Pulp Vampires!


by Margaret Brundage

From the beginning of the pulp era to the modern day, horror has always been a popular genre.  And with horror comes the vampires!  Vampires were a popular subject for both the writers and the readers of the pulps.  Much blood was spilt between the covers.  Here are just a few of the vampires of the pulps:

by Paul Lehman

by John Newton Howitt

by Rafael DeSoto

by Sebastia Boada

by Sebastia Boada

By CC Senf

by H. William Reusswig

by Margaret Brundage

by Robert Bonfils

by Robert Maguire

by Rudolph Belarski

Unknown Artist

It’s not really October until a vampire comes tapping at your window, asking to be invited in.

No Trigger Warning Can Protect You From The Dangerous Covers Of Dime Detective Magazine!


Artist Unknown

It’s a dangerous world out there and here to prove it is Dime Detective Magazine!  Dime Detective was one of the most popular of the classic pulp magazines, running for 274 issues between 1931 and 1953.  Dime Detective was known for its outrageous covers.  Here’s just a few of them:

by H. William Ruesswig

by H. William Reusswig

by John Newton Howitt

by Malvin Singer

by Norman Saunders

by Norman Saunders

by Rafael De Soto

by Walter Baumhofer

Artist Unknown

by John Newton Howitt