
cover art by Delos Palmer ?

October 1930 issue ~ premiere issue
better image than previously posted
[cover art added 8/9/25]

cover art by Delos Palmer ?

October 1930 issue ~ premiere issue
better image than previously posted
[cover art added 8/9/25]

1931, 29 in (73.66 cm) x 23.5 in (59.69 cm), oil on canvas
The Complete Detective Cover, February 1931


acrylic cover art by Robert Abbett
1963 PermaBook paperback original

one of the finest cover paintings ever

Oil on board, 12.375 x 10 in. (sight)
Not signed
A variation of this illustration was published as the paperback cover for The Joy Zone by Anthony Dare, All Star Books AS 85 variant, 1966:
~ her hair is different
~ she’s now looking out at the reader
~ her ‘garment’ is different
~ pillows have different brushwork
~ shadow and background are different


oil on board, 20 x 11 inches (50.8 x 27.9 cm)

1963 Belmont paperback original
cover art by Robert Maguire
better image than previously posted
[updated 11/19/24]

Captain’s Shot, Detective Fiction Weekly, February 25, 1939
Oil on canvas, 28 x 24 inches (71.1 x 61.0 cm)
Signed center right


You’ve Lived Too Long, True Adventures interior, March 1957
Gouache on board, 16-3/4 x 14-3/4 inches (42.5 x 37.5 cm) (image)
Signed lower right

Oil on canvas, 21 x 15 in.
Not signed


~ Frederick C. Davis, “Flaming Angel”, ‘1st-person narrator; psychopathic murderer’, 13th of 16 stories in BM
~ Dean Evans, “Frame for a Dame”, 1st of 3 stories in BM
~ G.T. Fleming-Roberts, “Something Dead Has Been Added”, ‘John Anthony Gwinn, Indianapolis reporter’, 7th of 8 stories in BM
~ Marvin J. Jones, “Sing a Song of Murder”, ‘Jimmy Bell, cop’, author’s only appearance in BM
~ John D. MacDonald, “Killing All Men”, 3rd of 6 stories in BM
~ Robert Martin, “Let’s All Swing Together”, 1st of 6 with ’debut of Dr. Clint Colby, medical detective’, 3rd of 8 stories in BM
~ Scott O’Hara, “Kiss the Corpse Good-By”, author’s sole appearance in BM
~ Edward van der Rhoer, “The High Cost of Dying”, 1st of 2 stories in BM
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[cover updated 1/29/26, original art added 3/1/26]