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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: finest kind

November 1936 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

cover art by Norman Saunders

[image updated 2/28/25, 10/28/25]

Posted on December 10, 2023October 28, 2025Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicy, updatedTags dagger, finest kind, hollywood, lars anderson, mirror, nelson kent, saucy movie tales, showgirl, thompson toddLeave a comment on November 1936 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

November 1938 issue ~ cover art by Emery Clarke

November 1938

cover art by Emery Clarke

better image than previously posted

[image updated 4/15/24]

Posted on December 9, 2023April 15, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags bound, doc savage, emery clarke, finest kind, pulp art, sacrifice, swordLeave a comment on November 1938 issue ~ cover art by Emery Clarke

March 1936 issue ~ cover art by Blaine

March 1936

cover art by Blaine (Norman Saunders)

[updated 10/28/25]

Posted on December 8, 2023October 28, 2025Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicy, updatedTags blaine, detective, hollywood fiction, norman saunders, saucy movie talesLeave a comment on March 1936 issue ~ cover art by Blaine

January 15, 1933 issue ~ cover art by George Rozen

January 15, 1933

cover art by George Rozen

Posted on December 8, 2023December 6, 2023Categories action fiction, crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags george rozen, grim reaper, maxwell grant, pulp art, skeleton, the shadow magazine, walter b. gibsonLeave a comment on January 15, 1933 issue ~ cover art by George Rozen

January 1939 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

January 1939

cover art by H.J. Ward

Posted on December 6, 2023December 3, 2023Categories finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicy, western fictionTags gun fight, h.j. ward, larry dunn, six gun, spicy western storiesLeave a comment on January 1939 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

June 1927 issue

June 1927

Posted on December 6, 2023April 3, 2024Categories fantasy, finest kind, horror fiction, pulp, weird fictionTags creepy, finest kind, ghost stories magazine, h.g. wells, spookyLeave a comment on June 1927 issue

1962 Horwitz edition

1962 [2nd-edition]

Posted on December 3, 2023December 1, 2023Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, mystery, paperback, pulp, spicyTags al wheeler, australian pulp, carter brown, dame, femme fatale, finest kind, horwitz paperbackLeave a comment on 1962 Horwitz edition

June 1936 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

June 1936

cover art by Delos Palmer

better image than previously posted

Posted on December 2, 2023November 30, 2023Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicyTags cary moran, dame, delos palmer, femme fatale, finest kind, pulp art, spicy mystery storiesLeave a comment on June 1936 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

June 1942 issue ~ cover art by Allan Anderson

June 1942

cover art by Allan Anderson

Posted on December 2, 2023November 30, 2023Categories action fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicy, western fictionTags allen anderson, dagger, gunfight, laurence donovan, pulp art, spicy western storiesLeave a comment on June 1942 issue ~ cover art by Allan Anderson

August 30, 1922 issue ~ cover art by Charles Durant

Augist 30 1922

cover art by Charles Durant

Posted on December 2, 2023November 30, 2023Categories action fiction, adventure, finest kind, magazine, mysteryTags adventure magazine, charles durant, cougar, pulp artLeave a comment on August 30, 1922 issue ~ cover art by Charles Durant

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