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Tag: phantom detective magazine

June 1933 issue

June 1933

second issue

Posted on August 6, 2024July 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags anatole feldman, g. wayman jones, map, phantom detective magazine, robert wallace, telephoneLeave a comment on June 1933 issue

July 1939 issue

July 1939

Posted on August 5, 2024July 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags phantom detective magazine, skull, thiefLeave a comment on July 1939 issue

July 1938 issue ~ cover art by Emery Clarke

July 1938

cover art by Emery Clarke

Posted on July 31, 2024July 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags chessboard, dagger, emery clarke, lei, phantom detective magazineLeave a comment on July 1938 issue ~ cover art by Emery Clarke

October 1937 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

October 1937

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

better image than previously posted

Posted on July 29, 2024July 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags carl jacobi, edmond hamilton, phantom detective magazine, robert wallace, rudolph belarski, tommygunLeave a comment on October 1937 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

April 1946 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

April 1946

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

her legs don’t work – they make her body too long

Posted on July 28, 2024July 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags alley, flashlight, phantom detective magazine, robert wallace, rudolph belarskiLeave a comment on April 1946 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

May 1937 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

May 1937

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Posted on July 24, 2024July 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags benton braden, dagger, john mallory, phantom detective magazine, robert wallace, rudolph belarskiLeave a comment on May 1937 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

February 1933 – premiere issue

February 1933 – premiere issue

first appearance of The Phantom Menace

cover art by Bertram Glover

better image than previously posted

Posted on July 20, 2024July 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags bertram glover, phantom detective magazine, skull, top hatLeave a comment on February 1933 – premiere issue

December 1941 issue ~ cover art by Darcy (Ernest Chiriacka)

December 1941

cover art by Darcy (Ernest Chiriacka)

Posted on July 13, 2024July 3, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags diplomat, monocle, phantom detective magazine, tuxLeave a comment on December 1941 issue ~ cover art by Darcy (Ernest Chiriacka)

August 1938 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

August 1938

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Posted on July 7, 2024July 2, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags fiend, handcuffs, phantom detective magazine, rafael desoto, woman holding a gunLeave a comment on August 1938 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

September 1940 issue

September 1940

Posted on July 6, 2024July 2, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags phantom detective magazineLeave a comment on September 1940 issue

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