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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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Month: April 2024

January-February 1940 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

January-February 1940

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 5, 2024January 18, 2024Categories crime fiction, government agent, magazine, pulpTags ace g-man stories, emile c. tepperman, FBI, feds, harry lee fellinge, rafael desoto, tommygun, trapdoor, woman with a gunLeave a comment on January-February 1940 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

February 1943 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

February 1943

cover art by Norman Saunders

Posted on April 4, 2024January 18, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, canadian pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags arthur lawson, frederick nebel, hatchet, moran tudury, mounties, norman saunders, north-west romances, RCMPLeave a comment on February 1943 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

June 1947 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

June 1947

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Posted on April 4, 2024January 18, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags black book detective, bound, edward churchill, flashlight, g. wayman jones, hypodermic, sam merwinLeave a comment on June 1947 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

August 1936 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

August 1936

cover art by Delos Palmer

Posted on April 4, 2024January 18, 2024Categories gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags all detective fact cases, alvin karpis, dagger, delos palmerLeave a comment on August 1936 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

October 1951 issue

October 1951

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 4, 2024January 18, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags fireplace, g.t. fleming-roberts, humphrey bogart, new detective magazineLeave a comment on October 1951 issue

July 1939 issue ~ cover art by J.W. Scott

July 1939

cover art by J.W. Scott

better image than previously posted

[images updated 4/30/25]

Posted on April 4, 2024April 30, 2025Categories crime fiction, gangster, government agent, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags blood trail, bound, c.k.m. scanlon, dagger, feds, g-men magazine, j.w. scott, lee fredericksLeave a comment on July 1939 issue ~ cover art by J.W. Scott

April 16, 1927 issue ~ cover art by John A. Coughlin

April 16, 1927

cover art by John A. Coughlin

Posted on April 4, 2024January 18, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags detective story magazine, john a. coughlin, paul ellsworth triemLeave a comment on April 16, 1927 issue ~ cover art by John A. Coughlin

September 1935 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

September 1935

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 4, 2024May 12, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags bloody gloves, ed lybeck, madeleine sharps buchanan, popular detective magazine, rafael desoto, skeletonLeave a comment on September 1935 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

October 1937 issue ~ cover art by Stockton Mulford

October 1937

cover art by Stockton Mulford

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 3, 2024January 18, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags dynamic detective magazine, stockton mulfordLeave a comment on October 1937 issue ~ cover art by Stockton Mulford

May 1942 issue ~ cover art by Allen Anderson

May 1942

cover art by Allen Anderson

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 3, 2024January 30, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicyTags allen anderson, convict, escaped con, garter, robert leslie bellem, spicy detective magazine, stockingsLeave a comment on May 1942 issue ~ cover art by Allen Anderson

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