Joseph T. ShawCritiques

Although the Hard Boiled Omnibus has stories by the authors that made Black Mask great, some of the stories were not great. This may be because I read the Big Lizard Book of Black Mask stories which is a wonderful compendium...the best of the best. Some of these stories paled by comparison.

However, it's a good sampling for those unwilling to invest the time to read the 1,100 2-columned pages in the Big Lizard book.