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July 1934 issue

July 1934

Posted on July 10, 2026June 25, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags howard vincent o'brien, robert j. hogan, skull, star novels magazineLeave a comment on July 1934 issue

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

September 1934

cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

better image than previously posted

Posted on July 2, 2026June 25, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags alan echols, kidnapping, star novels magazine, stephen chalmers, tommygunLeave a comment on September 1934 issue ~ cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

October 1934 issue

October 1934

better image than previously posted

Features “The Saint” story by Leslie Charteris

Posted on July 1, 2026June 25, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags dagger, leslie charteris, pulp illustration, simon templar, star novels magazine, the saintLeave a comment on October 1934 issue

Spring 1934 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Zirm

Spring 1934

cover art by Rudolph Zirm

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 21, 2026April 5, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags charles booth, dagger, edison marshall, grim reaper, philip macdonald, rudolph zirm, star novels magazineLeave a comment on Spring 1934 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Zirm

Spring 1933 issue

Spring 1933

cover art by Stockton Mulford?

better image than previously posted

Posted on February 26, 2026February 15, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags edgar wallace, geoffrey mannering, star novels magazine, stephen chalmerLeave a comment on Spring 1933 issue

March 1934 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Zirm

March 1934

cover art by Rudolph Zirm

better image than previously posted

Posted on February 21, 2026February 8, 2026Categories adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mysteryTags john halstead, lugar, merlin moore taylor, rudolph zirm, star novels magazine, sword, t.s. striblingLeave a comment on March 1934 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Zirm

Summer 1933 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Zirm

Summer 1933

cover art by Rudolph Zirm

Posted on February 19, 2026February 7, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags charles j. dutton, edgar wallace, frank l. packard, mad scientist, poison, rudolph zirm, star novels magazineLeave a comment on Summer 1933 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Zirm

April 1934 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Zirm

April 1934

cover art by Rudolph Zirm

Posted on February 8, 2026February 7, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags charles neville buck, dagger, gurney slade, hulbert footner, rudolph zirm, star novels magazineLeave a comment on April 1934 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Zirm

Fall 1933 issue ~ cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

Fall 1933

cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

Posted on February 7, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags harry steven keeler, leslie charteris, safe crack, snake, star novels magazine, w.b.m. ferguson, yeggLeave a comment on Fall 1933 issue ~ cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

Fall 1931 issue

Fall 1931

better image than previously posted

Posted on December 14, 2025November 24, 2025Categories crime fiction, magazine, mystery, pulpTags edgar wallace, ghoul, john esteven, star novels magazine, voodoo, william macleod raineLeave a comment on Fall 1931 issue

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