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Category: gangster

1930 Grosset and Dunlap reissue – cover art by Mach Tey

1930 Grosset and Dunlap

cover art by Mach Tey

Posted on April 6, 2024February 23, 2024Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, hardcover, pulpTags charles francis coe, gangster, grosset & dunlap, mach tey, rackateerLeave a comment on 1930 Grosset and Dunlap reissue – cover art by Mach Tey

August 1936 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

August 1936

cover art by Delos Palmer

Posted on April 4, 2024January 18, 2024Categories gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags all detective fact cases, alvin karpis, dagger, delos palmerLeave a comment on August 1936 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

July 1939 issue ~ cover art by J.W. Scott

July 1939

cover art by J.W. Scott

better image than previously posted

[images updated 4/30/25]

Posted on April 4, 2024April 30, 2025Categories crime fiction, gangster, government agent, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags blood trail, bound, c.k.m. scanlon, dagger, feds, g-men magazine, j.w. scott, lee fredericksLeave a comment on July 1939 issue ~ cover art by J.W. Scott

1965 lobby card

1965 lobby card, approximately 11″x14″

Posted on April 1, 2024January 18, 2024Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, pulpTags crime movie, dame, femme fatale, garter, heist, lingerie, margaret whiting, movie poster, nigel patrick, stockings, vaultLeave a comment on 1965 lobby card

February 1930 issue

February 1930

Posted on April 1, 2024January 18, 2024Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags armitage trail, bill mcgreavy, gangster, tom roan, underworld magazine, william ward wiliamsLeave a comment on February 1930 issue

February 1932 issue ~ cover art by William Reusswig

February 1932

cover art by William Reusswig

Posted on March 31, 2024January 8, 2024Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags erle stanley gardner, frederick c. davis, frederick c. painton, gang world magazine, j.r. murphy, paul pry, william h. stueberLeave a comment on February 1932 issue ~ cover art by William Reusswig

October 1931 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

October 1933

cover art by Walter Baumhofer

Posted on March 30, 2024January 6, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags anatole feldman, complete gang novel magazine, finest kind, underworld, walter baumhoferLeave a comment on October 1931 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

January 1930 issue

January 1930

better image than previously posted

Posted on March 29, 2024January 6, 2024Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags maxwell a. hawkinds, moll, tyne van tyne, underworld magazine, v.m. montagu, william beyer, woman with a gunLeave a comment on January 1930 issue

October 1939 issue

October 1939

“First issue of the title, formerly Double Action Gang Magazine“

better image than previously posted

Posted on March 29, 2024January 2, 2024Categories gangster, magazine, pulp, spicyTags ernie phillips, showgirl, true gangster stories, underworldLeave a comment on October 1939 issue

November 1933 issue ~ cover art by Lyman Anderson

November 1933

cover art by Lyman Anderson

better image than previously posted

Posted on March 26, 2024January 2, 2024Categories action fiction, crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags c.f. kay, lyman anderson, underworld magazine, val mcnamaraLeave a comment on November 1933 issue ~ cover art by Lyman Anderson

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