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Day: May 15, 2024
cover art by H.L. Parkhurst
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Night of Action, Spicy Adventure Stories, April 1940
Oil on canvas laid on Masonite, 30 x 20 inches (76.2 x 50.8 cm)
Signed lower right
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cover art by Mitchell Hooks
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Cover illustration for “Million Dollar Murder” by Thomas Black (Bantam Mystery, 1956), reprint of “Four Dead Mice” (Rinehart & Company, 1954), with Bantam’s inventory label on verso. Pen, ink, and gouache on board. 635×337 mm; 25×13 1/4 inches. Signed “M. Hooks” in right image.
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July 1939 issue
September 1940 issue ~ cover art by Modest Stein
March 1936 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski
Oct./Nov./Dec. 1947 issue ~ cover art by George Gross
cover art by Norman Saunders
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Seven Skulls of Kali, Black Book Detective, October 1936
Oil on canvas, 35 x 24 inches
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better image than previously posted