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January 1948 – premiere issue

January 1948 – premiere issue

better image than previously posted

Posted on August 22, 2024August 16, 2024Categories crime comic, Hardboiled, pulp, true crimeTags ace of spades, dame, femme fatale, gambling, murder incorporated comic, woman with a gunLeave a comment on January 1948 – premiere issue

February 1948 issue

February 1948

better image than previously posted

Posted on July 26, 2024July 6, 2024Categories magazine, pulp, true crimeTags ace of clubs, ace of diamonds, ace of hearts, ace of spades, uncensored detective magazineLeave a comment on February 1948 issue

February 1943 issue

February 1943

Posted on July 26, 2024July 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags ace of spades, camera, detective novels magazine, flashlight, gambling fiction, iron cross, john l. benton, mailbox, sheriff, victor haileyLeave a comment on February 1943 issue

cover painting by Darrell Greene

June 1959 Cardinal paperback, 1st print, 1st paperback

cover painting by Darrell Greene

better image than previously posted

Posted on July 26, 2024June 21, 2025Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, mystery, paperback, pulpTags ace of spades, courtroom thriller, dame, darrell greene, erle stanley gardner, perry masonLeave a comment on cover painting by Darrell Greene

cover art by Chuck Pyle

2007 Hard Case Crime reissue with cover art by Chuck Pyle

originally published in 1964 as The Sex Shuffle as by Sheldon Lord

Posted on July 4, 2024July 1, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, paperback, pulp, spicyTags ace of hearts, ace of spades, beacon paperback, chuck pyle, dame, femme fatale, hard case crime, lawrence block, sheldon lord, smokingLeave a comment on cover art by Chuck Pyle

March 1941 issue

March 1941

cover art attributed to William Reusswig

Posted on June 8, 2024May 15, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags ace of spades, grim reaper, henry kuttner, hooded, john h. knox, ray cummings, skull and crossbones, thrilling mystery magazineLeave a comment on March 1941 issue

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

February 1935

cover art by H.J. Ward

better image than previously posted

Posted on June 5, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicyTags ace of spades, cigarette girl, gambling fiction, jerome severs perry, spicy detective magazine, tuxLeave a comment on February 1935 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

cover art by Norman Saunders

1952 Ace Double D-5
Oil on board, 22.5 x 19.5 in. (sight)
Signed lower left

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 14, 2024March 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags ace double paperback, ace of spades, dame, eaton k. goldthwaite, gambling fiction, norman saunders, oil on boardLeave a comment on cover art by Norman Saunders

October 1949 issue

Format ImagePosted on March 3, 2024April 2, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags ace of spades, dame, femme fatale, pulp illustration, uncensored detective magazine, woman with a gunLeave a comment on October 1949 issue

May-June 1936 issue

May-June, 1936

second of only two issue printed

better image than previously posted

Posted on February 26, 2024February 23, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags ace of spades, all aces magazine, edward l. mckenna, james b. hendryx, murray leinster, shackled, talbot mundyLeave a comment on May-June 1936 issue

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