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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

October 1938 issue

October 1938

cover art by Dalton Stevens??

better image than previously posted

Posted on February 16, 2025June 21, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags benton braden, john h. knox, kay krausse, thrilling detective magazine, ward hawkins, woman with a gunLeave a comment on October 1938 issue

Scarlet Street

A stunning, Fine example of the French film pressbook for Fritz Lang’s ‘Scarlet Street’ (1945), based on Georges de la Fouchardiere’s 1930 novel ‘La Chienne’ (The Bitch), published in English the same year as ‘Poor Sap.’

September 24, 2013

Posted on February 16, 2025February 4, 2025Categories film noir, HardboiledTags crime film, dan duryea, edward g. robinson, french pulp, fritz lang, joan bennett, movie posterLeave a comment on Scarlet Street

Killer in white gloves

macredith

Posted on February 16, 2025February 4, 2025Categories film noir, HardboiledTags femme fatale, woman with a gunLeave a comment on Killer in white gloves

WHOOSH

September 24, 2013

Posted on February 16, 2025February 4, 2025Categories crime comic, HardboiledTags crime comicLeave a comment on WHOOSH

November 1942 issue

November 1942

Posted on February 15, 2025January 29, 2025Categories crime fiction, espionage fiction, government agent, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags c.k.m. scanlon, flashlight, fucking nazis, g-men detective magazine, laurence donovan, lugar, time bombLeave a comment on November 1942 issue

1960 Avon paperback ~ cover art by George Ziel

1960 Avon paperback original

cover art by George Ziel

4th with Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones

better image than previously posted

Posted on February 15, 2025January 29, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags avon paperback, chester himes, coffin ed johnson, george ziel, grave digger jones, harlem fiction, police proceduralLeave a comment on 1960 Avon paperback ~ cover art by George Ziel

1960 Dell paperback ~ cover art by Harry Schaare

1960 Dell paperback original

cover art by Harry Schaare

better image than previously posted

Posted on February 15, 2025January 29, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags dell paperback, harry schaare, james mckimmeyLeave a comment on 1960 Dell paperback ~ cover art by Harry Schaare

July 1939 issue

July 1939

Posted on February 15, 2025January 29, 2025Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, government agent, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags crawford sullivan, e. hoffmann price, louis c. goldsmith, thrilling adventures magazineLeave a comment on July 1939 issue

December 1931 issue ~ cover art by William Reusswig

December 1931

cover art by William Reusswig

Posted on February 15, 2025January 29, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags detective action stories, erle stanley gardner, frederick nebel, j. allan dunn, william reusswigLeave a comment on December 1931 issue ~ cover art by William Reusswig

February 1932 issue ~ cover by J. George Janes

February 1932

cover by J. George Janes

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

Posted on February 15, 2025June 21, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags detective dragnet magazine, donald e. keyhoe, j. george janes, train fictionLeave a comment on February 1932 issue ~ cover by J. George Janes

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