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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

His Name Was Death x 2

1954 Dutton hardcover, first edition

1956 Bantam paperback reissue

cover art by Mitchell Hooks

better image than previously posted

Posted on September 13, 2025August 27, 2025Categories crime comic, Hardboiled, hardcover, paperback, pulpTags bantam paperback, dutton hardcover, fredric brown, guilt edged mystery, mitchell hooksLeave a comment on His Name Was Death x 2

1950 Quality comic – cover art by Will Eisner

1950 Quality comic

cover art by Will Eisner

Posted on August 31, 2025August 8, 2025Categories crime comic, HardboiledTags dagger, dame, femme fatale, the spirit, will eisnerLeave a comment on 1950 Quality comic – cover art by Will Eisner

aka Lawrence Block

1961 Beacon paperback original

pseudonym of Lawrence Block

reissued in Jan. 2008 by Hard Case Crime as A Diet of Treacle

cover art by Chuck Pyle

Posted on August 31, 2025August 8, 2025Categories pulp, paperback, crime comic, spicyTags lurid, sleaze, hard case crime, lawrence block, beacon paperback, sheldon lord, chuck pyle, beatniks, eroticaLeave a comment on aka Lawrence Block

August 1954 – premiere issue

August 1954 – debut issue

November 06, 2013

Posted on August 10, 2025July 13, 2025Categories crime comic, HardboiledTags johnny danger comic, private eye, smokingLeave a comment on August 1954 – premiere issue

May-June 1952 issue

May-June 1952 issue

November 03, 2013

Posted on July 29, 2025July 13, 2025Categories crime comic, gangster, Hardboiled, pulpTags crime detective comicsLeave a comment on May-June 1952 issue

May 1950 issue ~ cover art by Robert Maguire

May 1950

cover art by Robert Maguire

better image than previously posted

Posted on July 26, 2025July 13, 2025Categories crime comic, crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags clint murdock, robert maguire, smoking, super-detective magazineLeave a comment on May 1950 issue ~ cover art by Robert Maguire

February 1945 – premiere issue

February 1945 issue

better image than previously posted

drawing of Molly patterned on Peter Driben cover, January 1940 issue

Posted on July 26, 2025July 13, 2025Categories crime comic, pulpTags molly o'day, peter driben, tux, woman with a gunLeave a comment on February 1945 – premiere issue

1961 Dell paperback original – cover art by Robert Abbett

1961 Dell paperback original

cover art by Robert Abbett

better image than previously posted

Posted on July 15, 2025June 20, 2025Categories crime comic, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags dell paperback, james mckimmey, robert abbettLeave a comment on 1961 Dell paperback original – cover art by Robert Abbett

1942 Dell comics, #13 – cover art by Jim Chambers

1942 Dell comics, #13

cover art by Jim Chambers

Posted on July 11, 2025June 16, 2025Categories crime comic, Hardboiled, pulpTags district attorney, jim chambers, rooftopLeave a comment on 1942 Dell comics, #13 – cover art by Jim Chambers

February 1949 issue

February 1949

cover art by Joseph Szokoli?

better image than previously posted

Posted on June 28, 2025June 6, 2025Categories crime comic, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags dagger, garter, lingerie, private detective stories, r. keene lee, stockingsLeave a comment on February 1949 issue

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