This is Spicy Mystery Stories for December 1942, possibly the last gasp of real damsel-in-distress exploitation (torn dress, bondage, etc.) at that magazine. There is no recorded artist or ISFDB entry. I found this version of the cover via the index at Galactic Central.
Tag Archives: Spicy Mystery Stories
Pulp Parade #184: Whips and bonds, and not just war bonds
This is Spicy Mystery Stories for November 1942, cover artist unrecorded and no ISFDB entry. I found this version of the cover at Pulp Covers.
Pulp Parade #183: Buy United States war bonds and stamps (or the cutie gets it!)
This is Spicy Mystery Stories for October 1942, no cover artist recorded or ISFDB entry. I found this version of the cover — unfortunately the only one I could find — via the index at Galactic Central.
Pulp Parade #182: Satan’s nasty slough
This is Spicy Mystery Stories for September 1942, no cover artist recorded or ISFDB entry. I found the version of the cover above via the Galactic Central index. There is also a version at Pulp Covers which is larger, but which also shows signs of considerable wear.
Pulp Parade #181: Brought a knife to a gun-fight
This is Spicy Mystery Stories for July 1942, no artist recorded or ISFDB entry. I found this version of the cover via the Galactic Central index.
Pulp Parade #180: Slipped a spectral mickey
This is Spicy Mystery Stories for May 1942, cover by Harry Lemon Parkhurst. The ISFDB entry for this issue is here. I found this version of the cover at this Pinterest page.
Pulp Parade #179: Meatpacking
This is Spicy Mystery Stories for April 1942, cover by H.J. Ward. The ISFDB entry for this issue is here. I found this version of the cover via Cover Browser.
Pulp Parade #178: Harry, remind me again why we’re always *sacrificing* pretty girls instead of…
This is Spicy Mystery Stories for March 1942, cover artist not recorded. The ISFDB entry for this issue is here. I found this version of the cover at Pulp Covers.
Pulp Parade #177: Space Romans with frickin’ laser beams
This is Spicy Mystery Stories for February 1942, cover by Harry Lemon Parkhurst. The ISFDB entry for this issue is here. I found this version of the cover at Pulp Covers.
Pulp Parade #176: It’s not looking good for the girl from the nebula
This is Spicy Mystery Stories for January 1942, no cover artist recorded or ISFDB entry. I found this version of the cover at this Pinterest page.