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December 1944 issue
cover art by Rafael DeSoto
Frederick C. Davis, “Death Wears Red Heels” (Bill Brent)
T.T. Flynn, “Calamity Lou” (Mr. Maddox)
D.L. Champion, “The Vanishing American” (Mariano Mercado)
Fergus Truslow, “Knit One – Kill Two”
Julius Long, “Nobody Cried”
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Tempera on board, 9-3/4 x 11-1/2 inches (24.8 x 29.2 cm) (sight)
Signed lower right
1954 Gold Medal reissue
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