December 2023 – Page 20 – SMB Noir

November 1938 issue ~ cover art by Emery Clarke

cover art by Emery Clarke

better image than previously posted

[image updated 4/15/24]

April 1936 issue

cover art by Delos Palmer?

better image than previously posted

Winter 1948 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

April 1941 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

cover art by H.J. Ward

May 1956 issue

cover art by James Meese

oil on masonite panel, 23.25×33″

1958 Gold Medal paperback original

better image than previously posted

July 1938 issue

better image than previously posted

November 1937 issue ~ cover art by Margaret Brundage

cover art by Margaret Brundage

A slight re-working – –

May 1939 issue reworked for the May 1940 issue – both by H.J. Ward

March 1936 issue ~ cover art by Blaine

cover art by Blaine (Norman Saunders)

[updated 10/28/25]