George Gross Best True Fact Detective May, 1950. Cover Painting Original Art (Newsbook, 1950). This bondage cover features rich and vibrant colors in a pin-up style. Lurid covers of this type drove the pulp crime story industry. Created in gouache on illustration board. Signed in the lower left of the 13″ x 16.25″ image area.
1950 Beacon – first paperback reissue with different title
1952 Harlequin paperback reissue with the original title
December 1935 issue
cover art by Walter Baumhofer
better image than previously posted
Hugh B. Cave, “Daughters of Dark Desire”
Maitland Scott, “House-Guest from Hell”
Paul Ernst, “They Wear Death’s Face”
Karl Hans Strobl, “Dead Woman’s Lodger”
John H. Knox, “Girl Into Mummy”
Arthur J. Burks, “Death—The Tempter”
Norvell W. Page, “Bodies in Bronze”
George Alden Edson, “Hotel of the Damned”
SMB Noir 