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November 1939 issue

November 1939

Posted on January 8, 2026January 5, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags cleve f. adams, double detective magazine, erle stanley gardner, racist imagery, richard sale, tux, walter rippergerLeave a comment on November 1939 issue

May 1938 issue ~ cover art by Emmett Watson

May 1938

cover art by Emmett Watson

better image than previously posted

Posted on June 20, 2025June 4, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags cleve f. adams, dale clark, double detective magazine, emmett watson, hugh b. cave, richard sale, rudolph belarski, samuel taylor, woman with a gunLeave a comment on May 1938 issue ~ cover art by Emmett Watson

May 1938 issue ~ cover art by Emmett Watson

May 1938

cover art by Emmett Watson

better image than previously posted

Posted on September 23, 2024September 11, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags cleve f. adams, dale clark, diamond, double detective magazine, emmett watson, hugh b. cave, letters, richard sale, woman with a gunLeave a comment on May 1938 issue ~ cover art by Emmett Watson

October 1940 issue

October 1940

Posted on May 24, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags clown, coulrophobia, double detective magazine, green lama, monkey, richard fosterLeave a comment on October 1940 issue

March 1943 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

March 1943

final issue of this magazine

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

Posted on May 18, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags dale clark, double detective magazine, green lama, grim reaper, j. lane linklater, john h knox, peter richards, rafael desoto, red hood, richard fosterLeave a comment on March 1943 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

May 1939 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

May 1939

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

better image than previously posted

Posted on March 28, 2024January 2, 2024Categories crime fiction, government agent, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags donald barr chidsey, double detective magazine, gas mask, richard sale, rudolph belarski, tommygunLeave a comment on May 1939 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

March 1938 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

March 1938

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

better image than previously posted

Posted on March 14, 2024January 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags cornell woolrich, double detective magazine, paul ernst, richard sale, roger torrey, rudolph belarski, top hat, tux, walter rippergerLeave a comment on March 1938 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

February 1938 issue ~ cover art by Emmett Watson

February 1938

cover art by Emmett Watson

Posted on March 5, 2024December 22, 2023Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags cornell woolrich, donald barr chidsey, double detective magazine, emmett watson, judson p. philips, maurice beam, norbert davis, woman with a gunLeave a comment on February 1938 issue ~ cover art by Emmett Watson

February 1940 issue ~ cover art by Emmett Watson

February 1940

cover art by Emmett Watson

Posted on March 1, 2024December 22, 2023Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags double detective magazine, emmett watson, erle stanley gardner, hugh b. cave, kidnap, richard sale, robert arthur, shoulder holster, william e. brandonLeave a comment on February 1940 issue ~ cover art by Emmett Watson

January 1939 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

January 1939

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

better image than previously posted

Posted on January 28, 2024December 18, 2023Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags cosh, dagger, double detective magazine, femme fatale, john k. butler, rudolph belarski, sap, walter rippergerLeave a comment on January 1939 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

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