August 1941 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

August 1941 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Merle Constiner, “The Puzzle of the Terrified Dummy” (The Dean)

T.T. Flynn, “Post-Mortem at Pimlico” (Mr. Maddox)

Hugh B. Cave, “Ding Dong Belle” (Peter Kane)

Jan Dana, “Death in the Center” (Acme Insurance Op)

C.P. Donnel, Jr., “Fraulein Judas”

1942 Universal Pictures – Nightmare

Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1942. Four vintage publicity photographs from the 1942 film, all four showing actors Diana Barrymore and Brian Donlevy. Printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso.

A down and out American gambler stranded in London during the German air raids finds himself assisting a woman whose husband has just been murdered, unaware that he will find himself embroiled in a family plot that involves Scotland Yard, Nazi spies, and international subterfuge.

From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1, 1901, Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s, and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935, where he worked well into the 1950s.


10 x 8 inches.

So Rich, So Lovely and So Dead x 2

oil on board, 16 x 12-1/2 inches (40.6 x 31.8 cm)
Signed lower left: Zuckerberg

1953 Pocket reissue

better image than previously posted

cover art by Robert McGinnis

1961 Dell reissue

[post updated 12/11/25]

April 1951 issue ~ cover art by Albert Drake

April 1951 issue

cover art by Albert Drake

better image than previously posted

Thorne Lee, “The Hill to Die”

Hank Napheys, “The Bloodbank Killings” (reprint from 1943)

John Bender, “Room for Murder”

Alvin Yudkoff, “Stand-in for Death”

Robert Turner, “Slay Belles”