I haven’t been able to find much information on illustrator John Hilkert but I like his work. Below are some pulp illustrations that he did in the 1940s for magazines like 10 Detective Aces, Surefire Detective, and 10 Story Detective.
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Art Profile: Ten Detective Aces
Of the many pulp magazines that were published in the 1930s, Ten Detective Aces was one of the most popular. First started in 1930 as The Dragnet Magazine and focusing on gangsters, the title was changed, after three issues, to Detective-Dragnet. In 1933, the magazine abandoned the gangster genre, focused on detective stories, and changed its title one last time to Ten Detective Aces. Ten Detective Aces ran for 16 years, ceasing publication in 1949.
The covers of Ten Detective Aces were sometimes surreal and always exciting. Take a look at a few of them below:
By John Hilkert
By Norman Saunders
By Norman Saunders
By Norman Saunders
By Norman Saunders
By Norman Saunders
By Norman Saunders
By Rafael DeSoto
By Rafael DeSoto
Through the Shattered Lens 