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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

November 1942 issue

November 1942

Posted on March 10, 2024January 6, 2024Categories action fiction, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, maritime fiction, war fictionTags black book detective, bound, dagger, g. wayman jones, WWII fictionLeave a comment on November 1942 issue

May-June 1947 issue

5-6/47

Posted on March 9, 2024January 6, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags coffin, doc savage, kenneth robeson, lester dent, pulp illustration, schuyler edsall, tom marvin, william lindsay greshamLeave a comment on May-June 1947 issue

Spring 1934 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Zirm

Spring 1934

cover art by Rudolph Zirm

better image than previously posted

Posted on March 8, 2024April 3, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, magazine, mystery, pulpTags charles g. booth, dagger, edison marshall, grim reaper, midnight, philip macdonald, rudolph zirm, star novels magazine, tuxLeave a comment on Spring 1934 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Zirm

September 1938 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

September 1938

cover art by H.J. Ward

Posted on March 5, 2024December 21, 2023Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicyTags dagger, e. hoffmann price, h.j. ward, pith helmet, south seas, spicy-adventure stories, surfLeave a comment on September 1938 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

December 1934 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

December 1934

cover art by H.J. Ward

better image than previously posted

Posted on March 5, 2024April 4, 2024Categories action fiction, crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, maritime fiction, mystery, pulp, spicyTags chained, f.k. young, h.j. ward, kidnap, porthole, shackled, spicy detective stories, stockings, tuxLeave a comment on December 1934 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

March 1940 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

March 1940

cover art by H.J. Ward

Posted on March 4, 2024January 2, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicy, war fictionTags bayonet, h.j. ward, robert leslie bellem, spicy-adventure storiesLeave a comment on March 1940 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

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

October 1939

cover art by H.J. Ward

better image than previously posted

Posted on March 3, 2024February 23, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicyTags h.j. ward, lew merrill, pith helmet, rubies, spicy-adventure stories, whipLeave a comment on October 1939 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

November 1938 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

November 1938

cover art by H.J. Ward

better image than previously posted

Posted on March 3, 2024December 17, 2023Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicyTags h.j. ward, lew merrill, monkey, south seas, spicy-adventure storiesLeave a comment on November 1938 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

1973 Universal – artwork by Richard Amsel

1973 Universal, one sheet 27×41″

artwork by Richard Amsel [artist’s signature is in the corner of the desk top]

Posted on March 3, 2024February 23, 2024Categories action fiction, historical fiction, pulpTags chicago fiction, con men, george roy hill, paul newman, ragtime, robert redford, robert shaw, swindle, telephone, the stingLeave a comment on 1973 Universal – artwork by Richard Amsel

March 1, 1934 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

March 1, 1934

cover art by Tom Lovell

better image than previously posted

Posted on March 2, 2024January 3, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags allan vaughan elston, c.s. montanye, complete stories magazine, james stevens, ted copp, tom lovellLeave a comment on March 1, 1934 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

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