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Category: crime fiction

October 1950 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

October 1950

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

better image than previously posted

[updated 5/5/25]

Posted on October 16, 2024May 5, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags dagger, dean owen, rudolph belarski, stewart sterling, thrilling detective magazineLeave a comment on October 1950 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Fall 1949 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Fall 1949

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Posted on October 16, 2024May 2, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags bruno fischer, dagger, fredric brown, mystery book magazine, rudolph belarskiLeave a comment on Fall 1949 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

cover painting by James Meese

September 1956 Permabook 1st printing

cover painting by James Meese

better image than previously posted

Posted on October 16, 2024October 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags dagger, henry kuttner, james meese, perma paperbackLeave a comment on cover painting by James Meese

March 1941 issue

March 1941

better image than previously posted

Posted on October 16, 2024October 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags carroll john daly, clues detective stories, dagger, edward ronns, lawrence treat, norvell page, private eye, race williamsLeave a comment on March 1941 issue

December 1948 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

December 1948

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

[updated 5/5/25]

Posted on October 15, 2024May 5, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags edward ronns, fireplace, poker, robert leslie bellem, rudolph belarski, thrilling detective magazineLeave a comment on December 1948 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

July 1940 issue ~ cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

July 1940

cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

better image than previously posted

Posted on October 15, 2024October 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicyTags h.l. parkhurst, kidnap, spicy detective magazine, wallace kaytonLeave a comment on July 1940 issue ~ cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

April 1937 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

April 1937

cover art by Norman Saunders

2nd of just three issues

better image than previously posted

Posted on October 15, 2024October 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags bound, cleve f. adams, norman saunders, sure-fire detective magazineLeave a comment on April 1937 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

November 1943 issue ~ cover art by Allen Anderson

November 1943

cover art by Allen Anderson (signature is on the crate)

notice where the crate is going…

better image than previously posted

Posted on October 15, 2024October 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags 10-story detective magazine, allen anderson, bound, crate, duane yarnell, norman a. danielsLeave a comment on November 1943 issue ~ cover art by Allen Anderson

July 1955 UK issue

July 1955 UK issue

Posted on October 15, 2024October 3, 2024Categories british pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags detective monthly, doc savageLeave a comment on July 1955 UK issue

cover art by Rudy Nappi

Man-Killer by Talmage Powell, Ace Double, 1960
Watercolor and gouache on board
14.875 x 12.375 in. (sight)
Signed lower right

better image than previously posted

Posted on October 15, 2024October 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags ace paperback, dame, femme fatale, rudy nappi, talmage powell, woman with a gunLeave a comment on cover art by Rudy Nappi

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