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Category: crime fiction

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 ~ cover art by George Gross

Spring 1939 issue

cover art by George Gross

second of only three issues

[post updated 10/21/26]

Posted on January 22, 2025October 21, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, updatedTags bound, bull's-eye detective magazine, furnace, george gross, handcuffs, herman petersen, stewart sterling, ted storrsLeave a comment on Spring 1939 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

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

July 1956 issue

July 1956 issue

last of just four issues

better image than previously posted

Posted on January 21, 2025January 8, 2025Categories crime fiction, digest, Hardboiled, mystery, pulpTags accused detective story magazine, b. traven, hal ellson, jonathan craig, max franklin, richard deming, stephen marloweLeave a comment on July 1956 issue

cover art by Clark Hulings

cover art by Clark Hulings

1956 Macrae Smith hardcover

1957 Perma paperback reissue

better image than previously posted

Posted on January 20, 2025January 8, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, original art, paperback, pulpTags clark hulings, dame, femme fatale, floyd mahannah, perma paperbackLeave a comment on cover art by Clark Hulings

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