lurid – Page 4 – SMB Noir

photo by Irving Klaw

Barbara Pauline

Beacon Books, New York, 1955
Banned: 27 August 1956 to 13 October 1971

1955 Beacon paperback original – cover art by Frank Uppwall

better image than previously posted

cover art by Robert Bonfils

Willeford’s original title was The Director

better image than previously posted

cover art by Robert McGinnis

1964 Midwood paperback original

cover art by Paul Rader

written by Stephen Daniel Frances, who originated the name and character

1951 S.D. Francis paperback

cover art by Reginald Heade