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September 1942 issue ~ cover art by Milton Luros

September 1942

cover art by Milton Luros

better image than previously posted

Posted on July 13, 2024May 6, 2025Categories crime fiction, espionage fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags fredric brown, joseph j. millard, marvin ryerson, milton luros, spy fiction, thrilling detective magazineLeave a comment on September 1942 issue ~ cover art by Milton Luros

November 1942 issue ~ cover art by William Timmins

November 1942

cover art by William Timmins

Posted on June 26, 2024June 15, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags alan hathway, bound, clues detective stories, fredric brown, gary barton, kenneth robeson, william timminsLeave a comment on November 1942 issue ~ cover art by William Timmins

October 1942 issue

October 1942

Posted on June 16, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, war fictionTags dale clark, fredric brown, idol, popular detective magazine, walt bruce, WWII fictionLeave a comment on October 1942 issue

July 1942 issue

July 1942

better image than previously posted

[updated 9/20/24]

Posted on June 14, 2024September 20, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updated, weird fictionTags dagger, francis k. allan, fredric brown, grim reaper, lantern, sarcophagus, skeleton, strange detective mysteries, walt sheldon, wayne rogersLeave a comment on July 1942 issue

January 1942 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

January 1942

cover art by Delos Palmer

better image than previously posted

[image updated 9/20/24]

Posted on May 21, 2024September 20, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, horror fiction, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags arthur leo zagat, dagger, delos palmer, fredric brown, laboratory, mad scientist, norvell w. page, stewart sterling, strange detective mysteriesLeave a comment on January 1942 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

March 1943 issue ~ cover art by William Timmins

March 1943

cover art by William Timmins

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 17, 2024June 21, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags clues detective stories, dale clark, fredric brown, kenneth robeson, norman a. daniels, robert c. blackmon, robert w. cochran, william g. bogart, william timminsLeave a comment on March 1943 issue ~ cover art by William Timmins

May 1943 issue ~ cover art by John A. Coughlin

May 1943

cover art by John A. Coughlin

better image than previously posted

[cover updated 6/29/24]

Posted on April 25, 2024June 29, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updated, weird fictionTags carnival, clown, coulrophobia, fredric brown, john a. coughlin, mystery magazine, theodore a. tinsley, unusual detective stories, w.t. ballardLeave a comment on May 1943 issue ~ cover art by John A. Coughlin

Fall 1948 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Fall 1948

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

better image than previously posted

[images updated 8/3/25]

Posted on April 24, 2024August 3, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags fredric brown, helen reilly, mystery book magazine, mystery novel, patrick quentin, rudolph belarskiLeave a comment on Fall 1948 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Summer 1950 issue

Summer 1950

better image than previously posted

Brown’s “The Case of the Dancing Sandwiches” published as a book by Dell in 1951

Posted on April 15, 2024May 2, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags case of the dancing sandwiches, fredric brown, john d. macdonald, mystery book magazineLeave a comment on Summer 1950 issue

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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