SMB Noir

January 1934 issue ~ cover art by Lyman Anderson

cover art by Lyman Anderson

better image than previously posted

[image updated 4/22/24]

Die Hard, 1988

cover art by Ernest Chiriacka

better image than previously posted

[image updated 4/21/24]

1944 Avon reissue

better image than previously posted

cover art by Alex Redmond

1950 Random House hardcover

cover illustration by Eddie Chan

better image than previously posted

certainly looks like Robert McGinnis artwork but can’t confirm it

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’)