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May 1938 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

May 1938

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

Posted on May 16, 2026April 30, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags benton braden, hypodermic, medical fiction, philip ketchum, rafael desoto, steve fisher, thrilling detective magazineLeave a comment on May 1938 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

May 1933 issue

May 1933

Posted on May 7, 2026April 30, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags g. wayman jones, j. allan dunn, james w. poling, maxwell smith, perley poore sheehan, skull, thrilling detective magazineLeave a comment on May 1933 issue

January 1933 issue

January 1933

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 28, 2026April 7, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags arthur j. burks, oscar schisgall, thrilling detective magazineLeave a comment on January 1933 issue

May 1950 British issue

May 1950 British issue

Posted on March 11, 2026February 23, 2026Categories british pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mysteryTags edward ronns, robert leslie bellem, telephone, thrilling detective magazineLeave a comment on May 1950 British issue

November 1942 issue ~ cover art by Milton Luros

November 1942

cover art by Milton Luros

better image than previously posted

Posted on March 9, 2026February 23, 2026Categories crime fiction, espionage fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags benton braden, counterfeiting, dale clark, john s. endicott, milton luros, thrilling detective magazine, woman with a gunLeave a comment on November 1942 issue ~ cover art by Milton Luros

January 1936 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

January 1936

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

better image than previously posted

[cover updated 4/30/26]

Posted on January 19, 2026April 30, 2026Categories Hardboiled, pulp, magazine, mystery, crime fictionTags oscar schisgall, skeleton, grim reaper, trench coat, laurence donovan, thrilling detective magazine, maurice tesslerLeave a comment on January 1936 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

July 1937 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

July 1937

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

Posted on January 8, 2026January 5, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags benton braden, charles marquis warren, george harmon coxe, rafael desoto, richard essex, thrilling detective magazine, tommygunLeave a comment on July 1937 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

September 1943 issue ~ cover art by Jerome Rozen

September 1943

cover art by Jerome Rozen

better image than previously posted

Posted on January 7, 2026January 5, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags benton braden, jerome rozen, murdoch duncan, thrilling detective magazineLeave a comment on September 1943 issue ~ cover art by Jerome Rozen

November 1936 issue

November 1936

Posted on November 3, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, horror fiction, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags barry perowne, graveyard, hugh b. cave, lantern, paul ernst, thrilling detective magazineLeave a comment on November 1936 issue

December 1949 issue

December 1949

cover art by Rudolph Belarski?

Posted on September 3, 2025August 16, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags c.s. montanye, g.t. fleming-roberts, thrilling detective magazine, train fictionLeave a comment on December 1949 issue

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