#crime magazines

[thefugitivesaint]

''Illustrated Detective'', Vol. 1, #6, 1956

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Sign of the Serpent - art by Norman Saunders (1935)

[monkeyssalad-blog]

1968 Front Page Detective Magazine - Dillinger by Vinnie DeVille Via Flickr: Vintage August 1968 issue of Front Page Detective Magazine. No detective/police or true crime magazine would be complete without some item on the cover to “bait” a prospective buyer. This magazine is no exception with a great close-up portrait image of bank robber John Dillinger. It’s always a thrill when it’s from Vinnie DeVille!

[paintermagazine]

Danger Pants!

Original source: ‘Crimes by Women’(June, 1949)

[criminalwisdom]

Startling Detective - January 1965

Via Pulp Covers

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

“Books, Magazines Banned By Ottawa,” Toronto Globe. August 20, 1931. Page 01. ---- Long List of U. S. Publications Excluded From Canada ---- OFFICIALS HALT OTHERS ---- (Special Despatch to The Globe.) Ottawa, Aug. 19. - The Minister of National Revenue is enforcing the ban on indecent publications. Among those which have been officially banned by order from Ottawa are the following:

- Periodicals: Parisian Life, Spicy Stories, Debunker, Funny Stories, Hollywood Night, Broadway Nights, It, Pep Stories, Snappy Stories, Gangland Stories, Gangster Stories, Gang World, Lively Stories, Marriage Confession, Gun Moll Magazine, Startling Detective Adventure, Racketeer Stories.  - Books: - Al Capone on the Spot, Life of Al Capone in Pictures and Chicago’s Gang War, Millie, The Wild Party, A Jew in Love, Exposed, Go Marry, Pavement Lady. Many other publications have been held up from time to time by the Customs officials, but Ottawa has taken action against the foregoing. [AL: A lot of fun, prevented.]

[paintermagazine]

Guard Frog!

subtitled: ‘Give the frog a bone!’(1948)

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

“Ban On Magazines Viewed Favorably,” Toronto Globe. January 10, 1931. Page 02. ----- Attorney-General Favors London Move to Exclude Crime Stories ---- (Staff Correspondence of The Globe.) London, Ont., Jan. 9. - Probation Officer A. N. Bradshaw of the London Juvenile Court, was notified by Attorney-General W. H. Price, today, that the Department is in sympathy with the campaign of Judge Quinton Warner of this city, to have American magazines containing gangster stories barred from sale in Canada, because of their evil effects on boys. The Attorney General pointed out that that the matter should be brought at once to the attention of the Solicitor General of Canada at Ottawa, who has power ot bail any magazines considered a menace.