cover art by Norman Saunders

oil on board, 16″ X 21″

unidentified 1950s pulp magazine cover, similar composition to a September 1950 Black Mask issue, so perhaps this was an earlier version of the idea?

Oil on board, 21-1/4 x 14-3/8 inches (54.0 x 36.5 cm) (sight)
Not signed

[cover updated 1/30/26]

January 1938 premiere issue ~ cover art by Emery Clarke

January 1938

better image than previously posted

[image updated 4/22/24]

cover art by Emery Clarke repurposed from February 1935 issue of Ten Detective Aces

[updated 5/5/25]