
cover art by Jerome Rozen

cover art by Walter Baumhofer
better image than previously posted
Carroll John Daly, “A Corpse on the House” (Race Williams)
Raymond Chandler, “The King in Yellow” (Steve Grace, housedick) – first appearance of this story, one often reprinted
Frederick C. Davis, “Crimson Broadcast” (Keyhole Kerry)
William Edward Hayes, “Death by Enlargement”
Maxwell Hawkins, “Rx Murder”

Detective Comics #4 (DC, 1937) CGC Apparent FN+ 6.5 Slight/Moderate (B-2) Cream to off-white pages. This pre-Batman issue is a tough one to find in any grade, so much so that Gerber’s Photo-Journal Guide to Comic Books rates it an “8” (“rare”). The Speed Saunders cover is by Creig Flessel


Original advertising herald for W.S. Van Dyke’s 1934 film THE THIN MAN, based on Dashiell Hammett’s novel of the same name. The first of many Thin Man movies, this one starring William Powell, Myrna Loy, and Maureen O’Sullivan. This one’s a pristine example.

Broderick Crawford and Ruth Roman in a publicity still for Down Three Dark Streets (1954)