Sunday, June 26, 2016

Sunday Morning Bonus Pulp: Dime Detective, April 1940


I love this cover. Don't know if it's based on one of the stories inside--or if one of the stories might be based on it--or if it's just goofy brilliance. But I think it's a dandy, no matter what. And speaking of the stories, they're by Frederick C. Davis, Norbert Davis (a Bail Bond Dodd yarn), Hugh B. Cave, Leslie T. White, Dale Clark, and William Edward Hayes. That's a mighty strong line-up. DIME DETECTIVE was a great pulp.

4 comments:

Walker Martin said...

Raphael Desoto, the cover artist, once told me that anything with skulls or skeletons seemed to sell more copies. I guess because the images were so eye catching.

Todd Mason said...

This would've been from the early "shudder" days, no?

James Reasoner said...

No, that's after the Weird Menace days, although with that many skulls it would have almost worked for one of them. Would have had a nubile young woman instead of a deadly old granny, though.

Todd Mason said...

Ha! And she would need someone actively about to nab her, if she wasn't already in bondage.