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Summer 1943 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

Detective Book Magazine #40 Summer 1943 (Fiction House)

cover art by George Gross

better image than previously posted

Posted on November 15, 2024November 12, 2024Categories crime fiction, magazine, mystery, pulpTags blueprint, detective book magazine, george gross, r.f. schabelitz, willeta ann barberLeave a comment on Summer 1943 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

February/March 1949 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

February/March 1949

cover art by George Gross

better image than previously posted

Posted on November 4, 2024October 19, 2024Categories magazine, pulp, true crimeTags best true fact detective, dame, femme fatale, garter, george gross, stockingsLeave a comment on February/March 1949 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

August 1936 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

August 1936

cover art by George Gross

better image than previously posted

Posted on October 16, 2024October 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags dagger, edward j. millward, george gross, mystery novels magazineLeave a comment on August 1936 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

Spring 1944 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

Spring 1944

cover art by George Gross

Posted on October 7, 2024October 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags detective book magazine, dorothy b. hughes, george gross, interrogation, third degreeLeave a comment on Spring 1944 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

September 1935 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

September 1935

cover art by George Gross

though no story refers to it, the figure at the left looks like Boris Karloff as Fu Manchu

Posted on September 17, 2024May 26, 2025Categories crime fiction, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags boris karloff, dame, fu manchu, george gross, lebbeus mitchell, mystery novels magazine, racist imagery, smokingLeave a comment on September 1935 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

Summer 1945 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

Summer 1945

cover art by George Gross

Posted on August 9, 2024July 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags blowtorch, detective book magazine, fiend, george gross, m.v. heberdenLeave a comment on Summer 1945 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

March 1949 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

March 1949

cover art by George Gross

Posted on August 5, 2024July 6, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags dame, george gross, true crime cases magazineLeave a comment on March 1949 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

Summer 1939 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

Summer 1939

cover art by George Gross

Posted on July 31, 2024July 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags andrew j. albert, detective book magazine, george gross, mabel seeley, stewart sterling, theodore a. tinsley, woman with a gunLeave a comment on Summer 1939 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

June 1936 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

June 1936

cover art by George Gross

better image than previously posted

Posted on July 19, 2024July 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags baynard h. kendrick, george gross, mystery novels magazine, spider, venetian blindsLeave a comment on June 1936 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

cover art by George Gross

May 1951 issue

December 1953 issue

Posted on July 16, 2024June 5, 2026Categories finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, original art, pulp, true crimeTags best true fact detective, dame, femme fatale, finest kind, george gross, true crime cases magazineLeave a comment on cover art by George Gross

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