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1953 Ace paperback original – cover art by Rafael DeSoto

1953 Ace paperback original

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

November 27, 2013

Posted on October 6, 2025September 25, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags ace double paperback, bound, harry whittington, racket, rafael desotoLeave a comment on 1953 Ace paperback original – cover art by Rafael DeSoto

September 1936 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

September 1936

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

Posted on October 6, 2025September 25, 2025Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicyTags bound, cobra, e. hoffmann price, frank bunce, lurid, mystery adventure magazine, norman saunders, racist imagery, sam mimsLeave a comment on September 1936 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

January 1941 issue

January 1941

better image than previously posted

Posted on October 6, 2025September 25, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicy, true crimeTags bound, headquarters detective magazine, stockingsLeave a comment on January 1941 issue

1955 Perma Books reissue – cover art by James Meese

cover art by James Meese

1954 Rinehart hardcover

1955 Perma Books reissue

3rd Ed Noon

November 26, 2013

Posted on September 26, 2025September 23, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags bound, james meese, mike avallone, perma paperback, woman with a gunLeave a comment on 1955 Perma Books reissue – cover art by James Meese

1960 Ace Double paperback original

1960 Ace Double paperback original

Bloodline for Murder

In at the Kill

better images than previously posted

Posted on September 16, 2025August 27, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags ace double paperback, bound, dame, emmett mcdowell, stockings, woman with a gunLeave a comment on 1960 Ace Double paperback original

February 1957 issue ~ cover art by Will Husley

February 1957

cover art by Will Husley

Posted on September 16, 2025August 27, 2025Categories crime fiction, digest, Hardboiled, mystery, pulpTags bound, day keene, harlan ellison, mal manors, terror detective story magazine, will hulsey, woman with a gunLeave a comment on February 1957 issue ~ cover art by Will Husley

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

March 1949 issue

better image than previously posted

1950 Popular Library edition

better image than previously posted

Posted on September 13, 2025August 27, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, original art, paperback, pulpTags arthur leo zagat, bound, g-men detective magazine, george f. worts, popular library, robert sidney bowen, rudolph belarskiLeave a comment on cover art by Rudolph Belarski

1950 Bantam reissue

1950 Bantam

better image than previously posted

Posted on September 7, 2025August 16, 2025Categories paperback, pulpTags bantam paperback, bound, hildegarde tolman teilhet, suspense, thrillerLeave a comment on 1950 Bantam reissue

November 1944 issue

November 1944

Posted on September 4, 2025August 16, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags bound, bullet hole, laurence donovan, speed mystery magazineLeave a comment on November 1944 issue

May 1960 issue ~ cover art by Carl Pfeuffer

May 1960

cover art by Carl Pfeuffer

Posted on September 2, 2025August 16, 2025Categories crime fiction, digest, Hardboiled, original art, pulp, spicyTags bound, carl pfeuffer, dagger, don unatin, edward hoch, leslie g. sabo, off beat detective storiesLeave a comment on May 1960 issue ~ cover art by Carl Pfeuffer

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