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  • caractacus pottscaractacus potts Orbital communicator, level 10Posts: 4,095MI6 Agent
    edited October 27

    CoolHand wrote:

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    I note the two covers with the most impressive cleavage have their own publisher logo which in itself suggests what youre getting for your money! any more info on this publisher CoolHand?


  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 27,691Chief of Staff

    It’s very easy to see why these would have sold well 👀

    YNWA 97
  • CoolHandBondCoolHandBond Mactan IslandPosts: 7,146MI6 Agent

    The publisher was Playtime Books also using the name Neva Paperbacks. They were based in Las Vegas, Nevada, hence the Neva name. They published pulp paperbacks like the ones shown above and also Doctor Kildare type hospital dramas. They were sued by another publisher for plagiarism at one point. Their covers were always good, I will post some more this weekend.

    Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
  • CoolHandBondCoolHandBond Mactan IslandPosts: 7,146MI6 Agent

    Honestly, these books sold so fast it was like lightning! My only problem was getting enough of them. As I have written elsewhere, I had a great source from the States, but I could have sold 3 or 4 more times the volume I was able to get hold of, with ease

    Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,792Chief of Staff

    Not that more wouldn't be appreciated, of course, but as you know I like

    private eye stories, film noir style. Could you show us more of the less famous ones if possible please?

  • CoolHandBondCoolHandBond Mactan IslandPosts: 7,146MI6 Agent

    Requests welcomed, and I’m working on it, Barbel 🙂

    Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
  • CoolHandBondCoolHandBond Mactan IslandPosts: 7,146MI6 Agent

    @Barbel wanted some private eye covers, so…


    Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,792Chief of Staff
    edited November 3

    Thanks CHB! I've read all of Hammett (like Chandler, he wasn't prolific), some MacDonald, and none of the others (though I have seen one Michael Shayne film "Time To Kill" since it was based on "The High Window", a Philip Marlowe novel by Chandler).

    I've always thought of Rinehart as a gothic romance writer. From the cover above it appears I've been wrong.

  • CoolHandBondCoolHandBond Mactan IslandPosts: 7,146MI6 Agent

    Rinehart was very much into murder mysteries, she had even been called the American Agatha Christie.

    Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
  • CoolHandBondCoolHandBond Mactan IslandPosts: 7,146MI6 Agent

    These Milo March mystery covers seem to portray James Coburn…



    Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,792Chief of Staff

    Agreed, that's Coburn all right!

  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 27,691Chief of Staff

    I hope he sued 👀

    The covers are great…was the writing any good?

    YNWA 97
  • CoolHandBondCoolHandBond Mactan IslandPosts: 7,146MI6 Agent

    I read two or three - just standard, but enjoyable pulp fare.

    M.E. Chaber was a pseudonym for Kendell Foster Crossen who wrote over 400 radio and television dramas, some 300 short stories, 250 non-fiction articles and around forty-five novels.

    There is a Bond link to the series - this set of covers was drawn by Robert McGinnis (long time artist for Bond posters) and a Milo March movie was produced by Cubby Broccoli under his Warwick Films banner, starring Jack Palance.


    Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 27,691Chief of Staff

    Must keep an eye out for that 🙂

    YNWA 97
  • CoolHandBondCoolHandBond Mactan IslandPosts: 7,146MI6 Agent

    Always good to look at this Robert McGinnis cover…



    Four covers that define the word pulp…


    And a great movie tie-in…


    Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 27,691Chief of Staff

    Adult reading…👀

    YNWA 97
  • caractacus pottscaractacus potts Orbital communicator, level 10Posts: 4,095MI6 Agent

    this looks like the style of cartoonist Bill Ward (Torchy, Cracked's Nanny Dickering)

    try a google image search of cartoonist Bill Ward to compare!

  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,792Chief of Staff

    Away from the salaciousness, "The Day The Earth Caught Fire" is a brilliant movie.

    Back to it, those are splendid covers CHB!

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