Special Detective 1949 2 2

[irishcritic]

Can anyone tell me anything about this book. It was an impulse buy cause I’m a sucker for pin-up art and I love the cover. I googled the authors and can’t find much of anything. Any hints?

[rjpb]

It's a True Crime magazine, so they aren't fiction stories, though the writers were sometimes known to take liberties with the details. 

Nice cover, and exceptional condition! This title is known for it's great GGA covers, many by artist George Gross, who frequently but not always signed his work. I don't know his style well enough to say if this cover was by him.

[Randall Dowling]

On 3/23/2021 at 9:42 PM, rjpb said:

It's a True Crime magazine, so they aren't fiction stories, though the writers were sometimes known to take liberties with the details. 

Nice cover, and exceptional condition! This title is known for it's great GGA covers, many by artist George Gross, who frequently but not always signed his work. I don't know his style well enough to say if this cover was by him.

Agreed, it looks like an early George Gross cover to me but I can't be sure.   

[FoggyNelson]

That graded mag is Awesome‼️👍👍

[Xaltotun]

Beautiful cover!

[FoggyNelson]

Had to look at it again ,‼️ I want one now👍‼️

[irishcritic]

It’s the first one I’ve ever seen. I had to jump on it when I found it. 😂 cover is awesome. All the super heroes seem to get all the love these days, but I’m a big fan of the not so common.