spicy mystery stories

August 1936 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

August 1936 issue

cover art attributed to Delos Palmer

Crime Mysteries #9 (Ribage Publishing, 1953) Art Gates art. Bullet-in-head cover, an homage to the cover of the November 1937 issue of Spicy Mystery Stories by H.J. Ward

cover art by Delos Palmer

cover art by Delos Palmer

better image than previously posted

[cover updated 11/20/25]

cover art by H. L. Parkhurst

better image than previously posted

cover by H.L. Parkhurst

better image than previously posted

cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

better image than previously posted

better image than previously posted

cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

better image than previously posted