Top of the Heap, Gang World, January 1934
Oil on canvas, 21.875 x 16 in.
Not signed
Category: mystery
October 1941 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto
May 1942 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders
March 1935 issue
October 1940 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward
cover art by H.J. Ward
“In Chapter 2 of the 1943 serial Batman — ‘The Bat’s Cave’ — Bruce Wayne’s butler Alfred wiles away the time reading the October 1940 issue of Spicy Detective. The “spicy” element should be obvious from the cover art—and from the prim Alfred’s startled expression.””In Chapter 2 of the 1943 serial Batman — “The Bat’s Cave” — Bruce Wayne’s butler Alfred wiles away the time reading the October 1940 issue of Spicy Detective. The “spicy” element should be obvious from the cover art—and from the prim Alfred’s startled expression.” [donherron.com]
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