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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

April 1941 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

April 1941

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

better image than previously posted

Posted on October 20, 2024October 19, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags axe, bombing, j. lane linklater, kingsley moses, milton lowe, popular detective magazine, rudolph belarski, TNTLeave a comment on April 1941 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

March 1948 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

March 1948

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Posted on October 20, 2024May 2, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags bullet holes, g.t. fleming-roberts, john d. macdonald, new detective magazine, peter paige, rafael desoto, skull, tux, wallace umphrey, william roughLeave a comment on March 1948 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

November 1926 issue ~ cover art by Andrew Benson

November 1926

cover art by Andrew Benson

better image than previously posted

included an early work by Raoul Fauconnier Whitfield, “A Rainy Night”

Posted on October 20, 2024October 19, 2024Categories crime fiction, magazine, mystery, pulp, true crimeTags andrew benson, m.m. musselman, raoul whitfield, real detective tales and mystery storiesLeave a comment on November 1926 issue ~ cover art by Andrew Benson

October 1950 issue

October 1950

Posted on October 20, 2024October 19, 2024Categories crime fiction, government agent, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags armored car, bruce cassiday, FBI detective stories, heist, paul w. fairmanLeave a comment on October 1950 issue

February 1937 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

February 1937

cover art by Norman Saunders

Posted on October 20, 2024October 19, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicyTags hollywood fiction, morgue, norman saunders, saucy movie tales, thompson toddLeave a comment on February 1937 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

October 1936 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

October 1936

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

Posted on October 20, 2024October 19, 2024Categories crime fiction, magazine, mystery, pulpTags ace detective magazine, frederick c. davis, g.t. fleming-roberts, rafael desoto, shackled, trench coatLeave a comment on October 1936 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

March 9, 1940 issue

March 9, 1940

Posted on October 19, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags bank heist, bennett barlay, detective fiction weekly, flynn's, handcuffs, heistLeave a comment on March 9, 1940 issue

1932 United Artists picture

Paul Muni as Scarface

Posted on October 19, 2024October 4, 2024Categories crime fiction, gangster, HardboiledTags bullet holes, paul muni, scarface, tommygun, united artistsLeave a comment on 1932 United Artists picture

July 1950 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

July 1950

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Posted on October 19, 2024October 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags blood trail, dame, femme fatale, philip ketchum, popular detective magazine, rudolph belarski, stewart sterling, tommygunLeave a comment on July 1950 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Prime Cut, 1972

Japanese poster for Prime Cut, retitled Kansas City Prime in Japan, released in the US in 1972

Lee Marin, Gene Hackman and Cissy Spacek (her film debut)

Posted on October 19, 2024October 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, HardboiledTags cissy spacek, crime film, gene hackman, kansas city crime, lee marvin, movie posterLeave a comment on Prime Cut, 1972

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