Artwork of the Day: New Detective (by Norman Saunders)

Posted on December 4, 2024 by Dazzling Erin

by Norman Saunders

This dangerous cover is from 1953.

Artwork of the Day: Complete Sports (by Norman Saunders)

Posted on September 28, 2024 by Dazzling Erin

by Norman Saunders

This cover is from 1950.

Artwork of the Day: New Detective (by Norman Saunders)

Posted on September 18, 2024 by Dazzling Erin

by Norman Saunders

This cover is from 1953.

The Covers of Prison Life Stories

Posted on June 5, 2024 by Dazzling Erin

Prison Life Stories was a magazine that ran for three issues in 1935. Edited by the warden of a federal prison, Prison Life Stories featured articles written by actual law enforcement personnel and actual convicts. J. Edgar Hoover contributed an article to the first issue. The third issue was written by prisoners.

Here are the three covers of Prison Life Stories:

by Monroe Eisenberg

by Hugh Joseph Ward

by Norman Saunders

The Covers Of Mystery Tales

Posted on October 3, 2023 by Dazzling Erin

Mystery Tales was one of the many pulp magazines from West Fiction Publishing Company. From 1938 to 1940, over the course of 9 issues, Mystery Tales brought readers stories of cults, criminals, demons, femme fatales, and damsels in distress. Though I’m sure the stories were fine, the magazine is today mostly remembered and sought after by collectors for its extremely lurid covers. Below are 7 of the covers of Mystery Tales!

June, 1938. Cover by Norman Saunders

November, 1938. Cover by John Walter Scott

May, 1939. Cover by John Walter Scott

September, 1939. Cover by John Walter Scott

December, 1939. Cover by John Walter Scott

March, 1940. Cover by John Walter Scott.

May, 1940. Cover by John Walter Scott.

Artwork of the Day: Western Short Stories (by Norman Saunders)

Posted on July 12, 2023 by Dazzling Erin

by Norman Saunders

This is from 1950. How can you ride a horse and shoot two guns at the same time? You can’t.

Celebrate International Kissing Day With The Pulps

Posted on July 6, 2023 by Dazzling Erin

Today is International Kissing Day! To get everyone in the mood, here is some help from the pulps!

by Al Rossi

Artist Unknown

by Norman Saunders

by Raymond Johnson

by Robert Maguire

by Sergio Leone

by Tom Dunn

by Walter Popp

Artist Unknown

Artwork of the Day: Liberty (by Norman Saunders)

Posted on December 17, 2022 by Dazzling Erin

by Norman Saunders

This is from 1939.

Artwork of the Day: Black Mask (by Norman Saunders)

Posted on November 16, 2022 by Dazzling Erin

by Norman Saunders

This cover is by Norman Saunders, whose work has been featured on the site many times in the past and which will continue to be featured in the future.

The Smashing Covers Of Smashing Detective Stories

Posted on September 5, 2022 by Dazzling Erin

Smashing Detective Stories was a pulp detective magazine that ran from 1951 to 1956. It featured the the usual crime-smashing stories of detectives and criminals but what was really smashing about Smashing Detective Stories were the covers. The covers were about as pulpy as you can get!

Below is a sampling of the covers of Smashing Detective Stories. For all but one of them, the artist is unknown. The cover for the September, 1954 issue has been attributed to Norman Saunders and it would not surprise me if he was responsible for at least some of the others as well.