by Barye Phillips
With the 4th of July only one day away, celebrate the diversity of America with these portraits of the American city!
Austin — Peter Tsai
Chicago — Craig Litten
Chicago — Jason Martini
by James Meese
Dallas — Erin Nicole
Dallas — Erin Nicole
Dallas — Erin Nicole
Dallas — Erin Nicole
by Rafael DeSoto
Los Angeles — Aaron Paustein
Los Angeles — Kim Suarez
by Robert Stanley
New York — Matt Alberts
New York — Seth Nenstiel
New York — Seth Nenstiel
by Glen Orbik
by Rafael DeSoto
This cover is from 1934.
by Rafael DeSoto
This cover is from 1963.
by Rafael DeSoto
This cover is from 1936 and wastes no time getting to the point.
At the height of the Great Depression, many people escaped from the harsh realities of their economic situation through pulp magazines that highlighted the weird and lurid mysteries. Published by Periodical House, Ace Mystery Magazine was one such pulp magazine that was published in 1936. Though the magazine featured stories by popular writers, it never found its place in the crowded pulp marketplace and it was canceled after three issues. Today, the magazine is remembered for its creepy covers, which were done by three of the best artists of the pulp era. Here are the three covers of Ace Mystery Magazine.
May, 1936. Cover by Howard Sherman
July, 1936. Cover by David Berger
September, 1936. Cover by Rafael DeSoto
by Rafael DeSoto
This is from 1942. There’s a lot happening on this cover.
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
by Rafael DeSoto
Happy Election Day! Like the cover says, “Corpses cast no ballots!”
Artist Unknown
With Halloween rapidly approaching, let’s get ready for the big day with some pulp witchery!
by CC Senf
by Margaret Brundage
by Rafael DeSoto
by Rudolph Belarski
by Tommy Shoemaker
Unknown Artist
Unknown Artist
Artist Unknown
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.
Through the Shattered Lens 