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Ed Hulse recently posted this copy, he won't mind if I share... This is what she looked like to guys stopping at the rack in Woolworths in 1948

Posted this on the pb thread but guess here's where it belongs with an interior pic as well... Amazing Detective Cases, April 1944. An early usage of the Atlas logo. I believe Human Torch #14 from December 1943 was the first. This usage is parallel with Goodman's mid 1940's crime digests... Some nice interiors, especially the fonts on story title pages... This cool two page splash illo by 1940's pro Arnold Allen

I like a nice minty fresh Avon once in a while. They have a certain charm to them.

I love seeing vintage pb's bought for the interiors as well as the covers, especially non high grade books. Although I am crazy about cover art, I read a TON of my vintage pbs and many obscure books and lesser (or un) known authors have compelling reading in them. I feel like starting a thread on the Pulp section on them

One Million Dollars Great cover . I'd use the lower tier for submission if it was mine. Just because someone might pay crazy for it doesn't mean you should volunteer to pay higher for grading.

Lot's of gr8 books Robot Man

Tough book

I've fought the urge to hit the BIN on quite a few of these lately. There's a lot of cool looking covers but soooo many issues, I'd probably not be able to stop!

I'll probably post this elsewhere as well but I know there's some Atlas logo lovers over here. Amazing Detective Cases, April 1944. I don't usually get too excited about photo covers but it's nicely colorized and this is the only issue of the series with an Atlas logo. It's a pretty early usage

FTFY Nice Pops

I don't like The Spine Tics... or The Bindery Chips either

Back to the creepy covers... I like a nice minty fresh Dell once in a while. They have a certain charm. Cover art by Gerald Gregg. 1946, Golden Age goodness Mapback of "Pollock and the Porroh Man" by H.G. Wells.

Uncredited, and I haven't seen any guesses.

I'd go see The Good Girls open up for The Nipple Covers

Love Romance Series No. 1 was the last of the three I acquired. It took years to find one

calling @catrick339

Walter Popp's cover girl is gritty and excellent - and this one is a great read to boot. Calling the dude a "Heel" is kindness, he's a real POS

This article about Hitt is more colorful and entertaining than a dull Wiki... https://www.criminalelement.com/orrie-hitt-the-shakespeare-of-shabby-street-hall-of-fame-pulp-brian-greene/

I've read quite a few Hitt novels and many of the JD novels I collect. The theme that runs through quite a few of the JD books in particular is a "stand-up" guy, whether a policeman or social worker, who gets caught up trying to save some salvageable soul in the gang, who is usually a beautiful girl, slightly under 18, who they develop a soft spot for and end up falling in love with. I've been surprised at the number of them that end up blatantly sleeping with them as I thought there was a code in place back then where that was a no no. Most of the Hitt novels I've read have been more of the Horatio Alger type where the protagonists are lower or middle class workers who can never get a break, and the plot of the book involves them having a chance to "make it big" in some way that would compromise them (sleeping with someone, using questionable business tactics, both, etc.) and how they resolve that dilemma.

Would be a great name for a Boardie Band

Really? They just sent me an offer for $1250. Oom yeah.. I need that number in the corner... yes'm 😄 https://www.ebay.com/itm/256466849868?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=be6F0ALMQOq&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=XwvppebcTg6&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY So this just went at auction for probably what it's worth. https://www.ebay.com/itm/364819520611?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=be6F0ALMQOq&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=XwvppebcTg6&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY I think this whole "every graded pulp is now worth a thousand dollars" will whither on the vine as it should and the power to the people will be restored. I'm not a hater, I just think Bob Overstreet was right to promote gradual increases, even when local conditions sent a few books skyward.

I remember when I first saw this cover, a nice copy sold on the bay for about $250, and I started looking for any decent copy under $300 and it just so happened that this was the time of changes, around 2021, and no nice copies came up. Only pukey beaters priced at $500+. No thanks.