The Covers of Headquarters Detective

Posted on January 7, 2026 by Dazzling Erin

Artist Unknown

It appears that there were at least two pulp magazines called Headquarters Detective. This was a version that ran for 8 issues in 1936. And then there’s the better-known version that ran from 1940 t0 1955. As you can tell from the covers, both versions told the same type of true crime stories. The covers definitely emphasized the sordid aspects of the stories within.

by Sam Cherry

by Sam Cheery

by Sam Cherry

by Allen Gustav Anderson

Artist Unknown

Artist Uknown

by Sam Cherry

by Fred Charles Rodewald

by Allen Gustav Anderson

Have A Pulpy Labor Day!

Posted on September 1, 2025 by Dazzling Erin

Happy Labor Day!

Let’s celebrate being employed in America with the pulps with these work-filled covers!

Celebrate Labor Day With The Pulps!

Posted on September 4, 2023 by Dazzling Erin

by William George Fix

Happy Labor Day!

Let’s celebrate being employed in America with the pulps with these work-filled covers!

by Fred Charles Rodewald

by Harry Schaare

by Joe DeVito

by Ken Barr

by Manuel Rey Isip

by Paul Stahr

by Robert Bonfils

by Robert Stanley

by Stanley Borack

by Eric Stanton

Artwork of the Day: Reno Tramp (by Fred Charles Rodewald)

Posted on January 9, 2022 by Dazzling Erin

by Fred Charles Rodewald

This cover was done by Fred Charles Rodewald. Reno Tramp was originally written in 1949. The cover above is from a later edition.

The Racy Covers Of Exotic Novel Magazine

Posted on April 8, 2020 by Dazzling Erin

Unknown Artist

Exotic Novel Magazine, which described itself as being “America’s Dean of Titillating Fiction” was a bi-monthly digest that was published from 1949 to 1951. Each issue featured a new novel about bad girls and the men who couldn’t resist them or good girls and the men who tried to corrupt them. The covers often promised that the novel found within was “uncut” and “uncensored.”

Today, of course, Exotic Novel Magazine is mostly remembered for its covers, which were done by some of the best illustrators working in the pulps. Below are a few of the exotic covers of Exotic Novel Magazine! As always, the artist has been credited when known.