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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

August 1934 issue ~ cover art by Henry J. Soulen

August 1934

cover art by Henry J. Soulen

Posted on November 25, 2023November 24, 2023Categories action fiction, adventure, magazine, mystery, pulpTags beatrice grimshaw, blue book magazine, dagger, henry j. soulen, horatio winslow, pith helmet, pulp art, s. andrew wood, william makinLeave a comment on August 1934 issue ~ cover art by Henry J. Soulen

August 3, 1920 issue ~ cover art by Dwight Franklin

August 3, 1920

cover art by Dwight Franklin

Posted on November 25, 2023August 24, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, magazine, mystery, western fictionTags adventure magazine, bullet holes, dwight franklin, pirate, pulp art, sword, treasure, w.c. tuttle, wanted posterLeave a comment on August 3, 1920 issue ~ cover art by Dwight Franklin

cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

Oil on canvas
29.75 x 20.75 in.
Signed lower left

October 1941 issue

image updated 12/6/23

Posted on November 24, 2023December 29, 2023Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, maritime fiction, original art, pulp, spicyTags h.l. parkhurst, jose vaca, oil on canvas, original art, south seas, spicy-adventure storiesLeave a comment on cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

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

November 1937

cover art by H.J. Ward

Final issue of the title, and the last pulp appearance of the Lone Ranger

Posted on November 24, 2023November 22, 2023Categories action fiction, magazine, western fictionTags bank robbery, h.j. ward, heist, lone ranger magazine, tonto, western fictionLeave a comment on November 1937 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

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

September 1937

cover art by H.J. Ward

Posted on November 21, 2023November 20, 2023Categories action fiction, magazine, western fictionTags h.j. ward, lone ranger magazine, pulp art, six gun, tontoLeave a comment on September 1937 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

December 1943 issue

December 1943

Posted on November 20, 2023November 19, 2023Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, horror fiction, magazine, mysteryTags pulp art, the shadow magazine, werewolfLeave a comment on December 1943 issue

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

January 1941

Posted on November 20, 2023April 3, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, magazineTags e. hoffmann price, h.j. ward, pulp art, red star adventures magazine, south seas fiction, title waveLeave a comment on January 1941 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

April 1942

April 1942

Posted on November 20, 2023May 5, 2025Categories action fiction, adventure, espionage fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, war fictionTags henry kuttner, pulp art, sea captain, south seas fiction, thrilling adventures magazine, WWII fictionLeave a comment on April 1942

September 1941 issue ~ cover art by Graves Gladney

September 1941

cover art by Graves Gladney

better image than previously posted

Posted on November 19, 2023May 6, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags fire house, fire hydrant, fireman, graves gladney, pulp art, the avenger magazineLeave a comment on September 1941 issue ~ cover art by Graves Gladney

August 1938 issue ~ cover art by Richard Lyon

August 1938

cover art by Richard Lyon

Posted on November 14, 2023May 5, 2025Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags crawford sullivan, dagger, flashlight, frederick c. painton, Hardboiled, mummy, pulp art, richard lyon, thrilling adventures magazine, tom curry, treasureLeave a comment on August 1938 issue ~ cover art by Richard Lyon

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