
cover art by Art Nelson
better image (not by much) than previously posted

better image than previously posted
cover art by Paul Stevens
~ Curtis Cluff, “Snow at Waikiki”, 1st of 3 with Honolulu PI Johnny Ford, ‘1st-person narrator, ‘snow=heroin’, 1st of 4 stories in BM
~ Merle Constiner, “Bury Me Not”, ‘Luther McGavock, private detective; he works for Atherton Browne who heads a Memphis-based agency, last of 11 of the McG stories; usually rural setting’, reprinted in Let the Dead Alone: The Complete Black Mask Cases of Luther McGavock (Steeger, 2020), last of 12 stories in BM
~ Norman A. Daniels, “Death is No Stranger”, Rick Trent, ex-PI, ex-con, 1st person narrator, 3rd of 4 stories in BM
~ Robert C. Dennis, “Murder Tops the Cast”, 4th of 6 with ‘William (Willie) Carmody, Confidential Investigations & Margaret O’Leary, writer, Hollywood, WC is first-person narrator’, 4th of 10 stories in BM
~ C.P. Donnel, Jr., “Keep the Killing Quiet”, ‘1st-person narrator’, last of 20 stories in BM
~ George F. Kull, “Red Christmas”, ‘in Reno‘, 1st of 2 stories in BM
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Crime SuspenStories #19 (#20) Cover Printer’s Proof and Vintage Cover Proof Print (EC, 1954). Johnny Craig’s classic hanging cover places this grisly EC book at #4 on Overstreet’s list of Top 10 Crime Comics. The original production materials included here show that Craig’s classic cover was originally intended for Issue #19, although published for #20. Included here are two items: a four-color one-sided printer’s proof that measures 8.5″ x 12.25″ and a sepia toned print of the cover art that measures 7.5″ x 10.75″.
