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Tag: detective tales magazine

May 1939 issue

May 1939

better image than previously posted

Posted on March 25, 2025February 27, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags detective tales magazine, norbert davis, racist imagery, wyatt blassingameLeave a comment on May 1939 issue

May 1942 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

May 1942

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

Posted on March 18, 2025February 23, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags day keene, detective tales magazine, handcuffs, john hawkins, rafael desoto, woman with a gunLeave a comment on May 1942 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

October 1937 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

October 1937

cover art by Tom Lovell

better image than previously posted

Posted on March 17, 2025February 23, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags detective tales magazine, edward s. williams, hooded, norbert davis, skull, tom lovell, tuxLeave a comment on October 1937 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

April 1936 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

April 1936

cover art by Tom Lovell

Posted on March 9, 2025February 22, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags arthur j. burks, arthur leo zagat, detective tales magazine, franklin h. martin, frederick c. davis, kidnapping, tom lovellLeave a comment on April 1936 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

March 1936 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

March 1936

cover art by Tom Lovell

better image than previously posted

Posted on March 5, 2025February 10, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags dagger, detective tales magazine, eric taylor, george shaftel, norvell w. page, paul ernst, racist imagery, tom lovell, tux, woman with a gun, yellow menaceLeave a comment on March 1936 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

March 1937 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

March 1937

cover art by Tom Lovell

Posted on February 27, 2025April 28, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, original art, pulpTags bound, dagger, detective tales, detective tales magazine, john hawkins, norbert davis, racist imagery, tom lovellLeave a comment on March 1937 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

August 1948 issue

August 1948

better image than previously posted

Posted on February 21, 2025February 4, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags blood trail, day keene, detective tales magazine, woman with a gun, wyatt blassingameLeave a comment on August 1948 issue

June 1940 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

June 1940 issue

Posted on February 17, 2025February 4, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, original art, pulpTags detective tales magazine, norbert davis, rafael desoto, stewart sterling, welding torch, william r. coxLeave a comment on June 1940 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

August 1951 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

August 1951

cover art by Norman Saunders

cover art repurposed from British edition of Black Mask December 1951

Posted on February 1, 2025January 28, 2025Categories british pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, original art, pulpTags black mask detective, detective tales magazine, norman saunders, telephoneLeave a comment on August 1951 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

August 1949 issue ~ cover art by Albert Drake

August 1949

cover art by Albert Drake

Posted on January 16, 2025January 2, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags albert drake, dagger, detective tales magazine, g.t. fleming-robertsLeave a comment on August 1949 issue ~ cover art by Albert Drake

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