final issue before being re-titled Speed Mystery
cover art by Allen Anderson
better image than previously posted
December 1942 issue ~ cover art by Allen Anderson
Tag: hooded
October 1933 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer
better image than previously posted
Norvell W. Page, “The Dance of the Skeletons”
John H. Knox, “The Monster in the Dark”
Hugh B. Cave, “The Graveless Dead”
Robert C. Blackmon, “Gate of the Two Coffins”
Franklin H. Martin, Snake-Man
Edgar Wallace, “The Murderer of Many Names” [Henry Arthur Milton (The Ringer)], Again the Ringer, Hodder 1929
December 1936 issue ~ cover art by William F. Soare
April 1936 issue
November 1933 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer
March 1950 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto
April 1937 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward
May 1939 issue ~ cover art by J.W. Scott
JOHN WALTER SCOTT (American, 1907-1987)
Mystery Tales, May 1939
Oil on canvas
29.5 x 20.5 in.
Not signed
better image than previously posted
May 1941 issue ~ cover art by H.L. Parkhurst
Oil on canvas, 29 x 21 in., Signed lower left
better image than previously post
[updated with original art, 3/5/24]
SMB Noir 
