February 17, 2025

1951 Venus paperback original

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cover art by Ernest Chiriacka

below is variant cover of unknown release or origin

cover art by Al Rossi

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cover art by Ray Johnson

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Lawrence Lariar also wrote under the names Adam Knight, Michael Lawrence and Michael Stark

first published in 1943 by Phoenix as Death Paints the Picture, reprinted by Crime Novel Selection as Death is the Host that same year

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