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Reprint: The Black Mask #2
The Black Mask is without a doubt the single most important magazine in terms of understanding the origins of the modern mystery story. In its pages writers such as Earl Stanly Gardner and Dashiell Hammett created the tough-guy sleuth, forever changing the way detective f ... read more

A Comprehensive Index to Black Mask, 1920-1951 by E. R. Hagemann
Professor Hagemann, for many years interested in the hard-boiled, tough guy writers, has completed this comprehensive index to Black Mask magazine. A task that took many years as a labor of love, this study is a thorough and accurate index to a magazine that furn ... read more

Replica: Black Mask April 1920: First Issue by Black Mask

A Magazine of Mystery, Romance and Adventure. Features a complete short novel "Who and Why?" by J. Frederic Thorne. Plus stories from Harold Ward, Sarah Harbine Weaver, Julian Kilman and more.

Replica: Black Mask June 1923 by Black Mask

The controversial Klu Klux Klan issue featuring articles for and against the KKK. Plus the novellette "Knights of the Open Palm" by Carroll John Daly.