The Black Bat's original stories have been reprinted several times. This page will attempt to record where you can find each one, starting with Altus Press and/or Sanctum Books and/or Adventure House's High Adventure books.
Some distinctions:
Steeger Books is reprinting the series in order, three at a time, currently releasing somewhere between two and four compilations a year.
Adventure House releases issues of High Adventure periodically (I'm not certain if they're on a regular schedule), some of which include Black Bat stories. The content varies, however. Some books will have two Black Bat stories, some with have one with additional content, etc. I believe most (all?) of those additional stories appeared in Black Book Detective as well.
Sanctum Productions initially released their Black Bat double novels roughly quarterly but appear to have decreased their production as of 2018. While most volumes will offer stories in order of release, on occasion they will "reach ahead" for a story published at a later date. They include reprints of the The Mask comic book as well which, for all intents and purposes, is Black Bat material.
Mystery House reprinted three stories in 2014, all of which have been reprinted by some other publisher.
Brand of the Black Bat
Steeger Books: The Black Bat Omnibus, Volume 1
Adventure House: High Adventure #90
Sanctum Productions: Black Bat Double Novel #1
Murder Calls the Bat
Steeger Books: The Black Bat Omnibus, Volume 1
Sanctum Productions: Black Bat Double Novel #1
“Murder Calls the Black Bat” into a deadly war against corruption as Tony Quinn battles to prevent the biggest jewel haul of the century!
The Black Bat Strikes Again
Steeger Books: The Black Bat Omnibus, Volume 1
Sanctum Productions: Black Bat Double Novel #2
Mass murders set the Nemesis of Crime in pursuit of a ring of satanic killers as “The Black Bat Strikes Again".
The Black Bat’s Challenge
Steeger Books: The Black Bat Omnibus, Volume 2
Sanctum Productions: Black Bat Double Novel #2
“The Black Bat’s Challenge” is to unmask the hidden leader of a vicious gang of beggars!
The Black Bat’s Spy Trail
Steeger Books: The Black Bat Omnibus, Volume 2
Sanctum Productions: Black Bat Double Novel #3
With the outbreak of World War II, foreign spies flood the United States to challenge the Nemesis of Crime in “The Black Bat’s Spy Trail”
Mystery House:
Battling valiantly against sabotage, wholesale murder, and espionage, the Nocturnal Champion of the Victims of Crime flies into the Valley of Death-Ready to fight grim traitors bullet for bullet and blow for blow!
The Black Bat’s Crusade
Steeger Books: The Black Bat Omnibus, Volume 2
Sanctum Productions: Black Bat Double Novel #4
Voodoo drums sound in cities across the nation as a wave of mysterious murders fueled by ancient magic takes a terrifying toll.
The Black Bat’s Flame Trail
Steeger Books: The Black Bat Omnibus, Volume 3
Sanctum Productions: Black Bat Double Novel #4
The Black Bat’s Flame Trail leads to a sinister arsonist who wields a deadly torch of terror as New York tenements burn.
The Black Bat’s Triumph
Steeger Books: The Black Bat Omnibus, Volume 3
Sanctum Productions: Black Bat Double Novel #5
Murder runs rampant as gruesome cloaked hunchback killers terrorize a city.
The Black Bat and the Trojan Horse
Steeger Books: The Black Bat Omnibus, Volume 3
Sanctum Productions: Black Bat Double Novel #6
Murderous foreign agents make a deadly attack on America’s prewar defenses in “The Black Bat and the Trojan Horse”
The Black Bat’s Dragon Trail
Steeger Books: The Black Bat Omnibus, Volume 4
Sanctum Productions: Black Bat Double Novel #6
The Scourge of the Underworld foils the Dragon Master’s nefarious plans in “The Black Bat’s Dragon Trail,” as Tony Quinn attempts to prevent the exploitation of China by a war profiteer!
Mystery House:
A scourge of the underworld plays the role of Hooded Avenger to foil a murder master’s plans! Tony Quinn, the Black Bat, goes into action to protect war-torn China from the exploitation of a nefarious criminal who battens on disaster in THE BLACK BAT’S DRAGON TRAIL.
The Black Bat’s Justice
Steeger Books: The Black Bat Omnibus, Volume 4
Sanctum Productions: Black Bat Double Novel #7
The Black Bat and the Red Menace
Steeger Books: The Black Bat Omnibus, Volume 4
Adventure House: High Adventure #69
Sanctum Productions: Black Bat Double Novel #7
Tony Quinn follows the trail of Soviet saboteurs who seek to undermine America’s defense effort in “The Black Bat and the Red Menace”
The Black Bat’s Summons
Sanctum Productions: Black Bat Double Novel #8
The Masked Avenger of Crime fights to save a city from sinister looters, pitting himself against evil murderers with blank faces.
