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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: crime comic

1948, issue no. 4 – cover art by Matt Baker

1948, issue no. 4 – cover art by Matt Baker

Posted on May 18, 2026May 18, 2026Categories crime comicTags leslie charteris, matt baker, the saintLeave a comment on 1948, issue no. 4 – cover art by Matt Baker

September 9, 1933 issue ~ cover art by C. Calvert

September 9, 1933

cover art by C. Calvert (C.C. Beall)

Posted on May 16, 2026May 1, 2026Categories crime comic, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags detective fiction weekly, flynn's, laboratory, anthony rud, c.c. beall, c. calvertLeave a comment on September 9, 1933 issue ~ cover art by C. Calvert

June 1955, issue No. 12

January 06, 2014

Posted on May 15, 2026May 1, 2026Categories crime comic, espionage fictionTags cigarette girl, danger comic, spy fictionLeave a comment on June 1955, issue No. 12

May 1967, issue #1

May 1967, issue #1

Posted on May 15, 2026May 14, 2026Categories crime comic, espionage fiction, TVTags mission impossibleLeave a comment on May 1967, issue #1

June 1949 issue ~ cover art by Joseph Szokoli

June 1949

cover art by Joseph Szokoli

re-imaged H.J. Ward cover of March 1939 Spicy Detective

Posted on May 12, 2026April 7, 2026Categories Hardboiled, pulp, magazine, crime comic, mystery, crime fictionTags robert leslie bellem, showgirl, joseph szokoli, pearl necklaceLeave a comment on June 1949 issue ~ cover art by Joseph Szokoli

1949, issue #8

1949, issue #8

Posted on May 9, 2026April 7, 2026Categories crime comic, Hardboiled, pulpTags gang busters comicLeave a comment on 1949, issue #8

November 1948 issue

November 1948

cover art by Jack Kamen

Posted on May 1, 2026Categories crime comicTags brenda starr, jack kamenLeave a comment on November 1948 issue

1968 Gold Key comic, issue #9

1968 Gold Key comic, issue #9

Posted on April 23, 2026April 5, 2026Categories crime comic, espionage fictionTags gold key comic, man from uncleLeave a comment on 1968 Gold Key comic, issue #9

1966, issue #1

1966, issue #1 – TV tie-in

Patrick McGoohan as John Drake, “Secret Agent” in the US, “Danger Man” in the UK

Posted on April 23, 2026April 5, 2026Categories crime comic, espionage fiction, government agentTags danger man, gold key comic, patrick mcgoohan, secret agentLeave a comment on 1966, issue #1

1954, issue no. 16 – cover art by L.B. Cole

1954, issue no. 16

cover art by L.B. Cole

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 21, 2026April 5, 2026Categories crime comicTags all-famous police cases, bank heist, l.b. cole, tommygunLeave a comment on 1954, issue no. 16 – cover art by L.B. Cole

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