December 1936 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

December 1936

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Robert Wallace (W. Ryerson Johnson), “The Silent Death” (Richard Curtis Van Loan/The Phantom Detective)    

Robert C. Blackmon, “Nailed” 

Robert H. Leitfred, “Allison’s Last Pinch”    

Hugh Austin, “Storeroom of Death”   

Leonard B. Rosborough, “Steele Preferred”

better image than previously posted

pulp sketch by Glenn Craveth

Glenn Cravath (American, 1897-1964)
Dead-End Crime Stories, comic book cover preliminary, 1949
Mixed media on board
10-1/4 x 7-1/2 inches (26.0 x 19.1 cm)
Not signed

This study was done in preparation for the finished illustration that appeared on the cover of Dead End Crime Stories (Kirby Publishing Co., April 1949).