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October 1931 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

October 1931

cover art by Tom Lovell

better image than previously posted

[cover updated 1/4/26]

Posted on November 30, 2024January 4, 2026Categories crime fiction, finest kind, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, updatedTags anatole feldman, c.b. yorke, dame, femme fatale, gangster stories, margie harris, moll, tom lovell, woman with a gunLeave a comment on October 1931 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

Spring 1934 issue ~ cover art by Fred Good

Spring 1934

cover art by Fred Good

Posted on November 27, 2024June 2, 2025Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags complete underworld novelettes, dame, fred good, moll, nelson robins, smoking, westmoreland gray, william mahoneyLeave a comment on Spring 1934 issue ~ cover art by Fred Good

cover art by Howell Dodd

Tempera on paper laid on board, 17 x 12.75 in. (sight)
Not signed

PROVENANCE: The artist, Connecticut.

Lay Down and Die! by Mark Reed, Falcon #26, 1952.

better image than previously posted

Posted on November 26, 2024November 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, digest, Hardboiled, original art, pulpTags dame, falcon digest, howell dodd, mark reed, moll, smoking, telephone, tempera on boardLeave a comment on cover art by Howell Dodd

Headline Comics #29 (Prize, 1948)

Headline Comics #29 (Prize, 1948) Condition: FN. Jack Kirby and Joe Simon stories, cover, and art.

Posted on November 26, 2024November 13, 2024Categories crime comic, Hardboiled, pulp, true crimeTags diner, headline comics, heist, jack kirby, joe simon, moll, woman with a gunLeave a comment on Headline Comics #29 (Prize, 1948)

Headline Comics #26 (Prize, 1947)

Headline Comics #26 (Prize, 1947) Jack Kirby and Joe Simon story, cover, and art.

Posted on November 13, 2024Categories crime comic, Hardboiled, pulp, true crimeTags dame, headline comics, jack kirby, joe simon, jukebox, moll, woman with a gunLeave a comment on Headline Comics #26 (Prize, 1947)

December 1949 issue

December 1949

cover art by Howell Dodd?

better image than previously posted

Posted on November 12, 2024October 19, 2024Categories magazine, pulp, true crimeTags dame, moll, special detective magazineLeave a comment on December 1949 issue

Parole Breakers #1 (Avon, 1951)

Parole Breakers #1 (Avon, 1951)

1948 Morrow hardcover as Dead Level

1950 Avon paperback reissue with new title

Posted on September 27, 2024September 12, 2024Categories crime comic, crime fiction, Hardboiled, pulp, true crimeTags avon paperback, hollywood fiction, moll, parole breakers, russell gordon, woman with a gunLeave a comment on Parole Breakers #1 (Avon, 1951)

1958 Gold Medal paperback original ~ cover art by Darcy

1958 Gold Medal paperback original

cover art by Darcy (Ernest Chiriacka)

Posted on September 12, 2024September 9, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, pulpTags darcy, ernest chiriacka, gold medal paperback, moll, richard himmelLeave a comment on 1958 Gold Medal paperback original ~ cover art by Darcy

July 1932 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

July 1932

cover art by Tom Lovell

Posted on September 3, 2024September 10, 2024Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags anatole feldman, dagger, john gerard, lawrence a. keating, moll, racketeer and gangland stories, thug, tom lovell, walt s. dinghall, woman with a gunLeave a comment on July 1932 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

May 1944 issue

May 1944

Posted on September 2, 2024August 16, 2024Categories gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags dame, moll, pulp illustration, startling detective magazine, woman with a gunLeave a comment on May 1944 issue

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