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July/Aug./Sept. 1948 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

July/Aug./Sept. 1948

cover art by George Gross

Posted on May 6, 2024April 23, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, original art, pulp, spicy, true crimeTags best true fact detective, dame, femme fatale, george gross, original art, smoking, stockings, woman with a gunLeave a comment on July/Aug./Sept. 1948 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

Winter 1950 issue

Winter 1950

willing to bet the cover art is by Rudolph Belarski – an all-time classic

Posted on May 6, 2024April 23, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicyTags arthur leo zagat, dame, femme fatale, finest kind, kelley roos, mystery book magazine, woman with a gun, wyatt blassingameLeave a comment on Winter 1950 issue

cover art by Ron Lesser

Deadly Dames #3, unpublished painting
Oil on masonite, 24 x 17 in.
Signed lower right

Posted on May 1, 2024April 24, 2024Categories Hardboiled, original art, pulp, spicyTags femme fatale, moll, oil on masonite, ron lesser, smoking, tommygunLeave a comment on cover art by Ron Lesser

July 1959 issue ~ cover art by Dick Shelton

July 1959

cover art by Dick Shelton

Posted on April 30, 2024April 23, 2024Categories crime fiction, digest, finest kind, Hardboiled, mystery, pulpTags brett halliday, dagger, dame, dick shelton, femme fatale, finest kind, john c. fleming, lois eby, mike shayne mystery magazine, private eyeLeave a comment on July 1959 issue ~ cover art by Dick Shelton

1948, premiere issue

1948

Posted on April 30, 2024April 23, 2024Categories crime comic, Hardboiled, true crimeTags cigarette holder, dame, famous crimes comic, femme fatale, gambling, roulette, woman with a gunLeave a comment on 1948, premiere issue

cover art by Howell Dodd

cover art by Howell Dodd

January 1952 issue

Posted on April 28, 2024April 23, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, original art, pulp, spicy, true crimeTags best true fact detective, dame, femme fatale, howell doddLeave a comment on cover art by Howell Dodd

1945 – first and only issue

1945

Posted on April 27, 2024April 23, 2024Categories crime comic, Hardboiled, pulpTags dame, detective parade comic, femme fatale, moll, pearl necklace, woman with a gunLeave a comment on 1945 – first and only issue

October 1950 issue

October 1950

Posted on April 27, 2024April 22, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags complete detective cases, dame, femme fatale, smoking, woman with a gunLeave a comment on October 1950 issue

December 1951 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

December 1951

cover art by George Gross

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 26, 2024April 22, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicy, true crimeTags all true fact crime cases, blackmail, femme fatale, george gross, smokingLeave a comment on December 1951 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

December 1937 issue ~ cover art by Harwood Forsgren

December 1937

cover art by Harwood Forsgren

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 23, 2024April 21, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags dame, femme fatale, front page detective, harwood forsgren, woman with a gunLeave a comment on December 1937 issue ~ cover art by Harwood Forsgren

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