That's a pretty daring cover on this issue of CLUES DETECTIVE STORIES, especially for a pulp published by Street & Smith, an outfit that could be a little stodgy from time to time. The art is by Modest Stein, not a favorite artist of mine, but I have to admit, I like this one quite a bit. Inside are stories by Donald Wandrei, Otis Adelbert Kline, J. Allan Dunn, J.J. des Ormeaux, Robert C. Blackmon, and Harry Lee Fellinge, all of them prolific and dependable pulpsters. I don't own this issue or any issues of CLUES, as far as I recall, but it seems like a pulp that would have been worth reading.
That is an excellent, unusual Street and Smith cover for sure. Unusual not just for the (tasteful) nudity but also the vivid color palette — pulp covers generally tended to combine red and yellow. This one must have jumped right at you on the crowded newsstands of yore! I’ve never so much as caught a of glimpse this one in all my years of pulp gazing. Thanks for posting it!
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