I know I read the lead novel from this issue of THE MASKED DETECTIVE many years ago in a reprint edition, but I couldn't tell you anything about it except that I remember enjoying it. The Masked Detective is really crime reporter Rex Parker. Norman A. Daniels wrote more of his exploits under the house-name Robert Wallace than anyone else, but my old editor and mentor Sam Merwin Jr. wrote several of them, including this one (although I didn't know that at the time I read it). This issue also features a short story by Fredric Brown. I like the cover and wouldn't mind reading more Masked Detective yarns. Maybe one of these days.
Off topic, the NYTimes obituary for “painter of celebrities and presidents” Everett Kinstler showed an example of his earlier work, a cover of Fifteen Western Stories. He got his start in comic books and pulps.
ReplyDeleteI love Kinstler's illustrations in Fifties issues of RANCH ROMANCES.
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