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April 1939 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

April 1939

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

Posted on July 6, 2024July 2, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags bound, chained, frank gruber, mel watt, popular detective magazine, rafael desoto, w.t. ballardLeave a comment on April 1939 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

November 1944 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

November 1944

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

[images updated 4/28/25]

Posted on June 30, 2024April 28, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags cyril plunkett, day keene, detective tales magazine, francis k. allan, g.t. fleming-roberts, jack bradley, nurse, poison, rafael desoto, ray bradburyLeave a comment on November 1944 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

July 1944 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

July 1944

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

[post updated 12/7/24]

Posted on June 29, 2024December 7, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, original art, pulp, updatedTags bruno fischer, d.l. champion, day keene, detective fiction weekly, flynn's, norbert davis, rafael desotoLeave a comment on July 1944 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

April 1936 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

April 1936

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

[cover updated 4/30/26]

Posted on June 28, 2024April 30, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags donald e. keyhoe, frederick c. davis, rafael desoto, skull, ten detective aces magazine, tommygunLeave a comment on April 1936 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

April 1935 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

April 1935

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

second of just three issue

[image updated 6/30/24]

Posted on June 27, 2024June 30, 2024Categories espionage fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags dagger, e. hoffmann price, femme fatale, frederick c. painton, james perley hughes, rafael desoto, spy novels magazine, woman with a gunLeave a comment on April 1935 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

December 1939 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

December 1939

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Posted on June 26, 2024June 15, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags dame, detective novels magazine, femme fatale, fireplace, john l. benton, norman a. daniels, rafael desoto, staircase, tux, woman with a gunLeave a comment on December 1939 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

November 1945 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

November 1945

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

Posted on June 26, 2024June 15, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags day keene, detective tales magazine, grandfather clock, rafael desoto, talmage powell, william r. coxLeave a comment on November 1945 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

August 1934 Canadian edition ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

August 1934 Canadian edition

cover art by Rafael DeSoto from the US edition

Posted on June 26, 2024June 15, 2024Categories canadian pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags all detective magazine, earl w. scott, frederick c. painton, rafael desoto, skull, woman with a gunLeave a comment on August 1934 Canadian edition ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

Oil on stretched canvas, 18 x 14 in.
Not signed

September 1945 issue

Posted on June 25, 2024June 15, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, original art, pulpTags cyril plunkett, day keene, detective tales magazine, footprints, oil on canvas, rafael desoto, w.t. ballard, william r. coxLeave a comment on cover art by Rafael DeSoto

September 1935 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

September 1935

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Posted on June 22, 2024April 30, 2026Categories crime fiction, hardcover, magazine, mystery, pulpTags arthur j. burks, dagger, fedora, george a. mcdonald, gunnison steele, rafael desoto, skeleton, thrilling detective magazineLeave a comment on September 1935 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

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