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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

1954 Lion paperback original – cover art by George Geygan

1954 Lion paperback original

cover art by George Geygan

1962 Lancer “2 for 1” reissue – top half of front cover of paperback

Posted on July 29, 2025May 18, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags dame, day keene, george geygan, lancer paperback, lion paperback, noirLeave a comment on 1954 Lion paperback original – cover art by George Geygan

1942 Monogram Pictures

Bowery at Midnight

Bela Lugosi – professor by day, crime gang leader by night!

Posted on July 28, 2025July 13, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, movie posterTags bela lugosi, monogram pictures, promo shot, tommygunLeave a comment on 1942 Monogram Pictures

1963 Penguin reissue

1963 Penguin reissue

October 30, 2013

Posted on July 27, 2025July 13, 2025Categories british pulp, crime fiction, paperback, pulpTags french fiction, georges simenon, inspector maigret, police proceduralLeave a comment on 1963 Penguin reissue

1964 Dell reissue – cover art by Robert McGinnis

1963 Dodd Torquil hardcover

1964 Dell reissue
cover art by Robert McGinnis

better image than previously posted

Posted on July 27, 2025July 13, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags brett halliday, mike shayne, private eye, robert mcginnisLeave a comment on 1964 Dell reissue – cover art by Robert McGinnis

1960 Great Pan reissue

1937 Collins UK hardcover, 1938 US hardcover from Coward McCann

3rd with his tough-guy G-Man Lemmy Caution

cover art by Sam Peffer

October 29, 2013

Posted on July 27, 2025July 13, 2025Categories british pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, mystery, paperback, pulpTags dame, great pan paperback, peter cheyney, sam peffer, telephoneLeave a comment on 1960 Great Pan reissue

1959 Gold Medal paperback original – cover art by Ted CoConis

1959 Gold Medal paperback original

cover art by Ted CoConis

better image than previously posted

Posted on July 26, 2025July 13, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags bruno fischer, gold medal paperback, hollywood fiction, smoking, ted coconisLeave a comment on 1959 Gold Medal paperback original – cover art by Ted CoConis

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

April 1943 issue ~ cover art by Milton Luros

April 1943

cover art by Milton Luros

[updated 5/5/25]

Posted on July 26, 2025July 13, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags dagger, elevator, emile c. tepperman, milton luros, ten detective aces magazine, w.t. ballardLeave a comment on April 1943 issue ~ cover art by Milton Luros

October 1958 issue

October 1958

better image than previously posted

Posted on July 25, 2025July 13, 2025Categories crime fiction, digest, Hardboiled, pulpTags bullet hole, ridchard watson, trapped detective story magazine, woman with a gunLeave a comment on October 1958 issue

August 1938 issue

August 1938

cover art attributed to John A. Coughlin

Posted on July 25, 2025July 13, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags b.b. fowler, dagger, denslow m. dade, detective tales magazine, edward s. williams, frederick c. davis, george armin shaftel, john d. swaine, racist imagery, ray cummings, russell gray, tux, yellow menaceLeave a comment on August 1938 issue

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