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October 1941 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

October 1941

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Posted on February 27, 2024December 27, 2023Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags day keene, detective tales magazine, edward s. williams, philip ketchum, rafael desoto, richard sale, william hinesLeave a comment on October 1941 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

June 1941 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

June 1941

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Posted on February 2, 2024May 26, 2024Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags carl rathjen, dane gregory, detective tales magazine, district attorney, don james, donald g. cormack, hugh b. cave, rafael desoto, steve fisherLeave a comment on June 1941 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

July 1939 issue

July 1939

better image than previously posted

Posted on January 24, 2024December 20, 2023Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags chained, dagger, detective tales magazine, john g. pearsol, norbert davis, paul ernst, shackled, skull, stewart sterling, thomas w. duncan, tux, william r. coxLeave a comment on July 1939 issue

July 1940 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

July 1940

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

Posted on January 19, 2024December 24, 2023Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags d.l. champion, detective tales magazine, fred macisaac, rafael desoto, william r. cox, wyatt blassingameLeave a comment on July 1940 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

February 1936 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

February 1936

cover art by Tom Lovell

better image than previously posted

Posted on January 15, 2024December 24, 2023Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags alley, detective tales magazine, emerson graves, finest kind, george bruce, george shaftel, j. lane linklater, leslie t. white, p[aul ernst, tom lovell, top hat, trench coatLeave a comment on February 1936 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

April 1951 issue

April 1951

[post updated 4/26/25]

Posted on December 27, 2023April 26, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags cornell woolrich, detective tales magazine, flashlight, harry whittington, hugh b. cave, john d. macdonaldLeave a comment on April 1951 issue

November 1945 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

November 1945

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

[post updated 4/18/24]

Posted on December 5, 2023April 18, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags day keene, detective tales magazine, pulp art, rafael desoto, robert c. dennis, talmage powell, william r. coxLeave a comment on November 1945 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

May 1945 issue

May 1945

cover art by Samuel Cherry

better image than previously posted

Posted on December 3, 2023December 2, 2023Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags bullet, cyril plunkett, day keene, detective tales magazine, francis k. allan, ken lewis, pulp art, samuel cherry, w.t. ballardLeave a comment on May 1945 issue

July 1945 Canadian issue

July 1945

Canadian cover version of the May 1945 US issue

Posted on November 26, 2023December 3, 2023Categories canadian pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags bullet, canadian pulp, day keene, detective tales magazine, medical fiction, pulp artLeave a comment on July 1945 Canadian issue

December 1945 Canadian issue

December 1945

Posted on November 26, 2023November 24, 2023Categories canadian pulp, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags canadian pulp, day keene, detective tales magazine, pulp artLeave a comment on December 1945 Canadian issue

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