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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, 2024May 8, 2026Categories 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

cover art by Wally Wood

Famous Gangsters #2 (Avon, 1951) cover art by Wally Wood

Posted on August 23, 2024August 16, 2024Categories crime comic, gangster, HardboiledTags avon famous gangsters comic, dillinger, moll, public enemy no. 1, tommygunLeave a comment on cover art by Wally Wood

#8, August 1950 issue ~ cover art by Matt Baker

#8, August 1950 issue

cover art by Matt Baker

Posted on August 23, 2024August 16, 2024Categories crime comic, Hardboiled, pulpTags authentic police cases comic, moll, tommygunLeave a comment on #8, August 1950 issue ~ cover art by Matt Baker

January 1944 issue

January 1944

Posted on August 19, 2024July 4, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags amazing detective cases, dame, moll, pulp illustration, woman with a gunLeave a comment on January 1944 issue

February 1941 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

February 1941

cover art by Norman Saunders

cover art repurposed for the May 1947 10-Story Detective

Posted on August 15, 2024July 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags dame, handcuffs, harold q. masur, lone wolf detective magazine, moll, norman saunders, w.t. ballardLeave a comment on February 1941 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

August 1936 issue ~ cover art by Stockton Mulford

August 1936

cover art by Stockton Mulford

Posted on August 9, 2024May 28, 2026Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags alvin karpis, ma barker, moll, startling detective adventures, stockton mulfordLeave a comment on August 1936 issue ~ cover art by Stockton Mulford

cover art by Jack Kirby

Headline Comics #27 (Prize, 1947) Jack Kirby cover.

Posted on August 2, 2024July 10, 2024Categories crime comic, finest kind, Hardboiled, pulp, true crimeTags dame, FBI, headline comics, jack kirby, mollLeave a comment on cover art by Jack Kirby

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