
cover art by H.J. Ward
better image than previously posted

JOHN WALTER SCOTT (American, 1907-1987)
Shoot-Out, Star Detective Stories pulp cover, July 1938
oil on canvas, 29 x 20.25 in., signed lower right


also used on June 1941 issue of Detective Short Stories

[updated 5/3/25]

better image than previously posted
Frederick C. Painton, “Midnight Call”
Charles Alexander, “Devil in the Left Barrel”
Roger Torrey, “You Only Hang Once”
Samuel Taylor, “The Girl from Yesterday”
Convict 12627, “They Talk Like This”
Cyril Plunkett, “Dark Blind”
Stookie Allen: Illustrated Crimes
Arden X. Pangborn, “Rules and Regulations”
Dale Clark, “Murder Wholesale”
B.B. Fowler, “Future Indicative”

November 1938