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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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December 1946 issue

December 1946

Posted on June 21, 2024May 14, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags detective tales magazine, don james, dorothy dunn, earl peirce, ken lewis, parker bonner, thorne lee, w.t. ballardLeave a comment on December 1946 issue

February 1949 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

February 1949

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Posted on June 21, 2024July 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, uncategorizedTags carroll john daly, private eye, race williams, rudolph belarski, thrilling detective magazine, w.t. ballardLeave a comment on February 1949 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

September 1935 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

September 1935

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Posted on June 21, 2024May 14, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags dagger, noose, phantom detective magazine, rudolph belarskiLeave a comment on September 1935 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

May 1938 issue

May 1938

Posted on June 21, 2024May 14, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags bound, grim reaper, hollywood fiction, john l. benton, phantom detective magazine, robert wallace, william g. bogartLeave a comment on May 1938 issue

Released 50 years ago today: June 20, 1974

1974 Paramount poster

artwork by Jim Pearsall

screenplay by Robert Towne

Posted on June 20, 2024June 20, 2024Categories film noir, HardboiledTags film noirLeave a comment on Released 50 years ago today: June 20, 1974

January 1939 issue

January 1939

better image than previously posted

Posted on June 19, 2024May 15, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags clues detective stories, donald wandrei, erle stanley gardner, j.j. des ormeaux, parachuteLeave a comment on January 1939 issue

January 1936 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

January 1931

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

better image than previously posted

Posted on June 19, 2024May 15, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags beheaded, cornell woolrich, g.t. fleming-roberts, idol, paul ernst, thrilling mystery magazine, wayne rogersLeave a comment on January 1936 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

April 1936 issue

April 1936

better image than previously posted

Posted on June 19, 2024May 26, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags a. leslie ross, decapitation, frederick c. painton, george bruce, popular detective magazineLeave a comment on April 1936 issue

November 1935 Canadian issue

November 1935 – first Canadian issue

same cover art as the November US 1935 issue

Posted on June 19, 2024May 26, 2024Categories canadian pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags decapitation, femme fatale, margie harris, maxwell hawkins, popular detective magazine, sword, theodore a. tinsleyLeave a comment on November 1935 Canadian issue

December 22, 1934 issue

December 22, 1934

Posted on June 19, 2024May 26, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags anthony rud, dagger, detective fiction weekly, flynn's, fred macisaac, h. bedford jones, judson p. philipsLeave a comment on December 22, 1934 issue

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