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Tag: northwest romances magazine

Fall 1942 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

Fall 1942

cover art by Norman Saunders

Posted on December 6, 2025November 22, 2025Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags dagger, dan o'rourke, moran tudury, mounties, norman saunders, northwest romances magazine, owen finbar, RCMPLeave a comment on Fall 1942 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

Winter 1948-49 issue ~ cover art by Allen Anderson

Winter 1948-49

cover art by Allen Anderson

Posted on November 8, 2025November 2, 2025Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, western fictionTags allen anderson, curtis bishop, dagger, mounties, northwest romances magazine, RCMP, torch, wolfLeave a comment on Winter 1948-49 issue ~ cover art by Allen Anderson

Winter 1947-48 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

Winter 1947-48

cover art by George Gross

Posted on November 3, 2025November 2, 2025Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, western fictionTags bound, dan cushman, george gross, jack london, les savage, mounties, northwest romances magazine, RCMP, robert savageLeave a comment on Winter 1947-48 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

Fall 1950 issue ~ cover art by Allen Anderson

Fall 1950

cover art by Allen Anderson

Posted on August 2, 2025July 13, 2025Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, western fictionTags allen anderson, chained, dagger, dan cushman, jack london, joseph hook, mounties, northwest romances magazine, RCMPLeave a comment on Fall 1950 issue ~ cover art by Allen Anderson

Spring 1938 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

Spring 1938

cover art by Norman Saunders

Posted on August 2, 2025July 13, 2025Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, western fictionTags dan o'rourke, jack bechdolt, mounties, norman saunders, northwest romances magazine, RCMP, victor rousseauLeave a comment on Spring 1938 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

Summer 1948 issue ~ cover art by Allen Anderson

Summer 1948

cover art by Allen Anderson

Posted on June 18, 2025June 4, 2025Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, western fictionTags allen anderson, allen roy evans, bear, chain, dagger, jack london, mounties, northwest romances magazine, RCMP, robert serviceLeave a comment on Summer 1948 issue ~ cover art by Allen Anderson

Winter 1950-51 issue ~ cover art by Allen Anderson

Winter 1950-51

cover art by Allen Anderson

Posted on May 15, 2025May 10, 2025Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, western fictionTags allen anderson, c. hall thompson, dan cushman, mounties, northwest romances magazine, RCMP, robert service, woman with a gunLeave a comment on Winter 1950-51 issue ~ cover art by Allen Anderson

Fall 1948 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

Fall 1948

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

Posted on October 17, 2024October 3, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, western fictionTags axe, dan cushman, handcuffs, jack london, mounties, norman saunders, northwest romances magazine, RCMP, robert service, skeletonLeave a comment on Fall 1948 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

Summer 1950 issue ~ cover art by Jerome Rozen

Summer 1950

cover art by Jerome Rozen repurposed from Summer 1943 issue

[images updated 5/3/25]

Posted on August 24, 2024June 21, 2025Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, western fictionTags dog sled, frontieer, harry f. olmstead, jack london, jerome rozen, john starr, mounties, northwest romances magazine, RCMP, wildernessLeave a comment on Summer 1950 issue ~ cover art by Jerome Rozen
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