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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

November 1944 issue ~ cover art by Ernest Chiriacka

November 1944

cover art by Ernest Chiriacka

better image than previously posted

Posted on March 18, 2026March 13, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags ernest chiriacka, talmage powell, telephone, ten detective aces magazineLeave a comment on November 1944 issue ~ cover art by Ernest Chiriacka

Richard Lyon x 2

first published in 1920 by Ward  as The Daffodil Mystery. it was published the following year by Small Maynard in Boston with this title

cover art by Richard Lyon repurposed from G-Men Magazine, May 1938

Posted on March 18, 2026March 13, 2026Categories crime fiction, government agent, hardcover, mystery, pulpTags edgar wallace, richard lyonLeave a comment on Richard Lyon x 2

July 1937 issue ~ cover art by David Berger

July 1937 issue

cover art by David Berger

Posted on March 18, 2026March 13, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags bound, chained, david berger, dime mystery magazine, fire, francis james, john h. knox, john kobler, red hood, satanic, wayne rogers, wyatt blassingameLeave a comment on July 1937 issue ~ cover art by David Berger

March 5, 1938 issue ~ cover art by Emmett Watson

March 5, 1938

cover art by Emmett Watson

Posted on March 17, 2026February 24, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags cyrstal ball, detective fiction weekly, emmett watson, flynn's detective fiction, richard saleLeave a comment on March 5, 1938 issue ~ cover art by Emmett Watson

1960 Gold Medal paperback original – cover art by Charles Binger

1960 Gold Medal paperback original

cover art by Charles Binger

pseudonym of Robert Lee Martin

better image than previously posted

Posted on March 16, 2026February 23, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags charles binger, gold medal paperback, lee roberts, lipstickLeave a comment on 1960 Gold Medal paperback original – cover art by Charles Binger

1961 Gold Medal paperback original

1961 Gold Medal paperback original

cover art by Darcy/Ernest Chiriacka?

better image than previously posted

Posted on March 16, 2026February 23, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags gold medal paperback, hollywood fiction, norman danielsLeave a comment on 1961 Gold Medal paperback original

1960 Popular Giant edition

1960 Popular Giant edition paperback original

cover art by Darcy (Ernest Chiriacka)

Posted on March 16, 2026February 23, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags darcy, ernest chiriacka, hawaiian fiction, popular library, private eye, thomas b. deweyLeave a comment on 1960 Popular Giant edition

September 1937 issue

September 1937

cover art attributed to Mark T. Pattie, the editor

better image than previously posted

Posted on March 16, 2026February 23, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags al p. nelson, detective and murder mysteries, magnifying glass, roger torrey, smoking, wanted postersLeave a comment on September 1937 issue

1953 Morrow hardcover

1953 Morrow hardcover, the 45th Perry Mason novel

October 03, 2013

Posted on March 16, 2026February 23, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, pulpTags courtroom thriller, erle stanley gardner, morrow hardcover, perry masonLeave a comment on 1953 Morrow hardcover

August 10th, 1948 issue ~ cover art by Charles Woods

August 10th, 1948

cover art by Charles Woods

Posted on March 15, 2026February 23, 2026Categories adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags h.s.m. kemp, neil martin, short stories magazine, william chamberlainLeave a comment on August 10th, 1948 issue ~ cover art by Charles Woods

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