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July 1950 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

July 1950

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Posted on October 19, 2024October 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags blood trail, dame, femme fatale, philip ketchum, popular detective magazine, rudolph belarski, stewart sterling, tommygunLeave a comment on July 1950 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

1973 American International

1973 poster

Posted on October 19, 2024October 3, 2024Categories gangster, Hardboiled, pulp, true crimeTags ben johnson, cloris leachman, dame, femme fatale, harry dean stanton, john dillinger, john milius, movie poster, tommygun, warren oatesLeave a comment on 1973 American International

cover art by Rudy Nappi

Man-Killer by Talmage Powell, Ace Double, 1960
Watercolor and gouache on board
14.875 x 12.375 in. (sight)
Signed lower right

better image than previously posted

Posted on October 15, 2024October 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags ace paperback, dame, femme fatale, rudy nappi, talmage powell, woman with a gunLeave a comment on cover art by Rudy Nappi

August 1955 Signet paperback

August 1955 Signet paperback original, first printing

cover art by Robert Maguire

better image than previously posted

Posted on October 14, 2024October 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags charlie wells, dame, femme fatale, robert maguire, signet paperback, woman with a gunLeave a comment on August 1955 Signet paperback

Femme Fatale x 2

September 1949 issue

cover art attributed to Milton Luros

better images than previously posted

cover art repurposed for January 1957 Crime and Justice issue

Posted on October 14, 2024October 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags crack detective stories, crime and justice magazine, dame, femme fatale, handcuffs, smoking, woman with a gunLeave a comment on Femme Fatale x 2

Parole Breakers #2 (Avon, 1952)

Parole Breakers #2 (Avon, 1952)

cover art repurposed from Avon Books 114, 1947

cover art by William Stanke

used a third time for 1955 Avon paperback original but modified to replace gun with paper

Posted on October 14, 2024October 3, 2024Categories crime comic, Hardboiled, mystery, paperback, pulpTags avon paperback, dame, femme fatale, john baxter, parole breakers, william stanke, woman with a gunLeave a comment on Parole Breakers #2 (Avon, 1952)

April 1946 issue

April 1946

Posted on October 14, 2024October 3, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags crime detective magazine, dame, femme fatale, pulp illustration, woman with a gunLeave a comment on April 1946 issue

October 1950 issue ~ cover art by Michael McCann

October 1950

cover art by Michael McCann

Posted on October 10, 2024October 3, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags cocktail, dame, detective world magazine, femme fatale, michael mccannLeave a comment on October 1950 issue ~ cover art by Michael McCann

1961 Ace Double paperback

1961 Ace Double paperback original

Posted on October 9, 2024October 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, paperback, pulpTags ace double paperback, dame, femme fatale, j.m. flynnLeave a comment on 1961 Ace Double paperback

November 1952 issue

November 1952

better image than previously posted

Posted on October 8, 2024October 3, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags dame, femme fatale, inside detective magazine, pulp illustration, smokingLeave a comment on November 1952 issue

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