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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

March 1937 issue ~ cover art by Alvin Pearson

March 1937

cover art by Alvin Pearson

Posted on December 13, 2023December 10, 2023Categories adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags alvin pearson, mystery adventures magazine, venetian blinds, window ledgeLeave a comment on March 1937 issue ~ cover art by Alvin Pearson

December 1937 issue ~ cover art by J.W. Scott

December 1937

cover art by J.W. Scott

the only issue published

Posted on December 13, 2023May 6, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags complete adventure magazine, j. allan dunn, j.w. scott, james hall, lon taylor, rex evans, south seasLeave a comment on December 1937 issue ~ cover art by J.W. Scott

October 29, 1932 issue ~ cover art by Paul Stahr

Format ImagePosted on December 12, 2023May 12, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, historical fiction, magazine, mystery, pulp, western fictionTags a. merritt, argosy magazine, fred macisaac, j. allan dunn, logger, mounties, paul stahr, RCMP, will mcmorrowLeave a comment on October 29, 1932 issue ~ cover art by Paul Stahr

1956 Popular Library reissue

1956

1955 Scribner hardcover as Excelsior

1966 reissue

Posted on December 12, 2023December 8, 2023Categories crime fiction, paperback, pulpTags financial fiction, intrigue, paul hyde bonner, popular libraryLeave a comment on 1956 Popular Library reissue

May-June 1936 issue ~ cover art by Malvin Singer

May-June 1936

cover art by Malvin Singer

Posted on December 12, 2023December 9, 2023Categories crime fiction, government agent, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags ace g-man stories, arthur leo zagat, frederick c. davis, gun fight, handcuffs, malvin singer, theodore tinsleyLeave a comment on May-June 1936 issue ~ cover art by Malvin Singer

1963 movie poster

1963 Universal one sheet, 27×41″

Posted on December 12, 2023December 9, 2023Categories action fiction, crime fiction, finest kind, whodunnitTags audrey hepburn, cary grant, charade, financial crime, george kennedy, heist, james coburn, movie poster, ned glass, paris fiction, stanley donen, walter matthauLeave a comment on 1963 movie poster

December 1937 issue ~ cover art by Milton Luros

December 1937

cover art by Milton Luros

better image than previously posted

[cover updated 1/22/26]

Posted on December 12, 2023January 22, 2026Categories crime fiction, finest kind, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, updatedTags double-action gang magazine, e. hoffmann price, harold ward, margie harris, milton luros, moll, norman a. daniels, telephone, tuxLeave a comment on December 1937 issue ~ cover art by Milton Luros

May 1939 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

May 1939

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

[post updated 4/15/24]

Posted on December 11, 2023April 15, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags brent north, complete detective magazine, garter, grim reaper, norman saunders, stockings, tux, wayne rogersLeave a comment on May 1939 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

May 1952 issue – 1st issue

cover art by Albert Tyler

Posted on December 10, 2023June 21, 2026Categories crime comic, crime fiction, Hardboiled, pulpTags albert tyler, carnival, con men, gambling fiction, racket squad comic, swindlerLeave a comment on May 1952 issue – 1st issue

1956 Lion reissue

pseudonym of Herman Hoffman Birney

two books with amateur archeologist Jason Burr

1947 Random House hardcover

cover art by Mort Kunstler

Posted on December 10, 2023December 8, 2023Categories crime fiction, mystery, paperback, pulpTags amateur sleuth, david kent, lion paperback, mort kunstlerLeave a comment on 1956 Lion reissue

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