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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

October 5, 1929 issue

October 5, 1929

Posted on August 7, 2024June 21, 2025Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, true crimeTags detective fiction weekly, edward parrish ware, flynn's, garrett smith, george allan england, t.t. flynn, vaultLeave a comment on October 5, 1929 issue

May 7, 1932 issue ~ cover art by W.T. Benda

May 7, 1932

cover art by W.T. Benda

Posted on July 31, 2024July 3, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, magazine, mystery, pulpTags collier's magazine, fu manchu, sax rohmer, w.t. bendaLeave a comment on May 7, 1932 issue ~ cover art by W.T. Benda

September 10, 1931 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

September-October 1931

cover art by Walter Baumhofer

better image than previously posted

Posted on July 23, 2024July 3, 2024Categories action fiction, crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags gangland stories magazine, george allan moffatt, jewel thief, margie harris, walter baumhoferLeave a comment on September 10, 1931 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

September 1933 issue ~ cover art by Jerome Rozen

September 1933

cover art by Jerome Rozen

better image than previously posted

Posted on July 20, 2024July 3, 2024Categories action fiction, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags jerome rozen, nick carter magazineLeave a comment on September 1933 issue ~ cover art by Jerome Rozen

June 3, 1921 issue ~ cover art by Charles Durant

June 3, 1921

cover art by Charles Durant

Posted on July 15, 2024July 2, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, magazine, mystery, pulpTags adventure magazine, charles durant, hugh pendexter, j. allan dunn, rafael sabatiniLeave a comment on June 3, 1921 issue ~ cover art by Charles Durant

November 1935 issue

November 1935

neighboring issues had cover art by Tom Lovell

Posted on July 15, 2024July 2, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags beach, bound, complete stories magazineLeave a comment on November 1935 issue

cover art by Lu Kimmel

November 1955 first printing

cover painting by Lu Kimmel

Posted on July 15, 2024July 2, 2024Categories action fiction, crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags dan cushman, gold medal paperback, heist, lu kimmelLeave a comment on cover art by Lu Kimmel

August 1935 issue ~ cover art by A. Leslie Ross

August 1935

cover art by A. Leslie Ross

Posted on July 13, 2024July 2, 2024Categories action fiction, espionage fiction, government agent, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags a. leslie ross, alexis rossoff, e. hoffmann price, frederick c. painton, spy stories magazineLeave a comment on August 1935 issue ~ cover art by A. Leslie Ross

November 1936 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

November 1936

cover art by Norman Saunders

Posted on July 12, 2024July 2, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicyTags dame, femme fatale, mystery adventure magazine, norman saunders, richard b. sale, staircase, woman with a gunLeave a comment on November 1936 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

June 1933 issue ~ cover art by Jerome Rozen

June 1933

cover art by Jerome Rozen

better image than previously posted

Posted on July 11, 2024July 3, 2024Categories action fiction, crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags jerome rozen, laboratory, monkey, nick carter magazineLeave a comment on June 1933 issue ~ cover art by Jerome Rozen

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