December 1952 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

December 1952 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders – oil on board, 20.5 x 14.75 in.

better image than previously posted

Craig Rice & Mark Hope, “Case of the Vanishing Blonde” (Ed Bradbury)

Tiah Devitt, “The Merry Wives of Murder” (reprint from 1942)

Larry Holden, “Lady-Killer”

Richard Goggin, “For Old Crime’s Sake”

V.E. Thiessen, “Lady in Hades”

John Bender, “Tying Room Only”

Andrew Holt, “Death on a Platter”

Rufus Bakalor, “Love, Honor and Slay”

Guilty Bystander x 7 + 2

1947 Farrar Strauss hardcover

1947 Handi-Book digest

1948 Penguin/Signet reissue – cover art by Robert Jonas

1950 Film Classics

1954 Signet reissue – cover art by Saul Tepper

1956 Phantom reissue

1958 Signet reissue

Mitchell Hooks (American, 1923-2013)
Gouache on board, 30 x 18-1/4 inches (76.2 x 46.4 cm)
Initialed center right: MH

1963 Signet reissue

So Rich, So Lovely and So Dead x 2

oil on board, 16 x 12-1/2 inches (40.6 x 31.8 cm)
Signed lower left: Zuckerberg

1953 Pocket reissue

cover art by Robert McGinnis

1961 Dell reissue

[post updated 12/11/25]