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December 1930 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

December 1930

cover art by Tom Lovell

Posted on March 14, 2025February 23, 2025Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, magazineTags anatole feldman, gangster stories magazine, tom lovellLeave a comment on December 1930 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

April 1936 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

April 1936

cover art by Tom Lovell

Posted on March 9, 2025February 22, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags arthur j. burks, arthur leo zagat, detective tales magazine, franklin h. martin, frederick c. davis, kidnapping, tom lovellLeave a comment on April 1936 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

March 1936 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

March 1936

cover art by Tom Lovell

better image than previously posted

Posted on March 5, 2025February 10, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags dagger, detective tales magazine, eric taylor, george shaftel, norvell w. page, paul ernst, racist imagery, tom lovell, tux, woman with a gun, yellow menaceLeave a comment on March 1936 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

March 1937 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

March 1937

cover art by Tom Lovell

Posted on February 27, 2025April 28, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, original art, pulpTags bound, dagger, detective tales, detective tales magazine, john hawkins, norbert davis, racist imagery, tom lovellLeave a comment on March 1937 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

May 1941 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

May 1941

cover art by Tom Lovell

better image than previously posted

Posted on January 29, 2025January 28, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags day keene, jade, racist imagery, strange detective mysteries, tom lovell, wayne rogers, yellow menaceLeave a comment on May 1941 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

November 1931 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

November 1931

cover art by Tom Lovell

Posted on January 16, 2025January 2, 2025Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags c.b. yorke, gangster stories magazine, gun molls, margie harris, rackateers, tom lovellLeave a comment on November 1931 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

April 1932 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

April 1932

cover art by Tom Lovell

better image than previously posted

[image updated 2/15/25]

[original art added 8/13/25]

Posted on December 13, 2024August 13, 2025Categories crime fiction, finest kind, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, original art, pulp, updatedTags anatole feldman, bullet holes, earl w. scott, ed lybeck, tom lovell, underworld magazine, willard k. smithLeave a comment on April 1932 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

October 1931 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

October 1931

cover art by Tom Lovell

better image than previously posted

[cover updated 1/4/26]

Posted on November 30, 2024January 4, 2026Categories crime fiction, finest kind, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, updatedTags anatole feldman, c.b. yorke, dame, femme fatale, gangster stories, margie harris, moll, tom lovell, woman with a gunLeave a comment on October 1931 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

February 1933 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

February 1933

cover art by Tom Lovell

better image than previously posted

[updated with original art 8/13/25]

Posted on November 25, 2024August 13, 2025Categories crime fiction, finest kind, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, original art, pulp, updatedTags anatole feldman, greater gangster stories, margie harris, telephone, tom lovellLeave a comment on February 1933 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

illustration art by Tom Lovell

Murder by Lamplight, magazine interior, 1937
Oil on canvas, 42-1/4 x 30-1/4 inches (107.3 x 76.8 cm)
Signed and dated upper right: Tom Lovell 37

Posted on November 23, 2024November 12, 2024Categories pulpTags oil on canvas, tom lovell, woman with a gunLeave a comment on illustration art by Tom Lovell

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