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Spring 1944 issue

Spring 1944

cover art by Rudolph Belarski?

Posted on March 6, 2026February 15, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags grim reaper, jewels, lee e. wells, manuscript, sam merwin, skeleton, thrilling mystery magazineLeave a comment on Spring 1944 issue

October 1936 issue

October 1936

Posted on March 3, 2026February 15, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, horror fiction, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags fez, frank belknap long jr, frederick c. painton, g.t. fleming-roberts, john h knox, scimitar, thrilling mystery magazine, whipLeave a comment on October 1936 issue

July 1939 issue

July 1939

better image than previously posted

Posted on February 17, 2026February 2, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags carl jacobi, g.t. fleming-roberts, joe archibald, thrilling mystery magazineLeave a comment on July 1939 issue

June 1936 issue

June 1936

better image than previously posted

Posted on January 25, 2026January 17, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, horror fiction, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags arthur j. burks, g.t. fleming-roberts, grim reaper, guillotine, hugh b. cave, john h. knox, thrilling mystery magazine, top hatLeave a comment on June 1936 issue

January 1939 issue

January 1939

better image than previously posted

Posted on January 8, 2026January 5, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, horror fiction, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags beheaded, dagger, ghoul, joe archibald, john clemons, thrilling mystery magazineLeave a comment on January 1939 issue

May 1939 issue

May 1939 issue

better image than previously posted

Posted on January 8, 2026January 5, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags chained, dagger, g.t. fleming-roberts, henry kuttner, thrilling mystery magazineLeave a comment on May 1939 issue

September 1936 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

September 1936

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

better image than previously posted

Posted on December 5, 2025November 22, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags charles green, jack williamson, ray cummings, rudolph belarski, syl macdonald, thrilling mystery magazineLeave a comment on September 1936 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

February 1936 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

February 1936

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than was posted previously

Posted on December 5, 2025November 22, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, horror fiction, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags arthur leo zagat, bound, chained, fiend, iron maiden, joe archibald, rafael desoto, ray cummings, robert e. howard, thrilling mystery magazine, tortureLeave a comment on February 1936 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

March 1938 issue

March 1938

better image than previously posted

Posted on December 5, 2025November 22, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, horror fiction, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags arthur j. burks, bat, dagger, g.t. fleming-roberts, richard b. sale, thrilling mystery magazine, trap doorLeave a comment on March 1938 issue

March 1940 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

March 1940

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

[better image than previously posted

Posted on November 23, 2025November 3, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags fiend, hypodermic, joe archibald, mad scientist, rafael desoto, ray cummings, syringe, thrilling mystery magazineLeave a comment on March 1940 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

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