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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: government agent

March 1936 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

March 1936

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Posted on February 24, 2026February 10, 2026Categories crime fiction, government agent, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags FBI, feds, frankie lewis, g-men magazine, rudolph belarskiLeave a comment on March 1936 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

September 1937 issue ~ cover art by Richard Lyon

September 1937

cover art by Richard Lyon

better image than previously posted

Posted on February 6, 2026February 2, 2026Categories crime fiction, gangster, government agent, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags richard lyon, g-men magazine, feds, FBI, bank heistLeave a comment on September 1937 issue ~ cover art by Richard Lyon

Summer 1949 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Summer 1949 issue

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Posted on February 4, 2026February 2, 2026Categories crime fiction, gangster, government agent, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags arthur leo zagat, bullet hole, c.k.m. scanlon, FBI, feds, g-men detective magazine, moll, rudolph belarski, woman with a gunLeave a comment on Summer 1949 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

December 1937 issue ~ cover art by Richard Lyon

December 1937

cover art by Richard Lyon

Posted on January 28, 2026January 17, 2026Categories crime fiction, government agent, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags FBI, feds, g-men magazine, richard lyonLeave a comment on December 1937 issue ~ cover art by Richard Lyon

December 1935 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

December 1935 – premiere issue

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

Posted on January 20, 2026January 14, 2026Categories crime fiction, finest kind, gangster, government agent, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags tommygun, g-man, public enemy magazine, febsLeave a comment on December 1935 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

April 1936 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

April 1936

cover art by Delos Palmer

better image than previously posted

Posted on January 14, 2026January 14, 2026Categories crime fiction, government agent, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags arson, bound, bryan james kelley, delos palmer, g-mem, n, o.b. myers, public enemy magazineLeave a comment on April 1936 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

June 1937 issue ~ cover art by William Luberoff

June 1937

cover art by William Luberoff

better image than previously posted

Posted on January 13, 2026January 6, 2026Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, government agent, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags brant house, g-man, secret agent x detective mysteries, william e. luberoff, zodiacLeave a comment on June 1937 issue ~ cover art by William Luberoff

A Night for Treason x 2

1956 Mystery House publication, this the later 1957 Ace paperback

cover art by Verne Tossey

1958 Phantom reissue in Australia

Posted on January 13, 2026January 6, 2026Categories australian pulp, espionage fiction, government agent, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags ace double paperback, john jakes, lugar, phantom paperback, spy fiction, verne tosseyLeave a comment on A Night for Treason x 2

May 1929 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

May 1929

cover art by Walter Baumhofer

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

Posted on January 13, 2026January 6, 2026Categories government agent, magazine, pulp, war fictionTags spy fiction, spy stories, walter baumhofer, woman with a gun, WWILeave a comment on May 1929 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

August 1939 issue ~ cover art by Leo Morey

August 1939

cover art by Leo Morey

November 29, 2013

Posted on January 10, 2026January 5, 2026Categories crime fiction, government agent, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags cyril plunkett, frank piazzi, g-man, leo morey, popular detective magazine, w.t. ballardLeave a comment on August 1939 issue ~ cover art by Leo Morey

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