August 1959 issue
cover art by Robert Maguire?
better image than previously posted
Ed Lacy, “Killer Nymph”
Fletcher Flora, “Redheads on the Rocks”
Gil Brewer, “Harlot House”
Alex Austin, “The Only Junkie in Town”
Talmage Powell, “A Cell to Go Home To”
C.B. Gilford, “Die Slow, Sucker”
H.A. DeRosso, “Stakeout”
Simon Danghy, “The Devil to Slay”
Thomas Elliot, “Sailor Boy”
Joanna, Gun Honey, Hard Case Crime magazine cover, 2020
Mixed media on board
18 x 12 inches (45.7 x 30.5 cm) (image)
Signed and dated lower left
June 1963 issue
February 2024 reissue
The Crime of My Life, 10 Story Detective cover, February 1949
Oil on board
22 x 15 inches (55.9 x 38.1 cm)
Signed lower right
Dated and titled on the reverse
[cover image updated and title page added 3/18/25]
James T. Farrell, “The Old Flame”
Frank Kane, “Lead Ache” (Johnny Liddell)
Richard Deming, “The Blonde in the Bar”
Jack Webb, “Broken Doll“
SMB Noir 