popular detective magazine – Page 2 – SMB Noir

November 1935 issue

[cover updated 4/25/26]

October 1945 issue

cover art by Sam Cherry

cover art by Sam Cherry

better image than previously posted

April 1937 issue

better image than previously posted

[image updated 4/25/26]

August 1945 issue

November 1949 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

better image than previously posted

cover art repurposed for 1950 Popular Library edition of Jonathan Latimer’s The Fifth Grave

July 1937 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

November 1951 issue

cover art by Kirk Wilson

better image than previously posted

February 1946 issue

better image than previously posted

[cover updated 6/9/26]

January 1951 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

better image than previously posted

March 1950 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

cover art by Rudolph Belarski