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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: Hardboiled

February 1949 issue

February 1949

better image than previously posted

Posted on December 16, 2024December 2, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags dan gordon, detective tales magazine, donn mullally, john d. macdonald, john spain, kidnapping, richard wormser, taxi, william campbell gaultLeave a comment on February 1949 issue

February 1946 issue

February 1946

better image than previously posted

Posted on December 15, 2024December 2, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags curtiss t. gardner, m.d. orr, mirror, pearl necklace, popular detective magazine, wall safe, woman with a gunLeave a comment on February 1946 issue

July 1939 issue ~ cover art by Harwood Forsgren

July 1939

cover art by Harwood Forsgren

Posted on December 14, 2024December 2, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags dame, harwood forsgren, headline detective magazineLeave a comment on July 1939 issue ~ cover art by Harwood Forsgren

July 1943 issue ~ cover art by Allen Anderson

July 1943

cover art by Allen Anderson

Posted on December 14, 2024December 2, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags allen anderson, lugar, nazi spy, private detective stories, roger torrey, telephone operator, WWII fictionLeave a comment on July 1943 issue ~ cover art by Allen Anderson

February 1951 issue ~ cover art by Samuel Cherry

February 1951

cover art by Samuel Cherry

Posted on December 14, 2024December 2, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags bound, burt sims, samuel cherry, stewart sterling, thrilling detective magazineLeave a comment on February 1951 issue ~ cover art by Samuel Cherry

March 1944 Canadian issue

March 1944 Canadian

Posted on December 14, 2024December 2, 2024Categories canadian pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags detective tales magazine, mary freels rosborough, telephone booth, woman with a gunLeave a comment on March 1944 Canadian issue

August 1951 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

August 1951

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

cover art repurposed for January 1951 British edition of Black Mask Magazine

Posted on December 14, 2024December 2, 2024Categories british pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags black mask magazine, detective tales magazine, francis k. allan, telephoneLeave a comment on August 1951 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

March 1930 issue ~ cover art by R.C. Wardell

March 1930

cover art by R.C. Wardell

Posted on December 14, 2024December 2, 2024Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags barton hughes, d.b. mccandless, henry leverage, howard beaufort, moll, r.c. wardell, rackateer stories, stockings, woman with a gunLeave a comment on March 1930 issue ~ cover art by R.C. Wardell

September 1936 issue ~ cover art by Walter Darr

September 1936

cover art by Walter Darr

better image than previously posted

Posted on December 14, 2024December 2, 2024Categories adventure, crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags mark t. pattie, scarlet adventuress, thelma b. ellis, walter darr, woman with a gunLeave a comment on September 1936 issue ~ cover art by Walter Darr

November 1933 issue ~ cover art by Lyman Anderson

November 1933

cover art by Lyman Anderson

Posted on December 13, 2024December 2, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags all detective magazine, erle stanley gardner, lyman andersonLeave a comment on November 1933 issue ~ cover art by Lyman Anderson

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