1952 Dell reissue – cover art by Robert Stanley

not the same Parker who wrote the Spenser books, though this one was a Robert B (for Bogardus) Parker, too

1951 Rinehart hardcover, this the 1952 Dell softcover released the next near

cover art by Robert Stanley

better image than previously posted

February 1936 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

February 1936 issue

cover by Tom Lovell

better image than previously posted

Hugh B. Cave, “Death Holds for Ransom

Dale Clark, “My Friend—The Corpse”

Paul Ernst, “Embrace of the Fire God”

Roger Howard Norton, “The Woman Hell Gave Me”

Wyatt Blassingame, “Slaves of the Tomb Maidens”

Ben Judson, “The Beast in Her Bed!“

Emerson Graves, “Pale Daughters of Death”

September 1936 issue ~ cover art by Malvin Singer

September 1936 issue

cover art by Malvin Singer

better image than previously posted

John Lawrence, “The Corpse That Didn’t Die” (Drago of HQ Dept)

Leslie T. White, “Ashes of the Living” (Ted Naughton, arson dick)

Frederick C. Davis, “The Case of the Vanishing Venus” (Carter Cold, MD)

Robert Sidney Bowen, “Into Thin Air” (Kip Lacey)

William E. Barrett, “A Man’s Last Hours” (Blue Barrel)