September 1935 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

September 1935 issue

cover art by Walter Baumhofer

better image than previously posted

Carroll John Daly, “Some Die Hard” (Race Williams)

Erle Stanley Gardner, “Crimson Jade”

O.B. Myers, “The White Mask”

Norvell W. Page, “Satan’s Sideshow”

Cornell Woolrich, “The Corpse and the Kid”

[updated 11/15/25]

cover art by Howell Dodd(?)


Gouache on board, 18 x 14 in. (sight)
Not signed

January 1950 issue

cover art repurposed for March 1955 Special Detective

better image than previously posted

May 1948 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

May 1948 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

Frederick C. Davis, “Dicks Die Hard”

H.H. Stinson, “That’s Murder for You” (PI Mack Spain)

Robert Martin, “No Haven for Homicide”

Richard Dermody, “Doc Pierce’s Corny Caper” (Doc Pierce)

Don James, “Hearse for a Homicide”

Wyatt Blassingame, “The Reluctant Corpse”

[updated 5/12/25]