#pulp detective

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THE DEADLY NUDE

Art: Samson Pollen

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Pulp noir illustration by Mitchell Hooks

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Rafael De Soto, Homicidal Baby, Detective Tales magazine cover, April 1949.

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The Park Avenue Hunt Club were a team of upper class adventurers, vigilantes, and amateur crime solvers, published in Detective Fiction Weekly from 1934 to 1944. They aren’t well remembered today, but inspired the things that inspired the modern superhero team, making them a grandparent to that concept. They include: 

George Seville, an ex-spy;

John Jericho, a big game hunter and world traveler;

Arthur Hallam, lawyer and team tactician;

My personal favorite member of the group is Wu because he was the butler and not a millionaire at all. He was quick thinking and handy with a knife, and though the word is never used, he obviously knew Kung Fu. Most adventurer-teams from this era had an ethnic member, like Luga, the Zulu Chief from the Secret 6 (no connection to the 60s comic). 

[theshadowstrikes]

“Racket Town” (December, 1937)

Written by Walter B. Gibson (as Maxwell Grant) Cover Art by George Rozen Pulp Art by Edd Cartier

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Rudolph Belarski, covers for "Detective Fiction Weekly", 1938 - 1939

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THE LATTIMORE ARCH - Angela Gray (Lancer, 1971)