As i was browsing through EBay, I came across this cover. Couldn’t let it pass without investigation, could I? A couple of days later, I emerged from that rabbit hole with a few images gathered here for your enjoyment. Images might take some time to load as they’re reasonably large. Patience will be rewarded.
![](https://pulpflakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Griff-Hell-Bomb-Floozies-698x1024.jpg)
I think most of the hard work here was done when they came up with the titles.
Hidden messages?
![](https://pulpflakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Anonymous-Manhatten-Bombshell-1-671x1024.png)
Is that a reference to the atom bomb (The Manhattan Project)?
![](https://pulpflakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Ben-Sarto-Gorrilas-Moll-689x1024.jpg)
Spelling mistake or an animal unknown to science?
![](https://pulpflakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Ben-Sarto-She-ruled-with-a-rod-722x1024.jpg)
I was expecting to see a cane in her hand.
![](https://pulpflakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Brad-Shannon-The-Big-Snatch-707x1024.jpg)
No comment.
![](https://pulpflakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Clark-Macey-You-cant-kill-the-dead-741x1024.jpg)
True that.
![](https://pulpflakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Darcy-Glinto-You-took-me-you-keep-me-695x1024.jpg)
They’re referring to the book, silly.
![](https://pulpflakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/H.-Kaner-The-naked-foot-704x1024.jpg)
Not sure what the fuss is all about.
![](https://pulpflakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/W.-N.-Willis-Western-Men-and-Eastern-Morals-719x1024.jpg)
A subtle message delivered with all the grace of a sledgehammer.
![](https://pulpflakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Walter-Standish-The-Devil-is-a-Skirt-700x1024.jpg)
We must exorcise the devil wherever we find him.
![](https://pulpflakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Nat-Karta-Too-good-for-the-poor-714x1024.jpg)
Nat Karta was Nick Carter’s Eastern European cousin.
![](https://pulpflakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Nat-Karta-Brother-Rat-710x1024.jpg)
She picked a loser in the rat race.
![](https://pulpflakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Nat-Karta-Turn-off-the-heat-696x1024.jpg)
Or I’ll cool you!
![](https://pulpflakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Hyman-Zore-Cover-that-corpse.jpg)
Just enough to get by the censors.
All opinions expressed in the titles above are the author’s 🙂
Nice revue. Thanks!