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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

November 1949 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

November 1949

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 15, 2024April 14, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags 5 detective novels magazine, airport, george bruce, george harmon coxe, paul ernst, richard sale, rudolph belarski, steve fisher, woman with a gunLeave a comment on November 1949 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

November 1941 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

November 1941

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 15, 2024April 14, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags harold q. masur, lawrence treat, norman saunders, ten detective aces magazineLeave a comment on November 1941 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

April 1939 issue ~ cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

April 1939

cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 15, 2024April 14, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicyTags bound, h.l. parkhurst, sadist, spicy detective magazine, whipLeave a comment on April 1939 issue ~ cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

May 1952 issue

May 1952

Posted on April 15, 2024April 14, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags dame, front page detective, pulp illustrationLeave a comment on May 1952 issue

January 1941 issue

January 1947

Posted on April 15, 2024April 14, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags crack detective stories, dagger, dummy, finest kind, magician, robert c. dennis, top hat, tuxLeave a comment on January 1941 issue

Summer 1950 issue

Summer 1950

better image than previously posted

Brown’s “The Case of the Dancing Sandwiches” published as a book by Dell in 1951

Posted on April 15, 2024May 2, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags case of the dancing sandwiches, fredric brown, john d. macdonald, mystery book magazineLeave a comment on Summer 1950 issue

March 1935 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

March 1935

cover art by H.J. Ward

Posted on April 14, 2024March 3, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicyTags asian fiction, dagger, h.j. ward, idol, spicy-adventure stories, swordLeave a comment on March 1935 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

November 1932 issue ~ cover art by Andrew Benson

November 1932

cover art by Andrew Benson

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 14, 2024March 3, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags andrew benson, david r. solomon, real detective magazineLeave a comment on November 1932 issue ~ cover art by Andrew Benson

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