I love this cover. Don't know if it's based on one of the stories inside--or if one of the stories might be based on it--or if it's just goofy brilliance. But I think it's a dandy, no matter what. And speaking of the stories, they're by Frederick C. Davis, Norbert Davis (a Bail Bond Dodd yarn), Hugh B. Cave, Leslie T. White, Dale Clark, and William Edward Hayes. That's a mighty strong line-up. DIME DETECTIVE was a great pulp.
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Raphael Desoto, the cover artist, once told me that anything with skulls or skeletons seemed to sell more copies. I guess because the images were so eye catching.
This would've been from the early "shudder" days, no?
No, that's after the Weird Menace days, although with that many skulls it would have almost worked for one of them. Would have had a nubile young woman instead of a deadly old granny, though.
Ha! And she would need someone actively about to nab her, if she wasn't already in bondage.
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