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Category: gangster

October 1930 issue ~ cover art by Arnold Lorne Hicks

October 1930

cover art by Arnold Lorne Hicks

Hersey swastika: “The Symbol of Good Reading – A Hersey Magazine”

Posted on March 17, 2024January 3, 2024Categories gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags arnold lorne hicks, cigarette girl, detective dragnet magazine, eugene a. clancy, jack compton, james w poling, joe archibald, night club, smoking, tuxLeave a comment on October 1930 issue ~ cover art by Arnold Lorne Hicks

United Artists, 1955

Killer’s Kiss (United Artists, 1955). Half Sheet (22″ X 28″). Film Noir. Starring Frank Silvera, Jamie Smith, Irene Kane, Ruth Sobotka, Mike Dana, Felice Orlandi, Ralph Roberts and Phil Stevenson. Directed by Stanley Kubrick.

Posted on March 15, 2024March 13, 2024Categories film noir, gangster, HardboiledTags film noir, mobster, moll, movie poster, stanley kubrick, united artistsLeave a comment on United Artists, 1955

March-April 1932 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

March-April 1932

cover art by Walter Baumhofer

better image than previously posted

Posted on March 15, 2024January 2, 2024Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags fire escape, john gerard, rackateer stories, walter baumhoferLeave a comment on March-April 1932 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

January 1932 issue ~ cover art by Dalton Stevens

January 1932

cover art by Dalton Stevens

better image than previously posted

Posted on March 12, 2024March 12, 2024Categories finest kind, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags bluebeard, dalton stevens, fedora, smoking, true detective mysteriesLeave a comment on January 1932 issue ~ cover art by Dalton Stevens

1960 20th Century Fox

1960 20th Century Fox, one sheet 27×41″

Posted on March 10, 2024January 2, 2024Categories crime fiction, gangster, HardboiledTags gangland racket, girl gang, gun moll, movie poster, sniper, woman with a gunLeave a comment on 1960 20th Century Fox

cover art by William Reusswig

Gang World magazine, November 1930
Oil on canvas
30 x 30 in.
Initialed lower right

Posted on March 4, 2024April 5, 2024Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags dame, earl and marion scott, erle stanley gardner, gang world magazine, j. lane linklater, moll, oil on canvas, paul pry, william h. stueber, william reusswig, woman with a gunLeave a comment on cover art by William Reusswig

October 1930 issue ~ cover by R. C. Wardell

October 1930

cover by R. C. Wardell

better image than previously posted

Posted on March 2, 2024December 23, 2023Categories crime fiction, gangster, magazineTags anatole feldman, arthur j. burks, d.b. mccandless, gangland stories magazine, gangster, margie harris, moll, r.c. wardell, seymour rice, tuxLeave a comment on October 1930 issue ~ cover by R. C. Wardell

February 1941 issue

February 1941

cover art by J.W. Scott or William F. Soare?

better image than previously posted

Posted on March 1, 2024January 2, 2024Categories gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags bound, racist imagery, sword, true gang stories, yellow menaceLeave a comment on February 1941 issue

cover art by John Drew

Top of the Heap, Gang World, January 1934
Oil on canvas, 21.875 x 16 in.
Not signed

Posted on February 28, 2024April 5, 2024Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, original art, pulpTags gang world magazine, john drew, oil on canvas, original art, raoul du priest, richard e. conan, thug, william h. stueberLeave a comment on cover art by John Drew

cover art by Mort Engel

gouache on illustration board, 11″ by 17″

1963 Avon paperback original

Posted on February 27, 2024December 31, 2023Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, original art, paperbackTags henry kane, hooker, mort engel, original art, peter chambers, private eye, showgirl, tommygunLeave a comment on cover art by Mort Engel

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