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Category: digest

1945 Croyden reissue

originally published as And Not for Love by Duell in 1942.

this is an abridged and re-titled edition from 1945

September 23, 2013

Posted on February 21, 2025February 4, 2025Categories digest, mystery, pulpTags croyden digest, philip mechemLeave a comment on 1945 Croyden reissue

1951 Venus paperback original

1951 Venus paperback original

better image than previously posted

Posted on February 17, 2025February 4, 2025Categories digest, Hardboiled, spicyTags albert l. quandt, dame, smoking, venus digestLeave a comment on 1951 Venus paperback original

1943 Crime Novel Selection

Lawrence Lariar also wrote under the names Adam Knight, Michael Lawrence and Michael Stark

first published in 1943 by Phoenix as Death Paints the Picture, reprinted by Crime Novel Selection as Death is the Host that same year

better image than previously posted

Posted on February 17, 2025February 4, 2025Categories crime fiction, digest, mystery, pulpTags crime novel selection, grim reaper, lawrence lariar, skull, tuxLeave a comment on 1943 Crime Novel Selection

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

April 1961 issue ~ cover art by Dick Shelton

April 1961

cover art by Dick Shelton

Posted on January 15, 2025December 29, 2024Categories crime fiction, digest, Hardboiled, mystery, pulpTags charles runyon, dick shelton, frank hardy, glenn canary, graveyard, les collins, lewis banci, manhunt magazine, paul fairmanLeave a comment on April 1961 issue ~ cover art by Dick Shelton

March 1955 issue ~ cover art by Malcolm W. Graveline

March 1955

cover art by Malcolm W. Graveline

Posted on December 22, 2024December 12, 2024Categories crime fiction, digest, Hardboiled, mystery, pulpTags alley, edward d. radin, erskine caldwell, g.t. fleming-roberts, gil brewer, hal ellson, henry kane, kenneth fearing, malcolm w. graveline, manhunt detective story monthlyLeave a comment on March 1955 issue ~ cover art by Malcolm W. Graveline

June 1957 issue ~ cover art by Ray Houlihan

June 1957

cover art by Ray Houlihan

Posted on December 19, 2024September 27, 2025Categories crime fiction, digest, Hardboiled, mystery, pulpTags hal ellson, helen nielsen, manhunt magazine, private eye, ray houlihan, richard s. prather, shell scottLeave a comment on June 1957 issue ~ cover art by Ray Houlihan

1950 St. John, Charles Raab art

1950 St. John

Charles Raab art

Digest containing comic-formatted stories. Considered to be one of the very first graphic novels ever produced.

Posted on December 11, 2024December 2, 2024Categories crime comic, digest, Hardboiled, mystery, pulpTags charles raab, dame, idol, private eye, st john digestLeave a comment on 1950 St. John, Charles Raab art

September 1956 issue ~ cover art by Tom O’Sullivan

September 1956

cover art by Tom O’Sullivan

better image than previously posted

Posted on December 6, 2024December 2, 2024Categories crime fiction, digest, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags dressing table, ed mcbain, evan hunter, manhunt magazine, tom o'sullivanLeave a comment on September 1956 issue ~ cover art by Tom O’Sullivan

1946 Avon digest ~ cover art by Paul Stahr

1946 Avon digest

cover art by Paul Stahr

Posted on December 3, 2024December 2, 2024Categories digest, fantasy, pulp, science fictionTags a.e. merritt, avon digest, murder mystery monthly, paul stahrLeave a comment on 1946 Avon digest ~ cover art by Paul Stahr

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