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Category: Hardboiled

October 1949 issue ~ cover art by Joseph Szokoli

October 1949

cover art by Joseph Szokoli

Posted on June 21, 2025June 4, 2025Categories crime comic, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags bikini, dan turner, hollywood detective magazine, joseph szokoli, robert leslie bellem, will thomasLeave a comment on October 1949 issue ~ cover art by Joseph Szokoli

1959 Gold Medal paperback original – cover art by Charles Binger

1959 Gold Medal paperback original

cover art by Charles Binger

better image than previously posted

Posted on June 21, 2025June 4, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulp, uncategorizedTags beach, bikini, charles binger, dame, femme fatale, gold medal paperback, vechel howardLeave a comment on 1959 Gold Medal paperback original – cover art by Charles Binger

1960 Dell reissue ~ cover art by Robert McGinnis

1960 Dell reissue

cover art by Robert McGinnis

Posted on June 21, 2025June 4, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags a.a. fair, bertha cool, cocktail, donald lam, erle stanley gardner, private eye, robert mcginnis, smokingLeave a comment on 1960 Dell reissue ~ cover art by Robert McGinnis

August 1944 issue

August 1944

Posted on June 20, 2025June 21, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags detective story magazine, fredric brown, jewels, pulp illustrationLeave a comment on August 1944 issue

2 x Bystanders

1959 Ace Double paperback original

1960 Digit British edition

Posted on June 20, 2025June 5, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags ace double paperback, digit paperback, gems, mike brettLeave a comment on 2 x Bystanders

June 1955 issue

June 1955

cover art by Milton Luros?

better image than previously posted

Posted on June 20, 2025June 4, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags charles beckman, eugene pawley, famous detective stories, pearl necklaceLeave a comment on June 1955 issue

September 18, 1937 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

September 18, 1937

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Posted on June 20, 2025June 7, 2025Categories adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags argosy magazine, borden chase, diamond, hulbert footnerLeave a comment on September 18, 1937 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

February 1954 issue

February 1954

better image than previously posted

Posted on June 19, 2025June 4, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, paperback, pulpTags bank heist, charles beckman, don james, fifteen detective stories magazine, ted strattonLeave a comment on February 1954 issue

April 1950 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

April 1950

cover art by Norman Saunders

Posted on June 19, 2025June 21, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags 15 story detective, burt sims, donn mullally, highjack, john d. macdonald, lantern, norman saundersLeave a comment on April 1950 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

October 1932 – premiere issue ~ cover art Joseph Doolin

October 1932

cover art Joseph Doolin

better image than previously posted

Posted on June 19, 2025May 6, 2026Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags heist, joseph doolin, rapid-fire detective stories, tom curryLeave a comment on October 1932 – premiere issue ~ cover art Joseph Doolin

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