June 1937 – premiere issue
cover art by H.J. Ward
[images updated 5/3/25]
Tag: stockings
February 1949 issue
August 1940 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward
cover art by H.J. Ward
No Pockets in a Shroud, Private Detective Stories magazine cover, July 1938
Oil on canvas, 21 x 29-3/4 inches (53.3 x 75.6 cm)
Signed lower right
[cover updated 11/6/24]
November 1941 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward
July/Aug./Sept. 1948 issue ~ cover art by George Gross
December 1942 issue ~ cover art by Allen Anderson
final issue before being re-titled Speed Mystery
cover art by Allen Anderson
better image than previously posted
December 1944 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto
cover art by Rafael DeSoto
Frederick C. Davis, “Death Wears Red Heels” (Bill Brent)
T.T. Flynn, “Calamity Lou” (Mr. Maddox)
D.L. Champion, “The Vanishing American” (Mariano Mercado)
Fergus Truslow, “Knit One – Kill Two”
Julius Long, “Nobody Cried”
better image than previously posted
[image updated 1/25/25]
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