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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: canadian pulp

November 1935 Canadian issue

November 1935 – first Canadian issue

same cover art as the November US 1935 issue

Posted on June 19, 2024May 26, 2024Categories canadian pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags decapitation, femme fatale, margie harris, maxwell hawkins, popular detective magazine, sword, theodore a. tinsleyLeave a comment on November 1935 Canadian issue

January 1942 Canadian issue

January 1942 Canadian issue

Posted on June 6, 2024May 13, 2024Categories canadian pulp, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, war fictionTags detective tales magazine, nazi fiction, spy fiction, woman with a gunLeave a comment on January 1942 Canadian issue

May 1933 Canadian edition ~ cover art by Julius Erbit

May 1933 Canadian edition

cover art by Julius Erbit from the US edition

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 27, 2024May 13, 2024Categories canadian pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags all detective magazine, demon, devil, e. hoffmann price, h.m. sutherland, julius erbitLeave a comment on May 1933 Canadian edition ~ cover art by Julius Erbit

November 1941 Canadian issue

November 1941 Canadian

Posted on May 23, 2024May 13, 2024Categories canadian pulp, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags canadian pulp, dagger, donald g. cormack, francis k. allan, strange detective mysteries, turban, woman with a gunLeave a comment on November 1941 Canadian issue

January 1944 Canadian issue

January 1944 Canadian issue

reprint of the June 1943 US issue with new cover art

Posted on May 21, 2024May 13, 2024Categories canadian pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags frank johnson, g.t. fleming-roberts, thrilling mystery magazineLeave a comment on January 1944 Canadian issue

May 1943 Canadian issue

May 1943 Canadian issue

Posted on May 21, 2024May 13, 2024Categories canadian pulp, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags bibliomystery, canadian pulp, francis k. allan, frederick c. davis, ghoul, strange detective mysteriesLeave a comment on May 1943 Canadian issue

April 1943 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

April 1943

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 13, 2024April 24, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, canadian pulp, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags frederick nebel, log cabin, mounties, norman saunders, north-west romances, RCMP, william r. coxLeave a comment on April 1943 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

September 1947 Canadian edition

September 1947 Canadian edition

cover art by Norman Saunders

cover from the May 1947 US edition, the only difference being the month listed at the top

Posted on April 22, 2024April 21, 2024Categories canadian pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags 10-story detective magazine, handcuffs, moll, norman saunders, robert c. dennisLeave a comment on September 1947 Canadian edition

Fall 1949 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

Fall 1949

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 19, 2024April 14, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, canadian pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, western fictionTags c. hall thompson, dog sled, jack london, john starr, log cabin, mounties, norman saunders, north-west romances, RCMP, robert serviceLeave a comment on Fall 1949 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

Winter 1945-46 issue

Winter 1945-46

Posted on April 11, 2024February 23, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, canadian pulp, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags bound, brad king, curtis bishop, dagger, mounties, north-west romances, RCMP, waterfallLeave a comment on Winter 1945-46 issue

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