
November 1957 Bantam paperback reissue
cover art by Sanford Kossin
better image than previously posted

November 1957 Bantam paperback reissue
cover art by Sanford Kossin
better image than previously posted

1964 Macfadden reissue
cover art by Robert Abbett

cover art by H.J. Ward
better image than previously posted
sometimes referred to as the November 1935 “B” cover. the “A” cover was the October 1935 issue with the same stories – except the cover story – in a different order, but the cover was thought more “lurid…


The Living Statue, pulp cover, c. mid-1930s
Oil on canvas, 32 x 25 in.
Signed lower right

cover art by Joseph Szololi
better image than previously posted
cover art repurposed from a H.J. Ward 1938 Spicy Detective


February 1969 Signet paperback original
cover art by Robert McGinnis
background is his version of Robert Motherwell’s Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. 70, 1961


cover art by Rafael DeSoto
better image than previously posted
~ W.T. Ballard, “The Colt and the Killer”, 26th of 27 stories with ‘Bill Lennox, troubleshooter for Consolidated Films’, 39th of 43 stories in BM
~ William E. Brandon, “Wake Up and Give!”, ‘skullduggery & a college bequest’, 4th of 7 stories in BM
~ John Lawrence, “Murder, Maestro, Please”, ‘Jamie Harrod, ‘Maestro of Swing’, 1st -person narrator, framed for murder; set in Detroit’, 11th of 14 stories in BM
~ Peter Paige, “The Night You Shot Hitler”, ’Murder of an RAF pilot in NYC’, 10th of 12 stories in BM
~ C.G. Tahney, [pseud of Charles Green, not to be confused with Charles M. Green], “And a Little Child Shall Bleed Them”, Nickie and Uncle Pat, 3rd of 5 stories in BM
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