cover art by Rafael DeSoto

Oil on canvas, 25 x 18 inches (63.5 x 45.7 cm)
Signed lower right

November 1942 issue

cover art by Rafael De Soto

~ Dale Clark, “Now I Slay Me – ”, 12th of 28 with house dick Mike O’Hanna story, at San Alpa Resort hotel, 14th of 32 stories in BM

~ Norbert Davis, “Beat Me Daddy”, 2nd of 3 with Hollywood piano man John Collins, 12th of 13 stories in BM

~ Alan Farley [pseudonym of Mrs. W. Lee Herrington], “How Big Is the Bucket?”, ‘her 1st pub. Story; see p. 8 for brief biographical note’, and 1st of 2 in BM

~ Robert Reeves, “A Taste for Murder”, 7th of 10 with PI Cellini Smith, 9th of 12 appearances in BM

~ Curt Siodmak, “Donovan’s Brain”, last of 3 parts, serialization of the novel published in 1943, only 3 appearances in BM by the author and director

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cover art by Mitchell Hooks

The Marvelous Boy.” Cover art for the book of the same name by Peter Corris, published by Fawcett in 1982. Acrylic on board. 533×305 mm; 21×12 inches, on 22 3/4×15-inch board. Signed “Hooks” in lower right image.

3rd (of 42) in the long-running private eye series [owner’s copy]

October 1937 issue ~ cover art by Malvin Singer

October 1937 issue

cover art by Malvin Singer

Carroll John Daly, “Anyone’s Corpse” (Race Williams)

T.T. Flynn, “Burning Ice”

Fred MacIsaac, “Fall-Guy” (Rambler Murphy)

John Lawrence, “Escape Mechanism (Marquis of Broadway)

Cornell Woolrich, “Stuck with Murder”

Donald S. Aitken, “Two Heels Too Many” (Det. Pope)

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May 1, 1933 issue ~ cover art by William Reusswig

May 1, 1933 issue

cover art by William Reusswig

T.T. Flynn, “The House of Vanishing Men” (Jerry Prince)

Frederick Nebel, “Dead Man’s Folly” (Cardigan)

George Allan Moffatt, “The Crimson Heart Murders” (Jim Finn)

Westmoreland Gray, “The Cowled Horror” (Colin Windsor)

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March 1, 1933 issue ~ cover art by William Reusswig

March 1, 1933 issue

cover art by William Reusswig

T.T. Flynn, “The Black Phantom” (Det. Dan O’Shea)

Frederick Nebel, “Doorway to Danger” (Cardigan)

John Lawrence, “The Corpse in Cage Two” (Sam Beckett)

MacKinlay Kantor, “The Shadow Point”

better image than previously posted