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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: adventure

March-April 1934 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

March-April 1934

cover art by Delos Palmer

Posted on November 17, 2023April 3, 2024Categories adventure, maritime fictionTags action stories magazine, albert richard wetjen, delos palmer, franklin h. martin, sailing fiction, theodore roscoeLeave a comment on March-April 1934 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

February 1957 issue ~ cover art by Barye Phillips

Format ImagePosted on November 16, 2023November 14, 2023Categories adventure, men's magazineTags barye phillips, cavalier magazine, con man, dame, donald hamilton, gold rush, mermaid, private eye, pulp art, shell scottLeave a comment on February 1957 issue ~ cover art by Barye Phillips

May 1935 issue

May 1935

Posted on November 15, 2023November 13, 2023Categories adventure, mysteryTags h. bedford jones, rafael sabatini, rudyard kipling, thrills magazineLeave a comment on May 1935 issue

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

January 1943 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

January 1943

better image than previously posted

cover art by Norman Saunders

[cover updated 10/20/26]

Posted on November 13, 2023October 20, 2026Categories adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, updatedTags emile c. tepperman, Hardboiled, norman saunders, pulp art, telephone, ten detective aces magazineLeave a comment on January 1943 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

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