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better image than previously posted
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gouache on illustration board, 11″ by 17″
1963 Avon paperback original
1951 Lippencott hardcover
1952 UK Bloodhound paperback reissue
cover art by Dennis McLoughlin
4th with Peter Chambers, private eye (Kane disliked the term ‘private dick’ , preferring ‘private richard’)