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The marvelous cover illustration
for the November 1954 issue of the digest, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine
[Vol. 24, No. 5], was created by Frederic H. Kirberger. And wow do I like its
stark realism. The issue is packed with big names and good stories, too,
including: “How Does Your Garden Grow?” by Agatha Christie “The Candy Kid,” by Erle Stanley Gardner “I Always Get the Cuties,” by John D. MacDonald “The Suicide of Kiaros,” by L. Frank Baum “Taste,” by Roald Dahl “Only in Chinago,” by Jack London And the first published story, “Whistle While You Work,” by the
guys that created the television series, Columbo, William Link & Richard
Levinson. Link & Levinson were 20-year-old students of University of Pennsylvania
at the time. The back cover—below right—is from EQMM’s longtime
advertiser, the now-defunct The Detective Book Club. A club that printed three books in one
and spared no expense for its cover design. But I have to admit I have a few
in my personal stacks. |
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