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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 fiction

Spring 1939 issue

Spring 1939 issue

second of only three issues

Posted on January 22, 2025January 20, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags bound, bull's-eye detective magazine, furnace, handcuffs, herman petersen, stewart sterling, ted storrsLeave a comment on Spring 1939 issue

1946 Universal picture

1946 Universal picture

Posted on January 22, 2025January 20, 2025Categories crime fiction, film noir, HardboiledTags ava gardner, burt lancaster, ernest hemingway, film noir, heist, movie poster, professional killer, robert siodmak, universal picturesLeave a comment on 1946 Universal picture

December 1944 Canadian issue

December 1944 Canadian issue

made up of stories from US 1944 issues

Posted on January 22, 2025January 20, 2025Categories canadian pulp, crime fiction, espionage fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags arson, canadian pulp, francis k. allan, lugar, nazi spy, sabotage, thrilling detective magazine, victor m. victoroffLeave a comment on December 1944 Canadian issue

December 1946 British issue

December 1946 British issue

May 1946 issue in the US

Posted on January 21, 2025January 8, 2025Categories british pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags black mask magazine, dale clark, julius long, william roughLeave a comment on December 1946 British issue

1959 Ace Double reissue

1959 Ace Double reissue, US first appearance which makes it a US paperback original

Posted on January 21, 2025January 8, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags ace double paperback, harry whittington, noirLeave a comment on 1959 Ace Double reissue

January 1947 issue ~ cover art by Lewis Trege

January 1947

cover art by Lewis Trege

better image than previously posted

Posted on January 21, 2025January 8, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags george harmon, lewis trege, private detective storiesLeave a comment on January 1947 issue ~ cover art by Lewis Trege

July 1956 issue

July 1956 issue

last of just four issues

better image than previously posted

Posted on January 21, 2025January 8, 2025Categories crime fiction, digest, Hardboiled, mystery, pulpTags accused detective story magazine, b. traven, hal ellson, jonathan craig, max franklin, richard deming, stephen marloweLeave a comment on July 1956 issue

cover art by Clark Hulings

cover art by Clark Hulings

1956 Macrae Smith hardcover

1957 Perma paperback reissue

better image than previously posted

Posted on January 20, 2025January 8, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, original art, paperback, pulpTags clark hulings, dame, femme fatale, floyd mahannah, perma paperbackLeave a comment on cover art by Clark Hulings

cover art by H.J. Ward

oil on canvas, 30 x 21-1/8 inches (76.2 x 53.7 cm), signed lower right

February 1945

better image than previously posted

Posted on January 20, 2025January 8, 2025Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags h.j. ward, lingerie, private detective stories, robert a. garronLeave a comment on cover art by H.J. Ward

Gil Brewer: similar but different

1951 Gold Medal paperback original

cover art by Don Lupo

1957 Crest paperback original

cover art by Barye Phillips

better image than previously posted

Posted on January 19, 2025January 8, 2025Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags barye phillips, crest paperback, don lupo, femme fatale, gil brewer, gold medal paperbackLeave a comment on Gil Brewer: similar but different

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