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1944, #11 issue – cover art by George Tuska

1944

cover art by George Tuska

[cover art updated 7/10/24]

Posted on April 8, 2024July 10, 2024Categories crime comic, crime fiction, Hardboiled, updatedTags bulls eye comic, cold war fiction, dame, femme fatale, skull, woman with a gunLeave a comment on 1944, #11 issue – cover art by George Tuska

December 1949 issue

December 1949

cover photo by Pagano

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 8, 2024February 24, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags dame, femme fatale, front page detective, pagano, pulp illustrationLeave a comment on December 1949 issue

June 27, 1936 issue ~ cover art by Hubert Rogers

June 27, 1936

cover art by Hubert Rogers

Posted on April 7, 2024February 24, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags allan vaughan elston, argosy magazine, dame, femme fatale, georges surdez, hubert rogers, south seasLeave a comment on June 27, 1936 issue ~ cover art by Hubert Rogers

October 1956 issue

October 1956

Posted on April 6, 2024February 23, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags dame, femme fatale, pulp illustration, smoking, true mystery expose, woman with a gunLeave a comment on October 1956 issue

November 1942 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

November 1942

cover art by H.J. Ward

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 1, 2024January 18, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, espionage fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, war fictionTags assassin, dagger, dame, femme fatale, finest kind, justin case, mata hari, nazi fiction, spicy-adventure stories, WWII fictionLeave a comment on November 1942 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

1965 lobby card

1965 lobby card, approximately 11″x14″

Posted on April 1, 2024January 18, 2024Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, pulpTags crime movie, dame, femme fatale, garter, heist, lingerie, margaret whiting, movie poster, nigel patrick, stockings, vaultLeave a comment on 1965 lobby card

cover art by Harry Barton


gouache on board, 20 x 15 in. (image)
Signed lower right

The Quaking Widow by Robert Colby, Ace Double paperback, 1956.

Posted on April 1, 2024January 18, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, original art, paperbackTags ace double paperback, dame, femme fatale, harry barton, original art, robert colby, treasure, woman with a gunLeave a comment on cover art by Harry Barton

July 1947 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

July 1947

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Posted on March 31, 2024May 9, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags dame, femme fatale, moll, phantom detective magazine, robert wallace, rudolph belarski, safe crack, woman with a gun, yeggLeave a comment on July 1947 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

May 1949 issue

May 1949

better image than previously posted

Posted on March 31, 2024January 9, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags dame, femme fatale, inside detective magazine, pulp illustrationLeave a comment on May 1949 issue

April 1946 issue ~ cover art by Ernest Chiriacka

April 1946

cover art by Ernest Chiriacka

Posted on March 30, 2024January 11, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags 10-story detective magazine, dame, ernest chiriacka, femme fatale, glenn low, lipstick, tuxLeave a comment on April 1946 issue ~ cover art by Ernest Chiriacka

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