Pulp Fiction, 1950 · page 80 of 132
15 Story Detective, April 1950 — page 80: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Page Analysis This is an interior story page from a pulp-fiction magazine, featuring an illustration accompanying a hardboiled crime story titled "You Only" by Donn Mullally. The illustration depicts a tense prison scene: a man (appearing to be George Ball, recently released from Alcatraz) fires a gun across another man's body in what seems to be a violent confrontation. Two other figures react with alarm. The story opening establishes that Ball, dulled by seven years in Alcatraz, realizes he's being framed for his ex-wife's murder. The page number 80 indicates this is mid-story content.
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YOU ONLY Seven years at Alcatraz had dulled the edges of George Ball, but he was still sharp enough to know he was being framed for the murder of his ex-wife, He fired across Parker’s body. By DONN MULLALLY (C@ DOO (E@)