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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

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

February 1943 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

February 1943

cover art by Norman Saunders

Posted on April 4, 2024January 18, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, canadian pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags arthur lawson, frederick nebel, hatchet, moran tudury, mounties, norman saunders, north-west romances, RCMPLeave a comment on February 1943 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

June 1945 Canadian issue

June 1945 Canadian edition

better image than previously posted

Posted on December 15, 2023April 3, 2024Categories canadian pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags black mask magazine, canadian pulp, dagger, laboratory, merle constinerLeave a comment on June 1945 Canadian issue

June 1944 issue

Format ImagePosted on November 30, 2023November 27, 2023Categories canadian pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, mystery, pulpTags canadian pulp, laurence donovan, popular detective magazine, sam merwinLeave a comment on June 1944 issue

July 1945 Canadian issue

July 1945

Canadian cover version of the May 1945 US issue

Posted on November 26, 2023December 3, 2023Categories canadian pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags bullet, canadian pulp, day keene, detective tales magazine, medical fiction, pulp artLeave a comment on July 1945 Canadian issue

December 1945 Canadian issue

December 1945

Posted on November 26, 2023November 24, 2023Categories canadian pulp, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags canadian pulp, day keene, detective tales magazine, pulp artLeave a comment on December 1945 Canadian issue

April 1945 Canadian issue

April 1945

better image than previously posted

Posted on November 21, 2023November 20, 2023Categories canadian pulp, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags canadian pulp, code, day keene, detective tales magazine, mailbox, screw driver, woman with a gunLeave a comment on April 1945 Canadian issue

February 1944 Canadian issue

February 1944

Posted on November 20, 2023November 19, 2023Categories canadian pulp, Hardboiled, magazine, paperbackTags canadian pulp, detective tales magazine, edward s. williams, pulp art, woman with a gunLeave a comment on February 1944 Canadian issue

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