The Black Bat’s Invisible Enemy
Steeger Books: The Black Bat Omnibus, Volume 5
Sanctum Productions: Black Bat Double Novel #9
The Voice of Doom
Steeger Books: The Black Bat Omnibus, Volume 5
Sanctum Productions: Black Bat Double Novel #9
The Eyes of the Blind
Steeger Books: The Black Bat Omnibus, Volume 6
Sanctum Productions: Black Bat Double Novel #10 (Currently cancelled)
The Blackout Murders
Steeger Books: The Black Bat Omnibus, Volume 6
Adventure House: High Adventure #96
Shadow of Evil
Steeger Books: The Black Bat Omnibus, Volume 6
The Faceless Satan
The Murder Prophet
The Nazi Spy Murders
Adventure House: High Adventure #107
When sabotage and slaughter stalk, the Black Bat gets into the biggest battle of his life as he strives to stamp out a Satanic Axis menace to America!
The Seventh Column
Millions for a Murder
Captains of Death
Sanctum Productions: Black Bat Double Novel #3
A rogue Nazi agent offers former District Attorney Tony Quinn a deal he can't refuse.
Without Blood They Die
Guardians in Black
Markets of Treason
Sanctum Productions: Black Bat Double Novel #5
The Cowled Crimebuster tackles the toughest racket he’s ever confronted when ex-bootleggers band together to manipulate “Markets of Treason”
The White Witch
A Master Hypnotist materializes the Grim Reaper in his audience, hurling Tony Quinn into the bizarre mystery of “The White Witch”
Death For Charity
Adventure House: High Adventure #117
Hiding under the cloak of mercy, a murderous band of ruthless, evil conspirators plans a sinister monumental swindle that challenges the sleuthing powers of the Black Bat!
Murder Deals in Ersatz
The Skeleton’s Secret
Adventure House: High Adventure #112
Scheming crews of corrupt politicians plan a foolproof big haul—but they’re in for some unexpected opposition when Tony Quinn, the Nemesis of Crime, takes a hand in Haverford’s tangled affairs! Follow the Black Bat as he pits himself against a might machine of murder and plunder.
The Marked Man
Murder on the Loose
Adventure House: High Adventure #102
Murder Among the Dying
Adventure House: High Adventure #112
A body hurtles through the air from a skyscraper window—and before it hits the ground the Black Bat is plunged into a baffling mystery of greed and gore! Follow the trail of Tony Quinn as he speeds into the most perilous criminal chase of his career!
Mystery House
Blind Man’s Bluff
Adventure House: High Adventure #102
A returning wanderer, a substitute corpse, a faithless girl, a vague-minded musician and a murdered man are all parts of the grim jigsaw of crime that Tony Quinn must fit together!
The Man Behind Murder
The Survivor Murders
With Malice Aforethought
The Crime To Come
The Lakeside Murder
The Murder Prophet
Adventure House: High Adventure #117
When the strange death predictions of a jittery little man prove uncannily accurate, Tony Quinn begins an investigation which pits him against a diabolical, elusive master of crime! A doctor of deviltry is among the suspects in a grim case!
Dead Man’s Plunder
The Long Ago Murder
City of Hidden Death
Adventure House: High Adventure #137
Barrtown looked like a model community of good repute—but underneath the righteous innocent expressions of its leading citizens, Tony Quinn saw the ugliness of crime! Follow the Black Bat as he battle a mysterious—and unseen—menace!
The Coiled Serpent
Inheritance of Murder
The Murder Maker
The Lying Killers
Adventure House: High Adventure #137
Because he was the eye-witness to a murder, Paul Sinclair must see his family slain one by one till Tony Quinn, the Masked Nemesis of Crime, comes to his aid and takes the trail of a puzzling mystery!
City of Hate
Thirty-One Deadly Guns
Adventure House: High Adventure #131
The mysterious slaying of a political leader is the signal that starts Tony Quinn in pursuit of a host of killers!
The Riddle of the Dead Man’s Bequest
Murder’s Playground
The Missing Million
The Dennison Document
Murder Town
Blueprint of Crime
The Murder Genius
The Black Bat Fights For Life
The League of Faceless Men
The Dangerous Corpse
The Killer Who Wasn’t
Ebooks of 57 of The Black Bat novels are available through Radio Archives: https://www.radioarchives.com/The_Black_Bat_eBooks_s/326.htm
ReplyDeleteAlso, I don't know if you are aware (I wasn't) that when the Black Bat folded in 1953, Stewart Sterling's "The Lady of Death" was left unpublished, and appeared later, with all traces of the Black Bat removed. The late Tom Johnson restored this story with their original characters and published it here in Triple Detective #1 (Winter 1956) for the first time: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1440450870
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