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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

December 1947 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

December 1947

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 14, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags carol g. hodges, carroll john daly, curtiss t. gardner, grim reaper, horseshoe, louis l'amour, private eye, race williams, rudolph belarski, thrilling detective magazine, william o'sullivanLeave a comment on December 1947 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

November 1945 issue ~ cover art by Irene Endris

November 1945

cover art by Irene Endris

better image than previously posted

[updated 2/10/25]

Posted on May 14, 2024February 10, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, original art, pulpTags crack detective stories, grant lane, irene endris, original artLeave a comment on November 1945 issue ~ cover art by Irene Endris

June 1946 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

June 1946

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Posted on May 14, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags hypodermic, medical fiction, phantom detective magazine, robert wallace, rudolph belarskiLeave a comment on June 1946 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

November-December 1939 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

November-December 1939

cover art by Delos Palmer

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 14, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags dagger, delos palmer, donald g. cormack, noose, racist imagery, russell gray, strange detective mysteries, yellow menaceLeave a comment on November-December 1939 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

April 1937 issue ~ cover art by John Drew

April 1937

cover art by John Drew

Posted on May 14, 2024May 13, 2024Categories action fiction, crime fiction, government agent, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags g-man, john drew, secret service, the feds magazine, tuxLeave a comment on April 1937 issue ~ cover art by John Drew

May 1934 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

May 1934

cover art by Walter Baumhofer

Posted on May 14, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags dime mystery magazine, franklin h. martin, h.m. appel, james a. goldthwaite, john h. knox, lantern, walter baumhofer, wolf, wyatt blassingameLeave a comment on May 1934 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

June 1939 issue

June 1939

“This issue’s H. J. Ward cover is an altered version of his cover for the April 1938 issue.”

Posted on May 13, 2024April 24, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicy, western fictionTags h.j. ward, robert a. garron, sombrero, spicy adventure stories magazineLeave a comment on June 1939 issue

November 1932 issue ~ cover by Lyman Anderson

November 1932

cover by Lyman Anderson

better image than previously posted

[updated 10/27/24]

Posted on May 13, 2024October 27, 2024Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, updatedTags c.b. mccray, h.f. caskey, lyman anderson, underworld magazineLeave a comment on November 1932 issue ~ cover by Lyman Anderson

July 28, 1934 issue ~ cover art by Modest Stein

July 28, 1934

cover art by Modest Stein

Posted on May 13, 2024April 24, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, finest kind, magazine, pulp, western fictionTags finest kind, kenneth perkins, modest stein, six gun, western story magazineLeave a comment on July 28, 1934 issue ~ cover art by Modest Stein

August 1946 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

August 1946

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Posted on May 13, 2024May 12, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags grim reaper, horse racing, phantom detective magazine, robert wallace, rudolph belarskiLeave a comment on August 1946 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

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