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Category: action fiction

October 1936 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

October 1936

cover art by Delos Palmer

Posted on May 22, 2024May 13, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicy, weird fictionTags bound, clint morgan, scimitar, spicy adventure stories magazine, turbanLeave a comment on October 1936 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

June 1936 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

June 1936

cover art by Norman Saunders

Posted on May 21, 2024May 13, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, science fiction, weird fictionTags hamilton washburn, mystery adventure magazine, norman saunders, richard tooker, sam mimsLeave a comment on June 1936 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

August 1925 issue ~ cover art by R. James Stuart

August 1925

cover art by R. James Stuart

Posted on May 21, 2024May 13, 2024Categories action fiction, fantasy, magazine, mystery, pulpTags arthur j. burks, dragon, george allan england, r. james stuart, real detective tales and mystery storiesLeave a comment on August 1925 issue ~ cover art by R. James Stuart

November 1933 issue ~ cover art by Jerome Rozen

November 1933

cover art by Jerome Rozen

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 20, 2024May 13, 2024Categories action fiction, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags grim reaper, jerome rozen, nick carter magazineLeave a comment on November 1933 issue ~ cover art by Jerome Rozen

July 1937 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

July 1937

cover art by Delos Palmer

Posted on May 20, 2024May 13, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, uncategorized, weird fictionTags arthur wallace, delos palmer, spicy adventure stories magazineLeave a comment on July 1937 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

May 1936 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

May 1936

cover art by Walter M. Baumhofer

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 19, 2024May 13, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags adventure magazine, gordon young, henry herbvert knibbs, james stevens, s. omar barker, shoulder holster, walter baumhofer, wynant davis hubbardLeave a comment on May 1936 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

June 1937 issue

June 1937

Posted on May 18, 2024May 13, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags doc savage, skeletonLeave a comment on June 1937 issue

February 17, 1940 issue

February 17, 1940

Posted on May 16, 2024May 13, 2024Categories action fiction, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags cornell woolrich, detective fiction weekly, eric howard, flynn's, frank wrentmore, helen king, myles hudson, philip ketchum, richard saleLeave a comment on February 17, 1940 issue

April 1937 issue ~ cover art by John Drew

April 1937

cover art by John Drew

Posted on May 14, 2024May 13, 2024Categories action fiction, crime fiction, government agent, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags g-man, john drew, secret service, the feds magazine, tuxLeave a comment on April 1937 issue ~ cover art by John Drew

February 1942 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

February 1942

cover art by H.J. Ward

artist’s “signature” is his initials carved into the bottom log

Posted on May 13, 2024April 24, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicyTags bound, dagger, finest kind, h.j. ward, log cabin, luke terry, northwest, spicy-adventure storiesLeave a comment on February 1942 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

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