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June 1936 issue ~ cover art by Dalton Stevens

June 1936

cover art by Dalton Stevens

Posted on February 15, 2025January 29, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags bound, dalton stevens, true detective mysteriesLeave a comment on June 1936 issue ~ cover art by Dalton Stevens

August 1940 issue ~ cover art by A.R. McCowen

August 1940

cover art by A.R. McCowen

Posted on February 11, 2025January 28, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags a.r. mccowen, dame, night club, true detective mysteries, tuxLeave a comment on August 1940 issue ~ cover art by A.R. McCowen

February 1934 issue ~ cover art by Dalton Stevens

February 1934

cover art by Dalton Stevens

better image than previously posted

Posted on February 1, 2025January 28, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags dagger, dalton stevens, true detective mysteries, tuxLeave a comment on February 1934 issue ~ cover art by Dalton Stevens

December 1935 issue ~ cover art by Dalton Stevens

December 1935

cover art by Dalton Stevens

[updated with original art 8/13/25]

Posted on November 23, 2024August 13, 2025Categories finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, original art, pulp, true crime, updatedTags dalton stevens, true detective mysteriesLeave a comment on December 1935 issue ~ cover art by Dalton Stevens

November 1935 issue ~ cover art by Dalton Stevens

November 1935

cover art by Dalton Stevens

[updated with original art 8/8/25]

Posted on November 12, 2024August 8, 2025Categories magazine, original art, pulp, true crime, updatedTags dalton stevens, dame, femme fatale, poison, true detective mysteriesLeave a comment on November 1935 issue ~ cover art by Dalton Stevens

November 1940 issue ~ cover art by Victor Tchetchet

November 1940

cover art by Victor Tchetchet

Posted on October 23, 2024October 19, 2024Categories magazine, pulp, true crimeTags boxing, gambling, true detective mysteries, victor tchetchetLeave a comment on November 1940 issue ~ cover art by Victor Tchetchet

January 1934 issue ~ cover art by Dalton Stevens

January 1934

cover art by Dalton Stevens

Posted on October 10, 2024October 3, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags dalton stevens, true detective mysteriesLeave a comment on January 1934 issue ~ cover art by Dalton Stevens

July 1930 issue ~ cover art by Dalton Stevens

July 1930

cover art by Dalton Stevens

better image than previously posted

Posted on September 16, 2024September 10, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags bound, carmen wagner, dalton stevens, true detective mysteriesLeave a comment on July 1930 issue ~ cover art by Dalton Stevens

September 1928 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

September 1928

cover art by Delos Palmer

Posted on September 15, 2024September 10, 2024Categories magazine, pulp, true crimeTags delos palmer, mafia, true detective mysteriesLeave a comment on September 1928 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

November 1924 issue

November 1924 issue

one of the few times a Continental Op story by Dashiell Hammett was not in a copy of Black Mask Magazine: “Who Killed Bob Teal?”

Posted on September 14, 2024September 10, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags continental op, dashiell hammett, true detective mysteriesLeave a comment on November 1924 issue

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