Saturday's random pulp cover: Black Mask "Murder Had A Little Lamb": March, 1945

 Late in the run of the magazine with a so-so cover by Gloria Stoll Karn.

Saturday's random pulp cover: Black Mask "Murder by Mistake": August, 1930

 Jes Wilhelm Schlaikjer painted this beautiful cover for the  August 1930 issue of Black Mask.  Schlaikjer was responsible for a great many of the (in my opinion) best covers for this long running magazine.  Although these simple compositions fell out of favor eventually, I still think they are among the most striking and effective magazine covers ever to grace the newsstands.