The Covers of Headline Detective


From 1939 to 1944, Headline Detective was published by MacFadden Publications.  It was one of the many pulp magazine to focus on stories of true crime, thievery, murder, and femme fatales.  Here’s a sampling of the cover of Headline Detective.  Where known, the artist has been credited.

Artist Unknown

Artist Unknown

by A. L. Hicks

by Griffith Foxley

by Harwood Forsgen

by Harwood Forsgen

by Harwood Forsgen

by Peter Driben

Unknown Artist

Unknown Artist

Get an Eyeful Of These Peter Driben Covers


Eyeful Magazine was a pin-up publication published from 1943 to 1955.  Considered to be racy for its day, the magazine today seems tame if not exactly innocent.  Compared to the sultry pin-ups that appeared in similar publications, the pin-ups in Eyeful were innocently flirtatious.  The magazine’s covers announced that the magazine’s main goal was “Glorifying the American girl,” but, judging from the covers, it looks like the main theme was that you could do anything high heels.  Though many artists contributed cover for Eyeful, all of the covers featured here were done by Peter Driben.

My favorite cover is the last one because the cow looks just as confused by the model’s reaction as the reader.