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Above: Full view of oil on canvas |
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Above: Detail |
A tense and clever, menace-themed, rare surviving cover painting for the January 1939 issue of Double Action Detective.. A Science Fiction/Spicy Pulp epic entanglement illustrating George Alden Edson’s story, The Midnight Murderer. This original oil-on-canvas painting is unsigned, we are of the strong belief that it was done by Rudolph Zirm. A xeroxed color print of the pulp magazine cover proof is included in the sale.
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Above: Cover scan of Pulp this was created for |
This image was also used as the cover for “Mystery Novels and Short Stories” by Double Action Publishers illustrating the interior story “Mistress of the Undead”; July 1940, a copy of this magazine is included in the sale.
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Above: Complete issue July 1940 Mystery Novels and Short Stories (included in sale) |