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Tag: detective tales magazine

January 1942 Canadian issue

January 1942 Canadian issue

Posted on June 6, 2024May 13, 2024Categories canadian pulp, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, war fictionTags detective tales magazine, nazi fiction, spy fiction, woman with a gunLeave a comment on January 1942 Canadian issue

May 1946 issue

May 1946

cover art attributed to Robert Stanley

[cover updated 3/1/25]

[cover and title page updated 4/28/25]

Posted on May 17, 2024April 28, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags d.l. champion, detective tales magazine, henry w. norton, john d. macdonald, parker bonner, pearl necklace, robert stanley, w.t. ballard, william r. coxLeave a comment on May 1946 issue

September 1940 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

September 1940

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 11, 2024April 27, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags bound, detective tales magazine, edward s. williams, mad scientist, norbert davis, nurse, rafael desoto, scalpel, wilbur s. peacock, william r. coxLeave a comment on September 1940 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

July 1947 issue

July 1947

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 24, 2024April 22, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags dagger, day keene, detective tales magazine, francis k. allan, pearls, russell branch, william r. coxLeave a comment on July 1947 issue

January 1945 issue ~ cover art by Gloria Stoll

January 1945

cover art by Gloria Stoll

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 14, 2024March 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags andrew holt, dan keene, detective tales magazine, francis k. allan, gloria stoll, mailbox, richard dermody, william r. cox, woman with a gunLeave a comment on January 1945 issue ~ cover art by Gloria Stoll

November 1947 issue ~ cover art by Samuel Cherry

November 1947

cover art by Samuel Cherry

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 12, 2024February 23, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags bruno fischer, detective tales magazine, roderick lull, samuel cherry, shad collins, talmage powell, thug, wanted poster, william r. coxLeave a comment on November 1947 issue ~ cover art by Samuel Cherry

April 1948 issue

April 1948

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 11, 2024February 23, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags c. william harrison, d.l. champion, day keene, detective tales magazine, gambling fiction, peter paige, robert martin, roulette, tom marvinLeave a comment on April 1948 issue

September 1943 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

September 1943

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

[images updated 4/19/24]

Posted on April 7, 2024April 19, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags day keene, detective tales magazine, henry norton, mary freels rosborough, rafael desoto, william chamberlain, william r. cox, woman with a gunLeave a comment on September 1943 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

January 1937 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

January 1937

cover art by Tom Lovell

better image than previously posted

Posted on March 16, 2024January 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags arthur leo zagat, detective tales magazine, fire escape, fred macisaac, george bruce, grendon alzee, john. hawkins, tom lovell, winston bouveLeave a comment on January 1937 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

“Velma’s Predicament”, Detective Tales magazine cover, September 1944
oil on board, 14-1/4 x 10-1/4 inches

Posted on March 7, 2024May 26, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, original art, pulpTags detective tales magazine, donald g. cormack, edward j. donovan, francis k. allan, fredric brown, handcuffs, original art, rafael desoto, ray bradbury, robert turner, scarLeave a comment on cover art by Rafael DeSoto

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