
cover art by Walter Baumhofer
better image than previously posted
Hersey swastika: “The Symbol of Good Reading – A Hersey Magazine”
[cover updated 7/21/26]

cover art by Walter Baumhofer
better image than previously posted
Hersey swastika: “The Symbol of Good Reading – A Hersey Magazine”
[cover updated 7/21/26]

May 1948 issue
cover art by Norman Saunders
better image than previously posted
Frederick C. Davis, “Dicks Die Hard”
H.H. Stinson, “That’s Murder for You” (PI Mack Spain)
Robert Martin, “No Haven for Homicide”
Richard Dermody, “Doc Pierce’s Corny Caper” (Doc Pierce)
Don James, “Hearse for a Homicide”
Wyatt Blassingame, “The Reluctant Corpse”

[updated 5/12/25]

cover art by John Howitt
T.T. Flynn, “Murder in the Mud” (Rance Duane)
John Lawrence, “The Corpse Control” (Cass Blue)
Fred MacIsaac, “Go-Between” (Rambler Murphy)
R.D. Torrey, “A Death in the Family” (Johnny Carr)
better image than previously posted
[cover updated 10/1/26]

oil on board, 16″ X 21″
unidentified 1950s pulp magazine cover, similar composition to a September 1950 Black Mask issue, so perhaps this was an earlier version of the idea?


Oil on board, 21-1/4 x 14-3/8 inches (54.0 x 36.5 cm) (sight)
Not signed
[cover updated 1/30/26]