
Man-Killer by Talmage Powell, Ace Double, 1960
Watercolor and gouache on board
14.875 x 12.375 in. (sight)
Signed lower right

better image than previously posted

Man-Killer by Talmage Powell, Ace Double, 1960
Watercolor and gouache on board
14.875 x 12.375 in. (sight)
Signed lower right

better image than previously posted


~ Richard Deming, âBig Shots Die Youngâ, Manville âMannyâ Moon, 1st-person narrator, 4th of 6 stories in BM
~ Frank Gordon, âLast Kill and Testamentâ, âAlphonse Bertillonâ, authorâs sole appearance in BM
~ W. Lee Herrington, [also published in BM as Alan Farley], âDie, Die Againâ, last of 4 stories under this name in BM
~ Edward A. Herron, âDeathâs 43 Daysâ, âYukon short-shortâ, authorâs sole appearance in BM
~ John D. MacDonald, âHeritage of Hateâ, 5th of 6 stories in BM
~ Larry J. Marcus, âThrough the Murder Glassâ, 1st of 2 stories in BM
~ Robert Martin, âRichest Man in Graveyardâ, 3rd of 6 stories with ‘Dr. Clint Colby, medical detective‘, 5th of 8 stories in BM
~ Talmage Powell, âHer Dagger Before Meâ, âTampa (Florida) p.i. Lloydâ, reprinted in The Black Lizard Big Book of Black Mask Stories (Vintage, 2010), authorâs only appearance in BM
~ Harold Preece, âBoulevard Buzzardsâ, âshort-short; Paris in 1880â, authorâs sole appearance in BM
~ Robert P. Toombs, âThese Dead Hands Reachingâ, 1st of 3 stories in BM
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[original art added 1/30/26]

April 1961 issue
cover art by James Meese