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March 1938 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

March 1938

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

better image than previously posted

Posted on March 14, 2024January 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags cornell woolrich, double detective magazine, paul ernst, richard sale, roger torrey, rudolph belarski, top hat, tux, walter rippergerLeave a comment on March 1938 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

December 1936 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

December 1936

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Posted on March 7, 2024January 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, horror fiction, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags casket, cemetery, charles green, g.t. fleming-roberts, gorilla, gravestone, graveyard, harry lee fellinge, john h. knox, lantern, rudolph belarski, skeleton, thrilling mystery magazineLeave a comment on December 1936 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

March 1949 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

March 1949

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Posted on March 7, 2024February 23, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags black book detective, carroll john daly, g. wayman jones, rudolph belarski, satan hallLeave a comment on March 1949 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Summer 1949 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Summer 1949

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

better image than previously posted

Posted on March 4, 2024December 21, 2023Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags bound, phantom detective magazine, robert wallace, rudolph belarskiLeave a comment on Summer 1949 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

January 1947 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

January 1947

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

[updated 5/15/24]

Posted on March 2, 2024May 15, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags q. patrick, rudolph belarski, skull, spiderweb, thrilling mystery novel magazineLeave a comment on January 1947 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

January 1939 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

January 1939

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

better image than previously posted

Posted on January 28, 2024December 18, 2023Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags cosh, dagger, double detective magazine, femme fatale, john k. butler, rudolph belarski, sap, walter rippergerLeave a comment on January 1939 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

March 1939 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

March 1939

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

better image than previously posted

[image updated 3/5/25]

Posted on January 26, 2024March 5, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags circus, coulrophobia, d.l. champion, double detective magazine, killer clown, lugar, monkey, richard sale, rudolph belarskiLeave a comment on March 1939 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

December 1935 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

December 1935

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Posted on January 18, 2024April 4, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags c.k.m. scanlon, dagger, john l. tiernan, phantom detective magazine, racist imagery, robert wallace, rudolph belarski, yellow menaceLeave a comment on December 1935 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

January 1941 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

January 1941

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

better image than previously posted

Posted on January 17, 2024October 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags h.h. stinson, henry kuttner, john h. knox, medical fiction, rudolph belarski, thrilling mystery magazineLeave a comment on January 1941 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

February 18, 1939 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

February 18, 1939

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

better image than previously posted

Posted on January 8, 2024April 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, hardcover, magazine, mystery, pulpTags dagger, dale clark, detective fiction weekly, rudolph belarski, turbanLeave a comment on February 18, 1939 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

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