jack webb – SMB Noir

January 1956 issue

8th in the Father Shanley series

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1963 Signet reissue

1953 Rinehart hardcover – 1954 Signet reissue

cover art by Robert Maguire

also published as Such Women are Dangerous in the UK, Boardman, 1954

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1955 Knickerbocker toy

package’s back includes a “Dragnet Identity Card” with spots for your photo and finger print! — as well as a note to kids from Jack Webb!

June 1956 Signet reissue, first printing

cover art by Robert Maguire

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posed photo from which Maguire worked

August 1958 Signet reissue, first printing

cover art by Robert Maguire

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ONE OF THE FINEST COVERS EVER

cover arty by Robert Maguire

first of only two issues

cover art attributed to Norman Saunders

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