
cover art by Tom Lovell

cover art by Peter Stevens
“British edition of the hardboiled detective pulp magazine Black Mask. This issue is a partial reprint of the January 1949 American issue, leaving out the short story “Extra Alibi” by D. L. Champion and the article “Bullets, Ballistics And Bloodshed” by J. E. B. Cole.”

cover art by John Drew? David Berger?
Ward Hawkins, “Shadow of the Corpse-Maker”
Loring Dowst, “Murder Comes to Breakfast” (Pendexter Riddle/The Human Question Mark)
Norvell W. Page, “Bringer of Fiery Death”
Paul Ernst, “Madam Bluebeard’s Home”
Nat Schachner, “Street of Creeping Terror’
Henry Treat Sperry, “Brotherhood of Destruction?
better image than previously posted
[updated 11/17/25]

“The Marvelous Boy.” Cover art for the book of the same name by Peter Corris, published by Fawcett in 1982. Acrylic on board. 533×305 mm; 21×12 inches, on 22 3/4×15-inch board. Signed “Hooks” in lower right image.

3rd (of 42) in the long-running private eye series [owner’s copy]