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1954 Crime Mysteries #13 ~ cover art by A.C. Hollingsworth

1954 Crime Mysteries #13

cover art by A.C. Hollingsworth

Posted on October 31, 2024September 24, 2024Categories crime comic, horror fiction, weird fictionTags a.c. hollingsworth, crime mysteries comic, femme fatale, grim reaper, woman with a gunLeave a comment on 1954 Crime Mysteries #13 ~ cover art by A.C. Hollingsworth

July 1935 issue ~ cover art by Jerome Rozen

July 1935

cover art by Jerome Rozen

Posted on October 31, 2024October 3, 2024Categories action fiction, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags grim reaper, jerome rozen, nick carter magazineLeave a comment on July 1935 issue ~ cover art by Jerome Rozen

Spring 1944 issue

Spring 1944

cover art by Rudolph Belarski?

Posted on July 23, 2024July 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags grim reaper, jewels, lee e. wells, sam merwin, skeleton, thrilling mystery magazine, tom marvinLeave a comment on Spring 1944 issue

April 25, 1931 issue ~ cover art by John A. Coughlin

April 25, 1931

cover art by John A. Coughlin

better image than previously posted

Posted on July 18, 2024July 3, 2024Categories magazine, mystery, pulpTags detective story magazine, edgar wallace, grim reaper, street lightLeave a comment on April 25, 1931 issue ~ cover art by John A. Coughlin

November 1942 issue

November 1942

better image than previously posted

Posted on July 18, 2024July 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags day keene, fedora, francis k. allan, grim reaper, skeleton, strange detective mysteries, telephoneLeave a comment on November 1942 issue

May 1938 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

May 1938

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

Posted on July 18, 2024July 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags brent north, complete detective magazine, garter, grim reaper, skull, stockings, tux, wayne rogersLeave a comment on May 1938 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

December 1937 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

December 1937

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

better image than previously posted

Posted on July 18, 2024July 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags arthur j. burks, george a. mcdonald, grim reaper, rafael desoto, red hood, thrilling detective magazine, tommygun, westmoreland gray, woman with a gunLeave a comment on December 1937 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

July 1944 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

July 1944

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

better image than previously posted

Posted on July 18, 2024July 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags arrow, fredric brown, g.t. fleming-roberts, grim reaper, rudolph belarski, thrilling detective magazineLeave a comment on July 1944 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

October 1943 issue ~ cover art by George Rozen

October 1943

cover art by George Rozen

better image than previously posted

[updated 5/5/25]

Posted on July 18, 2024May 5, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags dagger, george rozen, grim reaper, james p. webb, marionettes, puppets, thrilling detective magazine, w.t. ballardLeave a comment on October 1943 issue ~ cover art by George Rozen

January 1944 Canadian issue

January 1944 Canadian issue

Posted on July 18, 2024July 3, 2024Categories canadian pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags grim reaper, herbert koehl, poison, red hood, skeleton, strange detective mysteriesLeave a comment on January 1944 Canadian issue

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