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September 1945 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

September 1945 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

Posted on September 27, 2025September 25, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, uncategorizedTags carroll john daly, cyril plunkett, francis k. allan, new detective magazine, rafael desoto, w.t. ballardLeave a comment on September 1945 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

January 1944 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

January 1944

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Posted on September 17, 2025August 27, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags dale clark, new detective magazine, rafael desoto, theodore roscoeLeave a comment on January 1944 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

August 1951 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

August 1951

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Posted on September 8, 2025August 16, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags john d. macdonald, new detective magazine, rafael desoto, telephoneLeave a comment on August 1951 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

September 1950 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

September 1950

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Posted on September 1, 2025August 16, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags daniel winters, day keene, joel townsley rogers, morgue, new detective magazine, norman saundersLeave a comment on September 1950 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

February 1951 issue

February 1951

better image than previously posted

Posted on August 8, 2025July 13, 2025Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags daniel winters, new detective magazineLeave a comment on February 1951 issue

May 1946 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

May 1946

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Posted on August 7, 2025July 13, 2025Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags c. william harrison, day keene, new detective magazine, rafael desoto, robert turnerLeave a comment on May 1946 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

February 1953 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

February 1953

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

Posted on July 25, 2025July 13, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags fireplace, john d. macdonald, new detective magazine, norman saundersLeave a comment on February 1953 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

January 1945 issue

January 1945

cover art attributed to Albert Drake

better image than previously posted

Posted on July 13, 2025June 8, 2025Categories uncategorizedTags albert drake, bruno fischer, g.t. fleming-roberts, leslie t. white, new detective magazine, ray cummings, robert w. sneddonLeave a comment on January 1945 issue

January 1942 issue

January 1942

better image than previously posted

Posted on July 12, 2025June 8, 2025Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags dagger, frederick c. davis, new detective magazine, robert sidney bowen, w.t. ballard, william r. coxLeave a comment on January 1942 issue

February 1952 issue

February 1952

better image than previously posted

“Holden” listed as an author on the cover, but not included on the title page…

Posted on July 2, 2025June 7, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags alley, dale clark, donn mullally, new detective magazineLeave a comment on February 1952 issue

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