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July 1937 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

July 1937

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

Posted on January 8, 2026January 5, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags benton braden, charles marquis warren, george harmon coxe, rafael desoto, richard essex, thrilling detective magazine, tommygunLeave a comment on July 1937 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

September 1943 issue ~ cover art by Jerome Rozen

September 1943

cover art by Jerome Rozen

better image than previously posted

Posted on January 7, 2026January 5, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags benton braden, jerome rozen, murdoch duncan, thrilling detective magazineLeave a comment on September 1943 issue ~ cover art by Jerome Rozen

October 1938 issue

October 1938

cover art by Dalton Stevens??

better image than previously posted

Posted on February 16, 2025June 21, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags benton braden, john h. knox, kay krausse, thrilling detective magazine, ward hawkins, woman with a gunLeave a comment on October 1938 issue

July 1937 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

July 1937

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

Posted on January 12, 2025December 29, 2024Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags benton braden, rafael desoto, richard essex, thrilling detective magazine, tommygunLeave a comment on July 1937 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

April 1944 issue

April 1944

Posted on November 26, 2024November 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags benton braden, j. lane linklater, thrilling detective magazineLeave a comment on April 1944 issue

January 1937 issue

January 1937

Posted on October 26, 2024October 19, 2024Categories crime fictionTags benton braden, george a. mcdonald, oscar schisgall, snake, thrilling detective magazine, treasureLeave a comment on January 1937 issue

November 1939 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

November 1939

cover art by Delos Palmer

Posted on August 4, 2024July 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags benton braden, charles brower parmer, delos palmer, george a. mcdonald, thrilling detective magazine, woman with a gunLeave a comment on November 1939 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

May 1945 issue ~ cover art by Milton Luros

May 1945

cover art by Milton Luros

Posted on August 2, 2024July 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags benton braden, fredric brown, medical fiction, milton luros, thrilling detective magazine, woman with a gunLeave a comment on May 1945 issue ~ cover art by Milton Luros

May 1937 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

May 1937

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Posted on July 24, 2024July 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags benton braden, dagger, john mallory, phantom detective magazine, robert wallace, rudolph belarskiLeave a comment on May 1937 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

April 1945 UK issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

April 1945 UK     

consists of stories from US Thrilling Detective, October and February 1944 – cover art is from the October 1945 US edition

Posted on July 3, 2024June 23, 2024Categories british pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags benton braden, bound, g.t. fleming-roberts, rudolph belarski, thrilling detective magazineLeave a comment on April 1945 UK issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

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