Artist Unknown

This issue of Smashing Detective Stories is from 1952.  Unfortunately, the identity of the artist who did this cover is not known.

It’s love!  Or is it a prison break?  Or a chase through the swamps?  I’m impressed that anyone could keep their hair looking that good even after passing out in a swamp.  Is the man on the cover Mickey?  Is the passed out woman named Mayhem?  Perhaps only Richard Deming knows for sure.