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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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Category: action fiction

September 3, 1932 issue ~ cover art by Paul Stahr

September 3, 1932

cover art by Paul Stahr

Posted on July 9, 2024July 2, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags argosy magazine, drive by, mobster, paul stahr, robert carse, theodore roscoe, w.c. tuttleLeave a comment on September 3, 1932 issue ~ cover art by Paul Stahr

cover art by James McKell

August 10, 1923

cover art by James McKell

Posted on July 9, 2024July 2, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, magazine, mystery, pulp, western fictionTags adventure magazine, holdup, james mckell, stagecoach, talbot mundyLeave a comment on cover art by James McKell

October 1935 issue ~ cover art by Jerome Rozen

October 1935

cover art by Jerome Rozen

better image than previously posted

Posted on July 9, 2024July 2, 2024Categories action fiction, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags avin h. johnston, harrison keith, j.j. kalez, jerome rozen, nick carter magazineLeave a comment on October 1935 issue ~ cover art by Jerome Rozen

June 1939 issue

June 1939

cover art attributed to J.W. Scott

Posted on July 8, 2024July 2, 2024Categories action fiction, crime fiction, government agent, Hardboiled, maritime fiction, mystery, pulpTags FBI, feds, g-men magazine, lee fredericksLeave a comment on June 1939 issue

January 13, 1940 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

January 13, 1940

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

better image than previously posted

Posted on July 8, 2024July 2, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags argosy magazine, crawford sullivan, eustace adams, harry sinclair drago, mounties, raft, RCMP, rudolph belarski, william gray beyerLeave a comment on January 13, 1940 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

August 1965 issue ~ cover art by Roger Kastel

August 1965

cover art by Roger Kastel

Posted on July 8, 2024July 2, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, maritime fiction, men's magazine, pulpTags adventure magazine, roger kastelLeave a comment on August 1965 issue ~ cover art by Roger Kastel

cover art by H.C. Murphy

June 23, 1926 issue

cover art by H.C. Murphy

very painterly

Posted on July 8, 2024July 2, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, magazine, maritime fiction, mystery, pulpTags adventure magazine, h.c. murphy, harold lamb, talbot mundyLeave a comment on cover art by H.C. Murphy

October 1942 issue ~ cover art by Allen Anderson

October 1942

cover art by Allen Anderson

Posted on July 8, 2024June 21, 2025Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, maritime fiction, pulpTags allen anderson, garter, shipwreck, spicy-adventure stories, stockings, thugLeave a comment on October 1942 issue ~ cover art by Allen Anderson

October 8, 1932 issue ~ cover by Robert O. Reid

October 8, 1932

cover by Robert O. Reid

Posted on July 7, 2024July 2, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, magazine, mystery, pulpTags arthur somers roche, collier's magazine, robert o. reidLeave a comment on October 8, 1932 issue ~ cover by Robert O. Reid

July 1933 issue ~ cover art by Jerome Rozen

July 1933

cover art by Jerome Rozen

better image than previously posted

Posted on July 5, 2024July 2, 2024Categories action fiction, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags jerome rozen, nick carter magazineLeave a comment on July 1933 issue ~ cover art by Jerome Rozen

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