cover art by Rafael DeSoto
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Stewart Sterling, “Bull-Market for the Dying”
Francis K. Allan, “Am I the Corpse’s Keeper?“
William R. Cox, “Beware the Black Queen” (Tom Kincaid)
Wayne Rogers, “Murder Town”
Dane Gregory, “All at Once—No Wednesday!“
Russell Gray, “Death Hitch-Hikes South”
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oil on board, 16 x 12-1/2 inches (40.6 x 31.8 cm)
Signed lower left: Zuckerberg
1953 Pocket reissue
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1961 Dell reissue
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cover art by John Fleming Gould
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D.L. Champion, “Cover the Corpse’s Eyes” (Insp. Allhoff)
Cornell Woolrich, “Charlie Won’t Be Home Tonight”
Sam Merwin, Jr., “Murder for Syndication”
Jan Dana, “The Second Loop” (Acme Indemnity Op)
Leslie T. White, “Me and My Shadow” (Omar MacKenzie)
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gouache on board, 28 x 20 inches (71.1 x 50.8 cm)
aka Hank Searls
1959 Pocket paperback original
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[updated 5/11/26]
The first issue of this title includes stories by Walter B. Gibson (“Norgil”, the first appearance of “Norgil the Magician”), Lester Dent (the first appearance of “Click Rush the Gadget Man”), and Theodore Tinsley (the first appearance of “Carrie Cashin”, featured on the issue’s photo cover).
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[cover updated 8/4/26]
SMB Noir 