Stone Cold Wife, True Fact Crime magazine cover, June 1953
Oil on board, 17 x 14.125 in. (image)
Not signed
cover art by Howell Dodd
Category: pulp
July 1939 issue
cover art by John Drew
October 1941 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto
cover art by Fred Rodewald
August 1942 issue ~ cover art by John A. Coughlin
May 1942 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders
March 1935 issue
September 1933 issue ~ cover art by Alex Redmond
October 1940 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward
cover art by H.J. Ward
“In Chapter 2 of the 1943 serial Batman — ‘The Bat’s Cave’ — Bruce Wayne’s butler Alfred wiles away the time reading the October 1940 issue of Spicy Detective. The “spicy” element should be obvious from the cover art—and from the prim Alfred’s startled expression.””In Chapter 2 of the 1943 serial Batman — “The Bat’s Cave” — Bruce Wayne’s butler Alfred wiles away the time reading the October 1940 issue of Spicy Detective. The “spicy” element should be obvious from the cover art—and from the prim Alfred’s startled expression.” [donherron.com]
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