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cover art by Paul Drake
better image than previously posted
JOHN WALTER SCOTT (American, 1907-1987)
Shoot-Out, Star Detective Stories pulp cover, July 1938
oil on canvas, 29 x 20.25 in., signed lower right
also used on June 1941 issue of Detective Short Stories