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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

A slight re-working – –

May 1939 issue reworked for the May 1940 issue – both by H.J. Ward

Posted on December 9, 2023April 3, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicy, western fictionTags bandito, bound, gunfight, h.j. ward, larry dunn, luke terry, pulp art, spicy western storiesLeave a comment on A slight re-working – –

January 15, 1933 issue ~ cover art by George Rozen

January 15, 1933

cover art by George Rozen

Posted on December 8, 2023December 6, 2023Categories action fiction, crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags george rozen, grim reaper, maxwell grant, pulp art, skeleton, the shadow magazine, walter b. gibsonLeave a comment on January 15, 1933 issue ~ cover art by George Rozen

October 1937 issue ~ cover art by R.G. Harris

October 1937

cover art by R.G. Harris

signed by the artist nearly 60 years later

[image updated 4/15/24]

Posted on December 8, 2023April 15, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, maritime fiction, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags deep sea diver, doc savage, r.g. harris, spear gunLeave a comment on October 1937 issue ~ cover art by R.G. Harris

April 20, 1925 issue ~ cover art by H.C. Murphy

April 20, 1925

Posted on December 8, 2023December 6, 2023Categories action fiction, adventure, magazine, mystery, western fictionTags adventure magazine, gun fight, h.c. murphy, pulp art, six gunLeave a comment on April 20, 1925 issue ~ cover art by H.C. Murphy

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

August 1936

cover art by H.J. Ward

Posted on December 8, 2023December 6, 2023Categories action fiction, adventure, fantasy, Hardboiled, maritime fiction, pulp, spicyTags h.j. ward, lew merrill, octopus, spicy-adventure storiesLeave a comment on August 1936 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

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

February 1942

cover art by H.J. Ward

Posted on December 8, 2023December 6, 2023Categories action fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicy, western fictionTags bargirl, h.j. ward, heist, holdup, james a. lawson, pulp art, spicy western magazine, stockingsLeave a comment on February 1942 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

Summer 1949 issue ~ cover art by George Rozen

Summer 1949

cover art by George Rozen

Posted on December 7, 2023December 3, 2023Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags demon, devil, doc savage, dragon, george rozen, hades, hell, kenneth robeson, tridentLeave a comment on Summer 1949 issue ~ cover art by George Rozen

March 15, 1934 issue ~ cover art by George Rozen

March 15, 1934

cover art by George Rozen

Posted on December 6, 2023December 3, 2023Categories action fiction, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags george rozen, maxwell grant, pulp art, the shadow magazine, walter b. gibsonLeave a comment on March 15, 1934 issue ~ cover art by George Rozen

April 13, 1929 issue ~ cover art by Walter Beach Humphrey

April 13, 1929

cover art by Walter Beach Humphrey

better image than previously posted

Posted on December 6, 2023December 9, 2023Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags argosy magazine, fist fight, george m. johnson, mounties, RCMP, victor rousseau, walter beach humphreyLeave a comment on April 13, 1929 issue ~ cover art by Walter Beach Humphrey

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

February 1941

cover art by H.J. Ward

Posted on December 6, 2023December 4, 2023Categories action fiction, adventure, fantasy, magazine, pulp, weird fictionTags h.j. ward, lew merrill, science fiction, spicy-adventure storiesLeave a comment on February 1941 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

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