
1951 Lippencott hardcover
1952 UK Bloodhound paperback reissue
cover art by Dennis McLoughlin
4th with Peter Chambers, private eye (Kane disliked the term ‘private dick’ , preferring ‘private richard’)

1951 Lippencott hardcover
1952 UK Bloodhound paperback reissue
cover art by Dennis McLoughlin
4th with Peter Chambers, private eye (Kane disliked the term ‘private dick’ , preferring ‘private richard’)

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




Oil on canvas, 29 x 21 in., Signed lower left
better image than previously post
[updated with original art, 3/5/24]