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Back in 2013, our tumblr site was started and ran until 2018, when they decided it was too "adult" - too lurid, supposedly. We followed the exodus to newtumbl and four years of dedication vanished in June of 2023. That work was not only new posts but upgrades of hundreds of old tumblr posts as well. So far, there has been no way to rescue those posts, so this will be the third version of this project. And, I'll warn you in advance, I may slip in covers that are not crime or mystery but just because I like the artwork. Enjoy!

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Day: April 13, 2024

1953 Warner Brothers lobby card

1953 Warner Brothers lobby card

11″x14″

Re-released lobby card of the 1948 film formally titled “Hollow Triumph”, after the novel by Murray Forbes

Posted on April 13, 2024February 23, 2024Categories film noir, HardboiledTags film noir, joan bennett, movie poster, paul henreid, woman with a gunLeave a comment on 1953 Warner Brothers lobby card

cover art by Robert Abbett

cover art by Robert Abbett

1946 Farrar Strauss hardcover

November 1960 Signet paperback, third printing

the first novel by these cousins, a stand-alone murder mystery

Posted on April 13, 2024February 23, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, original art, paperback, pulpTags dame, original art, robert abbett, showgirl, signet paperback, smoking, stripper, wade millerLeave a comment on cover art by Robert Abbett

May 1937 issue ~ cover art by John A. Coughlin

May 1937

cover art by John A. Coughlin

Posted on April 13, 2024February 23, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags complete stories magazine, john a. coughlin, reward poster, william chamberlainLeave a comment on May 1937 issue ~ cover art by John A. Coughlin

April 1938 issue ~ cover art by Malvin Singer

April 1938

cover art by Malvin Singer

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 13, 2024August 25, 2025Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags captain satan, malvin singer, william o'sullivanLeave a comment on April 1938 issue ~ cover art by Malvin Singer

Spring 1946 issue ~ cover art by Albert Drake

Spring 1946

cover art by Albert Drake

better image than previously posted

[post updated 6/22/24]

[cover updated 9/13/24]

Posted on April 13, 2024September 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags albert drake, dame, detective book magazine, femme fatale, jean leslie, silencer, woman with a gunLeave a comment on Spring 1946 issue ~ cover art by Albert Drake

December 1950 premiere and only issue

December 1950

the only issue published

[updated 5/6/24]

Posted on April 13, 2024May 6, 2024Categories crime comic, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags bound, crime fiction stories, joseph commings, thugLeave a comment on December 1950 premiere and only issue

September 1939 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

September 1939

cover art by H.J. Ward

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 13, 2024February 23, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, maritime fiction, pulp, spicyTags finest kind, garter, h.j. ward, over board, robert leslie bellem, spicy-adventure stories, stockingsLeave a comment on September 1939 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

October 1949 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

October 1949

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 13, 2024February 23, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags all-story detective, norman saunders, robert martin, t.w. fordLeave a comment on October 1949 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

July 1937 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

July 1937

cover art by Tom Lovell

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 13, 2024April 26, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags chained, clues detective stories, e. hoffmann price, sword, tom lovell, turbanLeave a comment on July 1937 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

Summer 1953 issue ~ cover art by Samuel Cherry

Summer 1953

cover art by Samuel Cherry

Posted on April 13, 2024February 23, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags 5 detective novels magazine, darkroom, e. hoffmann price, norman a. daniels, philip weck, samuel cherry, w.t. ballard, william hopsonLeave a comment on Summer 1953 issue ~ cover art by Samuel Cherry
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