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Category: Hardboiled

1934 Loring and Mussey hardcover

1934

“First Edition. Author’s only mystery, one which tells the tale of gangland violence in the American west. The author was a Denver detective.“

[updated 12/27/25]

Posted on April 17, 2024May 18, 2026Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, hardcover, pulp, updatedTags gangland, loring and mussey, rackateer, ray humphreys, tommygunLeave a comment on 1934 Loring and Mussey hardcover

October 1938 issue ~ cover art by Dalton Stevens

October 1938

cover art by Dalton Stevens

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 17, 2024April 14, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags dalton stevens, dame, k. krausse, thrilling detective magazine, ward hawkins, woman with a gunLeave a comment on October 1938 issue ~ cover art by Dalton Stevens

September 30, 1939 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

September 30, 1939

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 16, 2024April 14, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags argosy magazine, demon, devil, finest kind, georges surdez, ralph r. perry, rudolph belarskiLeave a comment on September 30, 1939 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

May 1936 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

May 1936

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 16, 2024April 14, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags mystery adventure magazine, norman saunders, richard b. sale, wayne rogersLeave a comment on May 1936 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

October 1941 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

October 1941

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 16, 2024April 14, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags dagger, donald g. cormack, francis k. allan, pharoah, rafael desoto, sarcophagus, strange detective mysteries, tommygun, woman with a gunLeave a comment on October 1941 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

September 1934 issue ~ cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

September 1934

cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

better image than previously posted

[cover updated 4/28/26]

Posted on April 16, 2024April 28, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicy, updatedTags beach, bikini, h.l. parkhurst, robert leslie bellem, spicy detective storiesLeave a comment on September 1934 issue ~ cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

July 1955 issue ~ cover art by Robert Maguire

July 1955

cover art by Robert Maguire

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 16, 2024April 14, 2024Categories crime fiction, digest, Hardboiled, mystery, pulpTags dagger, david alexander, ed mcbain, edward d. radin, evan hunter, jonathan craig, manhunt detective story monthly, richard deming, robert maguire, sam merwinLeave a comment on July 1955 issue ~ cover art by Robert Maguire

July 1938 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

July 1938

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 16, 2024April 14, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags george a. mcdonald, john chambliss, rafael desoto, thrilling detective magazine, westmoreland gray, woman with a gunLeave a comment on July 1938 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

November 1944 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

November 1944

cover art by H.J. Ward

better image than previously posted

[image updated 9/7/24 – 7/25/25]

Posted on April 16, 2024July 25, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags bound, dagger, h.j. ward, laurence donovan, speed mystery magazineLeave a comment on November 1944 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

November 1936 issue ~ cover art by Richard Lyon

November 1936

cover art by Richard Lyon

Posted on April 15, 2024April 14, 2024Categories crime fiction, government agent, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags B.A.R., FBI, feds, g-men magazine, richard lyon, woman with a gunLeave a comment on November 1936 issue ~ cover art by Richard Lyon

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