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Category: crime fiction

February 1958 issue ~ cover art by Carl Pfeuffer

February 1958

cover art by Carl Pfeuffer

Posted on September 18, 2025August 27, 2025Categories crime fiction, digest, Hardboiled, original art, paperbackTags art crockett, carl pfeuffer, george wilson, joe dunn, sure fire detective storiesLeave a comment on February 1958 issue ~ cover art by Carl Pfeuffer

November 1934 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

cover art by Delos Palmer

November 1934

better image than previously posted

Posted on September 17, 2025August 27, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, original art, pulpTags anthony field, coulrophobia, delos palmer, f.h. martin, killer clown, snake, turban, two-book detective magazineLeave a comment on November 1934 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

July 1939 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

July 1939

cover art by Norman Saunders

Posted on September 17, 2025August 27, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags jewel theft, norman saunders, r.b.s. davis, russell bender, ten detective aces magazineLeave a comment on July 1939 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

January 1944 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

January 1944

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Posted on September 17, 2025August 27, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags dale clark, new detective magazine, rafael desoto, theodore roscoeLeave a comment on January 1944 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

McGinnis to Gasparri

1959 Gold Medal paperback original

cover art by Robert McGinnis

movie poster – The Girl Who Knew Too Much – Nov 1969

pulp illustration by Rodolfo Gasparri

Posted on September 16, 2025August 27, 2025Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, movie poster, original art, paperback, pulpTags day keene, gold medal paperback, italian pulp, robert mcginnis, rodolfo gasparriLeave a comment on McGinnis to Gasparri

1960 Ace Double paperback original

1960 Ace Double paperback original

Bloodline for Murder

In at the Kill

better images than previously posted

Posted on September 16, 2025August 27, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags ace double paperback, bound, dame, emmett mcdowell, stockings, woman with a gunLeave a comment on 1960 Ace Double paperback original

1950 Signet reissue

published in 1949 by Rinehart as The Leather Duke

1950 Signet reissue

10th with sleuths Johnny Fletcher and Sam Cragg

better image than previously posted

Posted on September 16, 2025August 27, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags frank gruber, private eye, signet paperback, staircaseLeave a comment on 1950 Signet reissue

February 1957 issue ~ cover art by Will Husley

February 1957

cover art by Will Husley

Posted on September 16, 2025August 27, 2025Categories crime fiction, digest, Hardboiled, mystery, pulpTags bound, day keene, harlan ellison, mal manors, terror detective story magazine, will hulsey, woman with a gunLeave a comment on February 1957 issue ~ cover art by Will Husley

Saunders & Hilkert

cover art by Norman Saunders

September 1949

better image than previously posted

10-Story Detective, September 1942 Canadian edition – cover art by John Hilkert.

Posted on September 16, 2025August 27, 2025Categories canadian pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, original art, pulpTags 10-story detective magazine, cigarette girl, dagger, john hilkert, night club, norman saunders, robinson maclean, ten detective aces magazine, tuxLeave a comment on Saunders & Hilkert

Emmett McDowell x 2

1958 Ace Double reissues

all feature Jonathan Knox

Three for the Gallows contains three novellas:

“All She Wants is Money”, “Bloodfeud”, and “Set-Up for Murder”

Posted on September 16, 2025August 27, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags ace double paperback, emmett mcdowell, woman with a gunLeave a comment on Emmett McDowell x 2

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