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September 1939 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Zirm

September 1939

cover art by Rudolph Zirm

Posted on June 13, 2024October 2, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags ghoul, gorilla, laboratory, ray cummings, roger howard norton, rudolph zirm, thrilling mystery magazineLeave a comment on September 1939 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Zirm

February 1934 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

February 1934

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

Posted on June 13, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags dagger, joe archibald, laboratory, margie harris, phantom detective magazine, robert wallace, skull and crossbonesLeave a comment on February 1934 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

November 1939 issue

November 1939

Posted on June 13, 2024May 17, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, original art, pulpTags double-action detective magazine, laboratory, mad scientist, ray cummings, scalpel, stewart sterling, wilbur s. peacockLeave a comment on November 1939 issue

May 1944 issue ~ cover art by Ralph Crosby Smith

May 1944

cover art by Ralph Crosby Smith

better image than previously posted

Posted on June 6, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, espionage fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, war fictionTags 10-story detective magazine, g.t. fleming-roberts, laboratory, lugar, nazi spy, ralph crosby smithLeave a comment on May 1944 issue ~ cover art by Ralph Crosby Smith

September 1942 issue

September 1942

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 21, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags bound, day keene, laboratory, robot, strange detective mysteries, woman with a gunLeave a comment on September 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

April 1946 issue

April 1946

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 21, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags laboratory, lee e. wells, mad scientist, paul regard, popular detective magazine, ray gun, robert s. fentonLeave a comment on April 1946 issue

April 1944 issue

April 1944

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 5, 2024April 24, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags detective novels magazine, frank johnson, laboratory, lugar, thomson burtisLeave a comment on April 1944 issue

Summer 1945 issue

Summer 1945

Posted on April 29, 2024April 23, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags black book detective, blackjack, cosh, g. wayman jones, j. lane linklater, jewels, laboratoryLeave a comment on Summer 1945 issue

March 1942 issue ~ cover art by V.E. Pyles

March 1942

cover art by V.E. Pyles

Posted on April 28, 2024April 23, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags black book detective, g. wayman jones, laboratoryLeave a comment on March 1942 issue ~ cover art by V.E. Pyles

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