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Tag: spicy-adventure stories

November 1943 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

November 1943

cover art by H.J. Ward

Posted on November 17, 2024April 26, 2026Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags beheaded, bound, charles r. allen, h.j. ward, racist imagery, spear, spicy-adventure storiesLeave a comment on November 1943 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

December 1934 issue ~ cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

December 1934

cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

Posted on November 1, 2024October 19, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicyTags bedoin, h.l. parkhurst, kirk rand, leopard print, spear, spicy-adventure storiesLeave a comment on December 1934 issue ~ cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

July 1942 issue ~ cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

July 1942

cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

[cover updated 4/26/26]

Posted on August 9, 2024April 26, 2026Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicy, updatedTags e. hoffmann price, h.l. parkhurst, kidnap, spicy-adventure stories, thugLeave a comment on July 1942 issue ~ cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

October 1942 issue ~ cover art by Allen Anderson

October 1942

cover art by Allen Anderson

Posted on July 8, 2024June 21, 2025Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, maritime fiction, pulpTags allen anderson, garter, shipwreck, spicy-adventure stories, stockings, thugLeave a comment on October 1942 issue ~ cover art by Allen Anderson

August 1940 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

August 1940

cover art by H.J. Ward

[cover updated 4/26/26]

Posted on June 29, 2024April 26, 2026Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, science fiction, spicy, updatedTags h.j. ward, ray gun, robert leslie bellem, spicy-adventure storiesLeave a comment on August 1940 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

Spicy Adventure Stories, July 1939
Oil on canvas, 30 x 21 in.
Signed lower left

Posted on May 23, 2024May 13, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, original art, pulpTags h.l. parkhurst, luke terry, oil on canvas, spicy-adventure stories, turban, woman with a gunLeave a comment on cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

October 1936 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

October 1936

cover art by Delos Palmer

Posted on May 22, 2024April 26, 2026Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicy, weird fictionTags bound, clint morgan, scimitar, spicy-adventure stories, turbanLeave a comment on October 1936 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

July 1937 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

July 1937

cover art by Delos Palmer

Posted on May 20, 2024April 26, 2026Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicy, uncategorized, weird fictionTags arthur wallace, delos palmer, spicy-adventure storiesLeave a comment on July 1937 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

Night of Action, Spicy Adventure Stories, April 1940
Oil on canvas laid on Masonite, 30 x 20 inches (76.2 x 50.8 cm)
Signed lower right

Posted on May 15, 2024April 26, 2026Categories adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, original art, pulp, spicyTags h.l. parkhurst, hugh speer, oil on canvas, original art, racist imagery, spicy-adventure stories, yellow menaceLeave a comment on cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

February 1942 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

February 1942

cover art by H.J. Ward

artist’s “signature” is his initials carved into the bottom log

Posted on May 13, 2024April 24, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicyTags bound, dagger, finest kind, h.j. ward, log cabin, luke terry, northwest, spicy-adventure storiesLeave a comment on February 1942 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

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