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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

January 1941 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

January 1941

cover art by H.J. Ward

Posted on February 5, 2024December 21, 2023Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicyTags h.j. ward, lew merrill, south seas, spicy adventure stories magazineLeave a comment on January 1941 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

August 1942 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

August 1942

cover art by H.J. Ward

better image than previously posted

Posted on February 4, 2024December 17, 2023Categories action fiction, adventure, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicyTags cat fight, h.j. ward, lew merrill, south seas, spicy-adventure storiesLeave a comment on August 1942 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

February 1941 issue

February 1941

Posted on February 3, 2024December 17, 2023Categories action fiction, Hardboiled, horror fiction, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags horror stories magazine, mummy, russell gray, sarcophagus, wayne rogersLeave a comment on February 1941 issue

November 1933 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

November 1933

cover art by Walter Baumhofer

Posted on February 2, 2024December 17, 2023Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, mystery, pulpTags doc savage, hooded, pulp art, walter baumhoferLeave a comment on November 1933 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

May 10, 1932 issue ~ cover art by Herbert Rangely

May 10, 1932

cover art by Herbert Rangely

Posted on February 1, 2024December 21, 2023Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, war fictionTags b.m. bower, eustace l. adams, h. bedford-jones, herbert rangely, j.d. newsom, joel townsley rogers, short stories magazineLeave a comment on May 10, 1932 issue ~ cover art by Herbert Rangely

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

July 1939

cover art by H.J. Ward

Posted on January 31, 2024December 17, 2023Categories action fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicy, western fictionTags bar fight, garter, h.j. ward, james a. lawson, pulp art, shoot out, spicy western stories, stockingsLeave a comment on July 1939 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

January 1, 1941 issue ~ cover art by Graves Gladney

January 1, 1941

cover art by Graves Gladney

Posted on January 31, 2024December 18, 2023Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags graves gladney, maxwell grant, the shadow magazine, walter b. gibsonLeave a comment on January 1, 1941 issue ~ cover art by Graves Gladney

March 1936 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

March 1936

cover art by Walter Baumhofer

better image than previously posted

Posted on January 30, 2024April 4, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, aviation fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags doc savage, parachute, pulp art, walter baumhoferLeave a comment on March 1936 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

November 1936 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

November 1936

cover art by H.J. Ward

better image than previously posted

Posted on January 28, 2024December 17, 2023Categories action fiction, adventure, hardcover, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicyTags dagger, dame, femme fatale, garter, h.j. ward, spicy-adventure stories, stockings, willis vachel keithLeave a comment on November 1936 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

August 1937 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

August 1937

cover art by H.J. Ward

Posted on January 28, 2024December 17, 2023Categories action fiction, adventure, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, war fictionTags finest kind, h.j. ward, machine gun, resistance fighter, robert leslie bellem, spanish civil war, spicy-adventure storiesLeave a comment on August 1937 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

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