&sq=&lang=&file=File:Black_Mask_(November,_1928)_cover.jpg) November 1928 cover of Black Mask, featuring part 1 of serialization of The Dain Curse, by Dashiell Hammett | |
| Editor | H. L. Mencken and George Jean Nathan; Philip C. Cody (1924–1926) later Joseph Shaw, and Fanny Ellsworth (1936–1940) |
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| Categories | Hardboiled |
| Frequency | Started monthly, then twice a month after August 1922, then monthly in 1926 |
| Publisher | Pro-Distributors Publishing Company, 1920–40; Popular Publications 1940–51 |
| Founded | 1920 |
| First issue | April 1920 |
| Final issue | 1951 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Website | blackmaskmagazine |
Black Mask was a pulp magazine first published in April 1920[1] by the journalist H. L. Mencken and the drama critic George Jean Nathan. It is most well-known today for launching the hardboiled crime subgenre of mystery fiction, publishing now-classic works by Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, Erle Stanley Gardner, Cornell Woolrich, Paul Cain, Carroll John Daly, and others.[2]
- ^ Michelle Denise Smith (2006). "Sour Cans and Love Slaves: National Politics and Cultural Authority in the Editing and Authorship of Canadian Pulp Magazines". Book History. 9. JSTOR 30227392.
- ^ Server, Lee (2014). Encyclopedia of Pulp Fiction Writers. Facts on File library of American literature. Facts On File, Incorporated. ISBN 978-1-4381-0912-1. Retrieved 2023-06-08.