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Tag: thrilling adventures magazine

July 1936 issue

July 1936

Posted on September 13, 2025August 27, 2025Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags anthony parsons, dagger, forbes parkhill, thrilling adventures magazine, turban, william merriam rouseLeave a comment on July 1936 issue

October 1935 issue ~ cover art by William F. Soare

October 1935

cover art by William F. Soare

Posted on August 2, 2025July 13, 2025Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, western fictionTags anson hard, dagger, thrilling adventures magazine, william f. soare, william merriam rouseLeave a comment on October 1935 issue ~ cover art by William F. Soare

May 1937 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

May 1937

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Posted on June 27, 2025June 6, 2025Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags bernard breslauer, deep sea diver, martin ganpat, oscar schisgall, rudolph belarski, thrilling adventures magazineLeave a comment on May 1937 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

July 1939 issue

July 1939

Posted on February 15, 2025January 29, 2025Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, government agent, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags crawford sullivan, e. hoffmann price, louis c. goldsmith, thrilling adventures magazineLeave a comment on July 1939 issue

February 1938 issue ~ cover art by Richard Lyon

February 1938

cover art by Richard Lyon

Posted on December 10, 2024December 2, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, government agent, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags arthur j. burks, e. hoffmann price, harold f. cruickshank, mounties, RCMP, richard lyon, six gun, thrilling adventures magazineLeave a comment on February 1938 issue ~ cover art by Richard Lyon

July 1939 issue

July 1939

Posted on October 30, 2024October 19, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags crawford sullivan, e. hoffmann price, louis c. goldsmith, thrilling adventures magazineLeave a comment on July 1939 issue

March 1936 issue

March 1936

Posted on October 19, 2024October 3, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags thrilling adventures magazine, tom roan, tommygun, william merriam rouseLeave a comment on March 1936 issue

July 1935 issue

July 1935

better image than previously posted

Posted on October 11, 2024October 3, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, maritime fiction, mystery, pulpTags dagger, porthole, thrilling adventures magazineLeave a comment on July 1935 issue

April 1942

April 1942

Posted on November 20, 2023May 5, 2025Categories action fiction, adventure, espionage fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, war fictionTags henry kuttner, pulp art, sea captain, south seas fiction, thrilling adventures magazine, WWII fictionLeave a comment on April 1942

August 1938 issue ~ cover art by Richard Lyon

August 1938

cover art by Richard Lyon

Posted on November 14, 2023May 5, 2025Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags crawford sullivan, dagger, flashlight, frederick c. painton, Hardboiled, mummy, pulp art, richard lyon, thrilling adventures magazine, tom curry, treasureLeave a comment on August 1938 issue ~ cover art by Richard Lyon
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