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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

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

May 1940

cover art by H.J. Ward

Posted on December 16, 2023December 10, 2023Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicy, war fictionTags h.j. ward, nazi fiction, robert a. garron, spicy-adventure stories, stockings, submarineLeave a comment on May 1940 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

October 1937 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

October 1937

cover art by Tom Lovell

better image than previously posted

Posted on December 16, 2023January 30, 2024Categories action fiction, crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags finest kind, noose, norbert davis, norvell w. page, paul ernst, strange detective mysteries, tom lovell, turban, tuxLeave a comment on October 1937 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

January 1943 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

January 1943

cover art by H.J. Ward

Posted on December 16, 2023December 10, 2023Categories action fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, western fictionTags campfire, h.j. ward, james a. lawson, speed western storiesLeave a comment on January 1943 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

January 1939 issue ~ cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

January 1939

cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

Posted on December 15, 2023December 10, 2023Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicyTags bandito, dame, e. hoffmann price, h.l. parkhurst, sombrero, spicy-adventure storiesLeave a comment on January 1939 issue ~ cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

May 1939 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

May 1939

cover art by Delos Palmer

better image than previously posted

Posted on December 15, 2023December 10, 2023Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicyTags chained, delos palmer, jungle fiction, parrot, shackles, south seas, spicy-adventure storiesLeave a comment on May 1939 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

December 1939 debut issue ~ cover art by Rod Ruth

December 1939

cover art by Rod Ruth

better image than previously posted

Posted on December 15, 2023December 10, 2023Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags bar fight, bargirl, dagger, pirate, rod ruth, s. gordon gurwit, south seas stories magazineLeave a comment on December 1939 debut issue ~ cover art by Rod Ruth

July 1938 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

July 1938

cover art by Norman Saunders

Posted on December 14, 2023December 10, 2023Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, western fictionTags baseball fiction, dagger, norman saunders, northwest fiction, skeleton, sports fiction, variety detective magazineLeave a comment on July 1938 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

May 1935 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

May 1935

cover art by H.J. Ward

[post updated 1/28/24]

Posted on December 14, 2023January 28, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, original art, pulp, spicyTags dagger, dame, femme fatale, finest kind, original art, spicy-adventure stories, tay philips, veilLeave a comment on May 1935 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

March 1940 – debut issue

March 1940

first publication of a western story by Louis L’Amour

Posted on December 14, 2023December 10, 2023Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, western fictionTags c.k. shaw, ed earl repp, louis l'amour, new western magazine, shoot out, six gun, woman with a gunLeave a comment on March 1940 – debut issue

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

April 1938

cover art by H.J. Ward

Posted on December 13, 2023December 10, 2023Categories action fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, western fictionTags h.j. ward, kidnap, nathan cobe, pulp art, spicy western storiesLeave a comment on April 1938 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

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