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June 1949 issue

better image than previously posted

Posted on August 7, 2025July 13, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags all-story detective, dagger, john d. macdonald, robert carlton, robert turner, train fiction, william groppenbacherLeave a comment on June 1949 issue

April 1950 issue ~ cover art by Robert Maguire

cover art by Robert Maguire

Posted on January 23, 2024December 26, 2023Categories crime comic, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags private detective magazine, robert maguire, william groppenbacherLeave a comment on April 1950 issue ~ cover art by Robert Maguire

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