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1957, debut issue

1957 issue – first and only?

Posted on June 2, 2025May 18, 2025Categories gangster, government agent, Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags al capone, fbi pictorial report, greenlease kidnapping, john dillinger, kansas city crime, pulp illustrationLeave a comment on 1957, debut issue

Dillinger’s armory

September 18, 2013

Posted on February 12, 2025January 28, 2025Categories gangster, true crimeTags john dillinger, tommygunLeave a comment on Dillinger’s armory

August 1934 issue

Posted on February 11, 2025January 28, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags clyde barrow, john dillinger, startling detective adventures, telephone, tuxLeave a comment on August 1934 issue

1973 American International

Posted on October 19, 2024October 3, 2024Categories gangster, Hardboiled, pulp, true crimeTags ben johnson, cloris leachman, dame, femme fatale, harry dean stanton, john dillinger, john milius, movie poster, tommygun, warren oatesLeave a comment on 1973 American International

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