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cover art by J.W. Scott
better image than previously posted
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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
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”