
cover art by Victor Kalin
better image than previously posted

cover art by Robert McGinnis

cover art by Mitchell Hooks




1952 Falcon paperback original
cover art by Rudy Nappi

1953 Australian edition from Phantom

1956 Crest reissue – cover art by James Meese

cover art by Charles Binger?
his 8th book
better image than previously posted

1972 Fawcett reissue – cover art by Larry Kresek

1963 Gold Medal paperback original
cover art by Stanley Zukerberg

1964 Robert Hale hardcover in the UK
cover art by Barbara Walton

1966 Pan edition from the UK




1984 Fawcett reissue (they wised up and went back to the original cover…)

cover art by Victor Kalin
better image than previously posted

better image than previously posted

cover art by Dick Shelton
[updated 9/22/25]

1969 Fawcett edition – first paperback release

“The Marvelous Boy.” Cover art for the book of the same name by Peter Corris, published by Fawcett in 1982. Acrylic on board. 533×305 mm; 21×12 inches, on 22 3/4×15-inch board. Signed “Hooks” in lower right image.

3rd (of 42) in the long-running private eye series [owner’s copy]