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November 1948 issue ~ cover art by Peter Stevens

November 1948 issue

cover art by Peter Stevens

better image than previously posted

~ Fredric Brown, “Cry Silence” – his only appearance in BM, reprinted in The Black Lizard Big Book of Black Mask Stories (Vintage, 2010)

~ Curtis Cluff, “Overdose of Lead”, NYC PI Chuck Conrad, last of 4 stories in BM

~ Mel Colton, “Dead Men Can’t Welsh”, ‘Jimmy Rock, p.i.’, 1st of 2 stories in BM

~ William Campbell Gault, “The Bloody Bokhara”, ‘the carpet business!’, 8th of 9 stories in BM

~ Don M. Mankiewicz, “Odd on Death”, author’s sole appearance in BM

~ Tom Marvin, “Harm’s Way”, last of 3 stories in BM

~ Coleman Meyer, “Gun in His Back”, ‘cop story’, 2nd of 2 stories in BM

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January 1949 issue ~ cover art by

January 1949 issue

cover art by Peter Stevens

better image than previously posted

~ Maurice Beam, “Ear-witness”, ‘Malmin, lawyer’ (thought to be possibly a pseud. of Robert Leslie Bellem), last of 7 stories under this name in BM

~ D.L. Champion, “Extra-Alibi”, ‘Baxter Beamish, ex-con turned private eye; his business card reads “Set a Crook to Catch a Crook”’, 28th of 30 stories in BM

~ Richard Deming, “No Pockets in a Shroud”, Manville “Manny” Moon, 1st-person narrator, 3rd of 6 stories in BM

~ G.T. Fleming-Roberts, “Legitimately Dead”, ‘Fells’, 6th of 8 stories in BM

~ Robert J. McCaig, “Trouble on Circuit 13”, ‘Marty Cullane, telephone lineman’, author’s sole appearance in BM

~ Robinson MacLean, “Somebody for the Wolves”, ‘Eddie O’Meara, shoestring Hollywood producer’, author’s only appearance in BM

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June 1949 UK issue ~ cover art by Peter Stevens

June 1949 UK

cover art by Peter Stevens

“British edition of the hardboiled detective pulp magazine Black Mask. This issue is a partial reprint of the January 1949 American issue, leaving out the short story “Extra Alibi” by D. L. Champion and the article “Bullets, Ballistics And Bloodshed” by J. E. B. Cole.”

May 1948 issue ~ cover art by Peter Stevens

May 1948

cover art by Peter Stevens

~ Curtis Cliff, “You’ll Never Die Rich”, 2nd of 3 with Honolulu PI Johnny Ford, 1st person-narrator, 2nd of 4 stories in BM

~ Richard Deming, “The Man Who Chose the Devil”, Manville “Manny” Moon, 1st person narrator, private eye with an artificial right leg due to WWII, reprinted in The Black Lizard Big Book of Black Mask Stories (Vintage, 2010), 1st of 6 stories

~ G.T. Fleming-Roberts, “Pattern for Shrouds”, ‘Red Morgan, newspaper editor; politics & murder’, 5th of 8 stories in BM

~ W. Lee Herrington, [also published in BM as Alan Farley], “Your Funeral – Not Mine”, 2nd of 4 stories under this name in BM

~ Day Keene, “No Match for Murder”, 2nd of 2 stories in BM

~ George F. Kull, “Death Is No Bargain”, Eddie Gates, private eye wearing glasses, 1st person narrator, 2nd of 2 stories in BM

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