The Saucy and Spicy lines of pulps were mostly sold under the counter. Surprising well produced and written, the Spicy's sold for a premium but most thought it worth it.
BEGINNING WITH MURDER — Roger TorreyAll the evidence proclaimed the girl a murderess. her own lawyer, even the detective who was trying to clear her, thought her guilty. She had only one friend...
DEATH WALKS IN THE HILLS — E. Hoffman PriceHardrock Pike came to the Osage Nation to drill an oil lease, not to be distracted by Broken Axe's wife. Nor could he foresee that he would turn detective.
CORPSE OF CORINNA — Dale BoydKILL THAT HEADLINE — Robert Leslie BellemRANSOM PAY-OFF — John PhillipsDEATH RIDE — Ken Cooper
Body Snatchers
Body Snatchers · John Beck Sally the Sleuth · Paul Jason Dames Are Dynamite · Malcom Rust The Nudist Case Murder · Paul Haggard Death Lost an Eye · Dubois Rice Passion’s Playgirl · Frank E. Marks Lady Detectives Never Tell Much · Michael Nash Golden Girl · Guy Russell Snatch Trouble · Donald Hogarth
7x10156 pagesJo Shipman Studios cover art
Yellow Peril in Hollywood
Starlight · Kenneth Stalcup Yellow Peril in Hollywood · Ernest Manning Retake for Romance · Frank E. Marks Marcia of the Movies · Eric Brosker The Wasp · Julie Howe S.O.S. Hollywood · Robert Dailey It Happened in Hollywood · Lars Anderson Hollywood Love Shift · Frank Kenneth Young The Broken Record · Marie Forgeron Tropical Intrigue · Andre Surdos
96 pages 7x10 Facsimile edition Norman Saunders Cover Art
Strip Acts Don't Pay!
Strip Acts Don’t Pay! [Grant Wade] · Frank E. Marks Red Pool of Dawa · Milton S. Grant Marcia of the Movies · Eric Brosker Million Dollar Girl · Ernest Manning Beauty and the Heat · Andrew Larson Source of Supply · Andre Surdos Where There’s a Will · Marie Forgeron Four Stars for Marcella · Kenneth Stalcup Situation Wanted—Female · David Brookfield
96 pages 7x10 Facsimile edition Norman Saunders Cover Art Partial Nudity
Star of India
Star Of India * Ernest Manning The Pink Slip * Charles Goodwin Web Of Intrigue * Kenneth A. Nelson Flames of Hate * Frank E. Marks Marcia of the Movies * Eric Brosker Castaways * William G. Bogart Memory Girl * David Brookfield Flyin' High * Thompson Todd
Such Is Hollywood · Gloria Kent Vampires Don’t Neck · Jim Williams Personal Appearance · Charles Goodwin Girls to the Guillotine · Ernest Manning Midway Madness · Wayne Chesley Marcia of the Movies · Eric Brosker Jungle Queen · Avon Severn Chorus Damsel · Kay Lester Undersea Location · Thompson Todd
96 pages 7x10 Facsimile edition
Diane Doubles * Frank E. Marks Private Screening * Thompson Todd The Leopard Girl's Romance * Ernest Manning Legs Make the Man! * Willard Davison Marcia of the Movies * Eric Brosker Go Get That Story * Wayne Chesley Pent-House Murder * Anita Delglyn Men In Scarlet * David Brookfield
Yeomen of the Woods * Armstrong Livingston Emeralds Aboard! [Domino Lady] * Lars Anderson Lover of the Moon Girl * Hector Gavin Grey Dark Lady * Mohammed El Bey Cupid By A Nose * Ernie Phillips Aloha Of * Steve Fisher Mockery * Marie Forgeron
128 pages 7x10 Facsimile edition Norman Saunders Cover Art
The Dame Dies Twice
MURDER BEFORE BREAKFAST by Roger TorreyTHE DAME DIES TWICE [Dan Turner - Hollywood Detective] by Robert Leslie BellemSALLY THE SLEUTH by BarreauxSAWDUST QUEEN by E. Hoffman PriceDAME IN DUTCH by John RyanWOODEN OVERCOAT by Walter Cook
128 pages7x10Includes B&W Comic pages Facsimile editionFormerly Spicy Detective Stories
Hard Enough * Arthur Humbolt Smuggler's Code * Alan Anderson Three Feet In The Grave * Colby Quinn Treasure From Kurdistan * E. Hoffman Price The Garter of Sarita * Jose Vaca Diana Daw * Clayton Maxwell Los Palmas Lady * James A. Lawson Luck of the Pipers * Robert Leslie Bellem The White Goddess * Lew Merrill Playthings of War * Hugh Speer
128 pages 7x10 Includes B&W Comic pages Facsimile edition
Buccaneer’s Vengeance · Alan Anderson Hell’s River · Arthur Wallace Hop Cargo · Robert Leslie Bellem Spots of the Leopard · Ken Cooper Spy Trap · Patrick O’Connor Diana Daw · Clayton Maxwell Priestess of the Living Dead · Stewart Gates Spawn of Siva · Clive Trent Judgment of the Ghost God · C. A. M. Donne
7x10 128 pages H.J. Ward Cover Art
Snake Bride
SNAKE BRIDE by Lew MerrillThere was something mysterious about his lovely girl he had rescued, and who was leading him into the never-never country to rescue her father. She seemed to spurn him, yet Larry found that she was only protecting him!
