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1952 Detective Yearbook

December 16, 2013

June 1937 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

cover art by H.J. Ward

November 1936 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

cover art by H.J. Ward

better image than previously posted

[cover updated 11/20/25]

Unknown Painter x 3

unknown artist – Howell Dodd?

November 1950 Smash Detective Crime Cases

cover art reused for March 1954 Best True Fact Detective

cover art repurposed for 1958 Beacon paperback original

September 1936 issue ~ cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

May 1936 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

January 1937 issue ~ cover art by Blaine

cover art by Blaine (Norman Saunders)

October 1952 issue

June 1949 issue ~ cover art by Fred Rodewald

cover art by Fred Rodewald

better image than previously posted

December 1951 issue

cover art by Howell Dodd?

better image than previously posted