June 15, 1935 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

June 15, 1935 issue

cover art by Walter Baumhofer

Frederick C. Davis, “The Green Ghoul” (Oke Oakley)

Donald Barr Chidsey, “The Scar Clue” (Morton & McGarvey)

Hugh B. Cave, “The Brand of Kane” (Peter Kane)

Fred MacIsaac, “Heir-Cooled” (Rambler Murphy)

Phillip Clark, “Three-Letter Kill”

Robert Sidney Bowen, “Key to Murder” (Ted James)

better image than previously posted

March 1946 issue

March 1946 issue

better image than previously posted

Frederick C. Davis, “Some Like ‘Em Dead”

Julius Long, “On the Homicide of the Street” (C.D. Mort)

Henry Norton, “Once Upon a Tomb” (Pinero Pershing)

William R. Cox, “Objective – Murder!” (Malachi Manatee)

Thorne Lee, “Death in the Groove”

title page

The Dark Tunnel x 6

1944 Dodd Mead hardcover, first edition

author’s first novel, Lew Archer was a few years away

1950 Lion reissue – cover art by E. Walter

1955 Lion reissue with different title

cover art by Clark Hulings

1972 Bantam reissue

1983 Bantam reissue – cover art by James Marsh

2013 Mysterious Press/Open Road reissue