FROZEN FIRE by Robert Leslie BellemJohnnie Piper's assignment required him to photograph the largest diamond in the world. But the camera guy could barely keep his mind on his work while the old millionaire's niece was around!
No More Trumpets * Jerome Severs Perry [Robert Leslie Bellem]Mad Millions * Ross FlynnRed Blackbirder * Wyreck BrentThe Gods Drink Blood * E. Hoffman PriceDiana Daw * Clayton MaxwellMixup in Mufti * Charles DawEel Bait * Justin Case [Hugh B. Cave]Bride of the Jungle * Dale Boyd
128 pages7x10Includes B&W Comic pages Facsimile edition
Red Dawn
RED DAWN by Lew MerrillHis own countrymen would have none of him, but, though he fought in Saracen armor, he was first of all Anglo Saxon. LEND ME YOUR EARS by Jose VacaThey each had a part to play—the dope peddlers, the Kid, and the girl. Particularly the girl! She would go to any length to avenge her sister—even though it meant to sacrifice of life and honor. DEATH RIDES THE DRIVE by Roy HerrickIn the Backwash settlement they made their own laws and they broke them. And now they were birling logs with a woman as a prize!Red Dawn * Lew Merrill Sandakan Shake-Up * Robert Leslie Bellem Diana Daw * Clayton Maxwell Sheriff Barbara * Hugh Speer Cumshaw for the Corpse * James A. Lawson Tables Turned * Harley L. Court
Never-Never Corpses * Robert Leslie Bellem Glory's Epitaph * Jerome Severs Perry [Robert Leslie Bellem] Red Eden * Hugh Speer Invitation to Romance * William B. Rainey The Laughing Moor * Lew Merrill Diana Daw * Clayton Maxwell Swamp Princess * Ellery Watson Calder [Robert Leslie Bellem] Diamonds Under the Sea * Harley L. Court [Robert Leslie Bellem] Freebooter's Cache * George Drake
128 pages 7x10 Includes B&W Comic pages Facsimile edition H.J. Ward Cover Art
Bustamente, Burro [Sabinas Kid] · Jose Vaca Vain Victory · Robert Leslie Bellem Snow Country · Dale Boyd Raid on Rodriguez · George Shute Diana Daw · Clayton Maxwell Toss of the Dice · Clark Nelson Sucker at Monte · Wallace Kayton Death on the Rails · Harley L. Court [Robert Leslie Bellem]
128 pages 7x10 H.J. Ward Cover Art
The Great God Harris
THE GREAT GOD HARRIS by Lew MerrillThe Flatland folk made him a god and, as their god, it was his destiny to marry the loveliest of all their women. Back on earth Phil had been in love with Laura. Here in Flatland he could think of nobody by Naya!
ISLAND TRAMP by E. Hoffman PriceHe was just a beachcomber, and he resented the intrusion of the trader and his daughter. Then he found that a trader's daughter can make a beachcomber forget native girls!
128 pages 7x10
Tree of Life * Lew Merrill Sun-Death's Daughter * Robert Leslie Bellem Human Pyramid * Clive Trent Diana Daw * Clayton Maxwell Powerhouse *George Shute Three of a Kind * Paul Hanna Blood Emeralds * Stan Warner 40 Thieves * Max Neilson Satan's Lady * Melvin Roberts
