The Covers of Ace G-Men Stories


by Gustavus Widney

From 1936 through 1942. Ace G-Men Stories published stories of FBI agents battling gangsters and, eventually, foreign spies.  Among the many regular features in the magazine were the stories of the Suicide Squad, a group of four FBI agents who took on the jobs and the missions that were too dangerous for everyone else.  Today, the magazine is highly sought by collectors because of its exciting and very pulpy covers.

Here’s a sampling of the covers of Ace G-Men Stories!

Artist Unknown

by Rafael DeSoto

by Rafael DeSoto

by Rafael DeSoto

by Rafael DeSoto

by Rafael DeSoto

by Rafael DeSoto

by Rafael DeSoto

Unknown Artist

by Malvin Singer

by Raphael DeSoto

by Malvin Singer

by Malvin Singer

by Malvin Singer

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