better image than previously posted
Day Keene, “The Corpse That Ran Away”
Carl Rathjen, “The Pied Piper of Destruction”
Donald G. Cormack, “There’s More Room in the Coffin!“
Joe Kent, “The Bleeding Sosibi”
Fredric Brown, “Death in the Dark”
Francis K. Allan, “Murder Has a Voice”
cover art by Mitchell Hooks
oil on board, 16″ X 21″
unidentified 1950s pulp magazine cover, similar composition to a September 1950 Black Mask issue, so perhaps this was an earlier version of the idea?
Oil on board, 21-1/4 x 14-3/8 inches (54.0 x 36.5 cm) (sight)
Not signed
[cover updated 1/30/26]
SMB Noir 