Get Ready To Go Back To School With These Classic Paperback Covers


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In many parts of the country, this week and next will be “back to school week,” so to help everyone get prepared for another academic year, here are some classic paperback covers from the past.

by Al Rossi

by Al Rossi

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by Bill Edwards

by Jack Faragasso

by Jack Faragasso

by Paul Rader

by Robert McGinnis

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Take A Break With The Pulps


For some, this week is the start of Spring Break!  For those wondering how to spend their break, the pulps have a few suggestions.  As the covers below show, a week on the beach doesn’t just mean binge drinking and partying.  It also means excitement, mystery, romance, and maybe even a hurricane!

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by Bernard Safran

by Bill Edwards

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by Robert McGinnis

by Robert McGinnis

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by Zoe Mozert

by Barye Philips

More From Hard Case Crime


Hard Case Crime has been keeping pulp fiction alive with both reprints and new works.  They’ve also been keeping the art of the good pulp cover alive with retro artwork by some of the best artists around.  I’ve shared many Hard Case covers in the past.  Here are some of the more recent covers to come out of Hard Case Crime:

by Paul Mann

by Paul Mann

by Laurel Blechman

by Laurel Blechman

by Michael Koelsch

by Patrick Faricy

by Paul Mann

by Paul Mann

by Robert Maguire

by Robert McGinnis

by Robert McGinnis

by Robert McGinnis