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Category: crime fiction

February 1940 issue ~ cover art by John Howitt

February 1940 – first of just two issues

cover art by John Howitt

Posted on January 23, 2025January 20, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, horror fiction, magazine, mystery, pulpTags francis james, john howitt, laboratory, mad scientist, russell gray, startling mystery magazineLeave a comment on February 1940 issue ~ cover art by John Howitt

cover art by Victor Kalin

1956 Rinehart hardcover, 1958 Dell paperback reissue

10th in the Johnny Liddell series

cover art by Victor Kalin

Posted on January 22, 2025January 20, 2025Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags dell paperback, frank kane, johnny liddell, private eye, victor kalinLeave a comment on cover art by Victor Kalin

December 1938 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

December 1938

cover art by Norman Saunders

[updated 5/5/25]

Posted on January 22, 2025May 5, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags elevator, norman saunders, russell bender, ten detective aces magazine, w.t. ballardLeave a comment on December 1938 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

August 1937 issue ~ cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

August 1937

cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

Posted on January 22, 2025January 20, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, mystery, pulp, spicyTags blackjack, cary moran, h.l. parkhurst, sadist, spicy detective stories, thugLeave a comment on August 1937 issue ~ cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

Spring 1939 issue

Spring 1939 issue

second of only three issues

Posted on January 22, 2025January 20, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags bound, bull's-eye detective magazine, furnace, handcuffs, herman petersen, stewart sterling, ted storrsLeave a comment on Spring 1939 issue

1946 Universal picture

1946 Universal picture

Posted on January 22, 2025January 20, 2025Categories crime fiction, film noir, HardboiledTags ava gardner, burt lancaster, ernest hemingway, film noir, heist, movie poster, professional killer, robert siodmak, universal picturesLeave a comment on 1946 Universal picture

December 1944 Canadian issue

December 1944 Canadian issue

made up of stories from US 1944 issues

Posted on January 22, 2025January 20, 2025Categories canadian pulp, crime fiction, espionage fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags arson, canadian pulp, francis k. allan, lugar, nazi spy, sabotage, thrilling detective magazine, victor m. victoroffLeave a comment on December 1944 Canadian issue

December 1946 British issue

December 1946 British issue

May 1946 issue in the US

Posted on January 21, 2025January 8, 2025Categories british pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags black mask magazine, dale clark, julius long, william roughLeave a comment on December 1946 British issue

1959 Ace Double reissue

1959 Ace Double reissue, US first appearance which makes it a US paperback original

Posted on January 21, 2025January 8, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags ace double paperback, harry whittington, noirLeave a comment on 1959 Ace Double reissue

January 1947 issue ~ cover art by Lewis Trege

January 1947

cover art by Lewis Trege

better image than previously posted

Posted on January 21, 2025January 8, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags george harmon, lewis trege, private detective storiesLeave a comment on January 1947 issue ~ cover art by Lewis Trege

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