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

oil on board, 16″ X 21″
unidentified 1950s pulp magazine cover, similar composition to a September 1950 Black Mask issue, so perhaps this was an earlier version of the idea?


Oil on board, 21-1/4 x 14-3/8 inches (54.0 x 36.5 cm) (sight)
Not signed
[cover updated 1/30/26]

cover art by R.C. Wardell
Hersey swastika: “The Symbol of Good Reading – A Hersey Magazine”

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]
