- The Black Mask is without a doubt the single most important magazinefor the modern mystery field. In its pages writers such as Earl Stanley Gardnerand Dashiell Hammett reshaped the established view of mystery fiction, creatingthe tough-guy sleuth. The May 1920 issue — the magazine's second —shows the groundwork being laid for future issues, with a featured mystery novelby Hamilton Craigie and plenty of fast-paced adventures by authors such as GreyeLa Spina, Harold Ward, Frank Blighton and Walter Grahame.
- ISBN10 0809571633
- ISBN13 9780809571635
- Publish Date 8 May 2007
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Wildside Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 132
- Language English