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Tag: thrilling detective magazine

May 1939 issue ~ cover art by J.W. Scott

May 1939

cover art by J.W. Scott

better image than previously posted

Posted on December 8, 2024December 2, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, uncategorizedTags bound, FBI, feds, hard hawkins, j.w. scott, maurice beam, s. gordon gurwit, thrilling detective magazineLeave a comment on May 1939 issue ~ cover art by J.W. Scott

April 1944 issue

April 1944

Posted on November 26, 2024November 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags benton braden, j. lane linklater, thrilling detective magazineLeave a comment on April 1944 issue

February 1940 issue

February 1940

Posted on October 31, 2024September 21, 2024Categories crime fictionTags black mask, dagger, edward churchill, george a. mcdonald, masquerade, red hood, staircase, thrilling detective magazineLeave a comment on February 1940 issue

March 1946 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

March 1946

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

better image than previously posted

July 1946 UK edition

Belarski’s signature removed

[updated 2/15/25]

Posted on October 27, 2024February 15, 2025Categories british pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags h. ralph goller, rudolph belarski, thrilling detective magazine, william roughLeave a comment on March 1946 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

January 1937 issue

January 1937

Posted on October 26, 2024October 19, 2024Categories crime fictionTags benton braden, george a. mcdonald, oscar schisgall, snake, thrilling detective magazine, treasureLeave a comment on January 1937 issue

October 1950 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

October 1950

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

better image than previously posted

[updated 5/5/25]

Posted on October 16, 2024May 5, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags dagger, dean owen, rudolph belarski, stewart sterling, thrilling detective magazineLeave a comment on October 1950 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

December 1948 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

December 1948

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

[updated 5/5/25]

Posted on October 15, 2024May 5, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags edward ronns, fireplace, poker, robert leslie bellem, rudolph belarski, thrilling detective magazineLeave a comment on December 1948 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

July 1939 issue

July 1939

Posted on October 9, 2024October 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags george a. mcdonald, john benton, john l. benton, norman a. daniels, thrilling detective magazineLeave a comment on July 1939 issue

August 1947 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

August 1947

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

better image than previously posted

[updated 5/5/25]

Posted on October 7, 2024May 5, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags c.s. montanye, carl g. hodges, dagger, j. lane linklater, rudolph belarski, thrilling detective magazineLeave a comment on August 1947 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

June 1952 issue ~ cover art by Samuel Cherry

June 1952

cover art by Samuel Cherry

Posted on September 22, 2024September 11, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicyTags fireplace, philip ketchum, samuel cherry, thrilling detective magazine, verne chuteLeave a comment on June 1952 issue ~ cover art by Samuel Cherry

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