cover art by John Howitt

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

July 1938 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

July 1938 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

[updated 5/7/24]

September 1942 issue

September 1942 issue  

cover art by Milton Luros?

Frederick C. Painton, “You’ll Be Dead at Eleven!“

Raoul Schumacher, “Tough Guys Die Laughing”   

Carl Rathjen, “A White Faced Man Will Hang” (Happy “Hurry” Kaine) 

Arthur Leo Zagat, “The Cop in the Steel Coffin”  

T. W. Ford, “Murder for a Maniac” (Damon Spane)    

David Goodis, “A Smile and a Nod”