Flamingo Road by Robert Wilder. Published in 1942, it’s the oldest cover featured here.
Not a pulp fiction novel cover, but this recreation of a 1950 cover of the movie fan magazine Movie Fun deserves inclusion nonetheless.
Ripe Fruit by John McPartland, first published June, 1958.
She Asked for Murder by Edna Sherry was first published in January 1959.
If Death Ever Slept was a 1957 Nero Wolf detective novel by Rex Stout
Widow’s Pique by Blair Treynor was first published in 1956.
Even though it was hard to top the look of terror on the face of the cover model for Mary Roberts Rinehart’s 1910 novel,
The Window at the White Cat, Mala not only captured it, she exceeded it.
May 1959 issue of Man’s Adventure magazine. Original artwork by Vic Prezio.
You can see more of Mala and order her personal pinup-related ephemera at her website.
Hat tip to Robert Deis of MensPulpMags.com and Mike James of Azimuth Designs.
About the author
Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, Chris flirted with the music business there and in Nashville before joining the U.S. Army and serving in South Korea. He remained in Asia for several years afterwards, teaching English, traveling, and covering the regional entertainment scenes. Currently in a mindset between Seoul and San Francisco, besides Idol Features, you can also catch his writings in the print edition of the monthly magazine, Effective.
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