Category: original art

May 1939 issue ~ cover art by J.W. Scott

JOHN WALTER SCOTT (American, 1907-1987)
Mystery Tales, May 1939
Oil on canvas
29.5 x 20.5 in.
Not signed

better image than previously posted

July 1938 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

July 1938 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

[updated 5/7/24]

January 1956 issue ~ cover art by Ed Emshwiller

January 1956 subscription issue – different cover from the newsstand issue

gouache on illustration board, 13″ x 18″

[post updated 1/1/24]

January 1942 – debut issue, cover art by H.J. Ward

cover art by H.J. Ward

January 1942

better image than previously posted

all stories were reissues from other magazines, 1935-37

cover art would be repurposed for January 1945 issue of Super-Detective