crime fiction – Page 254 – SMB Noir

March 1931 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

cover art by Delos Palmer

better image than previously posted

cover art by H.J. Ward

No Pockets in a Shroud, Private Detective Stories magazine cover, July 1938
Oil on canvas, 21 x 29-3/4 inches (53.3 x 75.6 cm)
Signed lower right

[cover updated 11/6/24]

September 1936 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

November 1941 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

cover art by H.J. Ward

better image than previously posted

June 1938 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

cover art by H.J. Ward

better image than previously posted

cover art by Lyman Anderson

Underworld Magazine, December 1933
Oil on canvas, 21.5 x 20.5 in.
Signed center left

April 1939 issue ~ cover art by Modest Stein

cover art by Modest Stein

better image than previously posted

Winter 1950 issue

willing to bet the cover art is by Rudolph Belarski – an all-time classic

April 1944 issue

better image than previously posted

May 1940 issue ~ cover art by James Lewis

cover art by James Lewis

better image than previously posted