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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: gangster

June-July 1931 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

June-July 1931

cover art by Walter Baumhofer

better image than previously posted

Posted on July 29, 2024July 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags c.b. yorke, george allan moffatt, speakeasy stories magazine, tommygun, tux, walter baumhoferLeave a comment on June-July 1931 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

May 1931 issue

May 1931

most other covers were by William Reusswig

“Hijacker’s Code” by Erle Stanley Gardner (Paul Pry)

better image than previously posted

Posted on July 29, 2024July 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags deli, erle stanley gardner, gang world magazine, j. allan dunn, machine gun, william h. stueberLeave a comment on May 1931 issue

September-October 1931 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

September-October 1931

cover art by Walter Baumhofer

better image than previously posted

Posted on July 27, 2024July 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags al p. nelson, carl buchanan, murder stories magazine, poison, walter baumhoferLeave a comment on September-October 1931 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

Headline Comics #28 (Prize, 1948)

Headline Comics #28 (Prize, 1948) Joe Simon and Jack Kirby cover and art.

Posted on July 26, 2024July 11, 2024Categories crime comic, gangster, Hardboiled, pulp, true crimeTags headline comics, jack kirby, joe simon, mollLeave a comment on Headline Comics #28 (Prize, 1948)

May 1937 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

May 1937

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Posted on July 24, 2024July 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags benton braden, dagger, john mallory, phantom detective magazine, robert wallace, rudolph belarskiLeave a comment on May 1937 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

September 10, 1931 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

September-October 1931

cover art by Walter Baumhofer

better image than previously posted

Posted on July 23, 2024July 3, 2024Categories action fiction, crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags gangland stories magazine, george allan moffatt, jewel thief, margie harris, walter baumhoferLeave a comment on September 10, 1931 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

June 1933 issue ~ cover art by Jerome Rozen

June 1933

cover art by Jerome Rozen

better image than previously posted

Posted on July 11, 2024July 3, 2024Categories action fiction, crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags jerome rozen, laboratory, monkey, nick carter magazineLeave a comment on June 1933 issue ~ cover art by Jerome Rozen

December 1929 issue ~ cover art by Alfred G. Skrenda

December 1929

cover art by Alfred G. Skrenda

Hersey swastika: “The Symbol of Good Reading – A Hersey Magazine”

Posted on July 11, 2024July 2, 2024Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags alfred g. skrenda, axe, dragnet magazine, james howard leveque, john winter south, t.w. fordLeave a comment on December 1929 issue ~ cover art by Alfred G. Skrenda

September 3, 1932 issue ~ cover art by Paul Stahr

September 3, 1932

cover art by Paul Stahr

Posted on July 9, 2024July 2, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags argosy magazine, drive by, mobster, paul stahr, robert carse, theodore roscoe, w.c. tuttleLeave a comment on September 3, 1932 issue ~ cover art by Paul Stahr

August 1933 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

August 1933

cover art by Tom Lovell

better image than previously posted

Posted on July 9, 2024July 2, 2024Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags anatole feldman, greater gangster stories, margie harris, tom lovellLeave a comment on August 1933 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

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