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Tag: top detective annual

1953 edition

better image than previously posted

Posted on July 23, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags carroll john daly, fredric brown, jack kofoed, o.b. myers, top detective annual, wyatt blassingameLeave a comment on 1953 edition

1951 Top Detective Annual

1951 Top Detective Annual

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 3, 2026March 31, 2026Categories anthology, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags c.k.m. scanlon, fredric brown, george harmon coxe, steve fisher, top detective annual, wilbur s. peacock, wyatt blassingameLeave a comment on 1951 Top Detective Annual

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