne who heads a Memphis-based agency, 8th 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), 8th of 12 stories in BM
~ Julius Long, “Goon My Way?”, 4th of 17 stories with ‘Ben Corbett, D.A.’s chief investigator, 1st -person narrator’, 9th of 23 stories in BM
~ H.H. Stinson, “Get Your Own Corpse”, 12th of 14 with ‘Ken O’Hara, fighting reporter on Los Angeles Tribune’, 19th of 27 stories in BM
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December 1940 issue
cover art by Rafael DeSoto
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Carroll John Daly, “The Strange Case of Iva Grey” (Connelly)
Cleve F. Adams, “Murder While You Wait” (Conner O’Melveny)
John Lawrence, “Nothing for Christmas” (Marquis of Broadway)
Merle Costiner, “You’re in My Way (The Dean)
Fletcher D. Slater, “Red Light” (Eddie West)
cover art by Rafael DeSoto
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Merle Constiner, “The Puzzle of the Terrified Dummy” (The Dean)
T.T. Flynn, “Post-Mortem at Pimlico” (Mr. Maddox)
Hugh B. Cave, “Ding Dong Belle” (Peter Kane)
Jan Dana, “Death in the Center” (Acme Insurance Op)
C.P. Donnel, Jr., “Fraulein Judas”
cover art by Rafael DeSoto
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D.L. Champion, “Mexican Slayride” (Mariano Mercado)
Dale Clark, “False Colors” (Plates O’Rion)
Merle Constiner, “The Affair of the Four Skeletons” (The Dean)
Mel Watt, “Killer Come Back to Me” (Sam Coad)
Bruno Fischer, “I’ll Slay You in My Dreams”
Ken Lewis, “Parlor, Bedroom and Death”
cover art by Rafael DeSoto
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Peter Paige, “A Corpse for Cinderella” (Cash Wale)
Merle Constiner, “The Riddle of the Bashful Ghost” (The Dean)
Robert Reeves, “Murder Without Death” (Bookie Barnes)
Jan Dana, “The Case of the Meek Millionaire” (Acme Indemnity Op)
Richard Dermody, “Hello, Sucker!” (Doc Pierce)
cover art by Rafael DeSoto
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Merle Constiner, “Parade of Empty Shoes” (The Dean)
Norbert Davis, “Take It From Me” (Bail-Bond Dodd)
Day Keene, “The Female is More Deadly” (P.I. Case)
Tom Marvin, “The Ghost Wore His Hat” (Shag Kyper)
D.L. Champion, “Imperfect Alibi”
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