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Tag: gang world magazine

November 1932 issue ~ cover art by William Reusswig

November 1932 issue 

cover art by William Reusswig

May 04, 2016

Posted on December 14, 2025November 24, 2025Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags bill cook, carl b. ogilvie, gang world magazine, robert sidney bowen, william reusswigLeave a comment on November 1932 issue ~ cover art by William Reusswig

September 1931 issue – cover art by William Reusswig

September 1931

cover art by William Reusswig

Posted on June 2, 2025May 18, 2025Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags carl b. ogilvie, erle stanley gardner, gang world magazine, paul pry, t.t. flynn, walter snow, william h. stueber, william reusswigLeave a comment on September 1931 issue – cover art by William Reusswig

June 1931 issue ~ cover art by William Reusswig

June 1931

cover art by William Reusswig

Posted on January 18, 2025January 2, 2025Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags erle stanley gardner, gang world magazine, j. lane linklater, william reusswigLeave a comment on June 1931 issue ~ cover art by William Reusswig

December 1931 issue ~ cover art by William Reusswig

December 1931 

cover art by William Reusswig

better image than previously posted

Posted on December 19, 2024December 12, 2024Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags gang world magazine, william h. stueber, william reusswigLeave a comment on December 1931 issue ~ cover art by William Reusswig

April 1934 issue ~ cover art by John Drew

Oil on canvas, 21 x 21 in.
Not signed

Posted on October 30, 2024October 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags ben conlon, gang world magazine, john drew, richard e. conan, tommygun, william h. stueberLeave a comment on April 1934 issue ~ cover art by John Drew

October 1930 – premiere issue ~ cover art by Don Hewitt

October 1930 – premiere issue

cover art by Don Hewitt

better image than previously posted

Posted on September 29, 2024September 10, 2024Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags don hewitt, erle stanley gardner, gang world magazine, paul pry, thug, william h. stueberLeave a comment on October 1930 – premiere issue ~ cover art by Don Hewitt

July 1931 issue ~ cover art by William Reusswig

July 1931

cover art by William Reusswig

Posted on August 31, 2024August 16, 2024Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags carl bernard ogilvie, diner, drive by, erle stanley gardner, gang world magazine, j. allan dunn, tommygun, william h. stueber, william reusswigLeave a comment on July 1931 issue ~ cover art by William Reusswig

April 1932 issue ~ cover art by William Reusswig

April 1932

cover art by William Reusswig

Posted on August 20, 2024July 11, 2024Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags courtroom, gang world magazine, j.r. murphy, legs diamond, t.t. flynn, william reusswigLeave a comment on April 1932 issue ~ cover art by William Reusswig

May 1931 issue

May 1931

most other covers were by William Reusswig

“Hijacker’s Code” by Erle Stanley Gardner (Paul Pry)

better image than previously posted

Posted on July 29, 2024July 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags deli, erle stanley gardner, gang world magazine, j. allan dunn, machine gun, william h. stueberLeave a comment on May 1931 issue

February 1932 issue ~ cover art by William Reusswig

February 1932

cover art by William Reusswig

Posted on March 31, 2024January 8, 2024Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags erle stanley gardner, frederick c. davis, frederick c. painton, gang world magazine, j.r. murphy, paul pry, william h. stueberLeave a comment on February 1932 issue ~ cover art by William Reusswig

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