Crime, Mystery, and Detective Pulps

Pulps dedicated to crime and mysteries were among the first specialized pulps to be published. DETECTIVE STORY had its first issue in October 1915, and MYSTERY MAGAZINE by 1917. By the 1930's, crime pulps (if you include super-detective and crime-fighting hero pulps) were almost synonymous with "pulp" in the American mind.

Date: 11/17/2006

Owner: Magazine Art Gallery Administrator

Size: 8 items (140 items total)

Album: Black Mask Magazine

BLACK MASK, for many the canonical crime pulp

Date: 11/17/2006

Size: 56 items

Album: Detective Fiction Weekly

Cover art from DETECTIVE FICTION WEEKLY

Date: 04/19/2009

Size: 15 items

Album: Detective Story Magazine

Cover art from DETECTIVE STORY MAGAZINE

Date: 01/18/2010

Size: 11 items

Album: Dime Detective

Cover art from DIME DETECTIVE

Date: 05/15/2009

Size: 1 item

Album: Flynn's Detective Fiction

Cover art from FLYNN'S DETECTIVE FICTION

Date: 04/19/2009

Size: 1 item

Album: Mystery

Cover art from MYSTERY

Date: 09/07/2009

Size: 4 items

Album: Ten Detective Aces

Cover art from TEN DETECTIVE ACES

Date: 01/26/2009

Size: 7 items

Album: Variety of Crime, Mystery, and Detective Pulps

Cover art from a variety of interesting crime, mystery, and detective pulps

Date: 10/19/2007

Size: 37 items

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Crime, Mystery, and Detective Pulps

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Golden Age of American Illustration