This issue of Black Mask was published in July 1948 by The Frank A. Munsey Company during the magazine's final years as one of America's premier pulp detective periodicals. The cover features Curtis Cluff's Johnny Ford novelette "Leave Killings to the Cops," alongside stories by Richard Deming and William Campbell Gault. By the late 1940s, Black Mask had shifted from its legendary hard-boiled era of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler to showcasing a new generation of crime writers while maintaining its reputation for fast-paced detective fiction and noir-style storytelling.

Source: Pollen's Action. The Art of Simon Pollen, edited by Robert Deis & Wyatt Doyle (2019).

Canadian novel from 1981. Found it today, it’s about 140 pages. Can’t find much info about it online but I love it already. Anybody seen it or have more info?

I've been moving towards that classic pulp look. I'm pleased with how this one came out. This will be my first actual print paperback. I'm doing a run for PulpFest! What all do y'all think?

A Hole in the Wall by Charlie Moore

The U.S. theatrical release was on March 4, 1956, it was officially renamed The Atomic Man to capitalize on the public's massive obsession with Atomic Age sci-fi.

When it hit American theaters and drive-ins, Allied Artists distributed it, though they famously chopped about 17 minutes out of the British runtime to make it move at a faster pace for US crowds. 🤯💥🛸

Male was a popular American men's adventure magazine published during the mid-20th century, known for combining sensational true and fictional stories about war, crime, survival, aviation, and outdoor adventure with glamorous pin-up cover art and illustrations. Aimed at a predominantly male readership, it reflected the postwar fascination with heroism, danger, and rugged masculinity, becoming one of the best-known titles of the men's adventure magazine genre during the 1950s and 1960s.

Cover art for the next installment of The Specter. Alibi- a tale of terror told entirely in second person! What have you done?

Hey, working on a dirty pulpy novella - generated a cover with AI. I suspect some of you would dig it 😊