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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

June 1936 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

June 1936

cover art by Norman Saunders

Posted on May 21, 2024May 13, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, science fiction, weird fictionTags hamilton washburn, mystery adventure magazine, norman saunders, richard tooker, sam mimsLeave a comment on June 1936 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

September 1942 issue

September 1942

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 21, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags bound, day keene, laboratory, robot, strange detective mysteries, woman with a gunLeave a comment on September 1942 issue

January 1942 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

January 1942

cover art by Delos Palmer

better image than previously posted

[image updated 9/20/24]

Posted on May 21, 2024September 20, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, horror fiction, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags arthur leo zagat, dagger, delos palmer, fredric brown, laboratory, mad scientist, norvell w. page, stewart sterling, strange detective mysteriesLeave a comment on January 1942 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

April 1946 issue

April 1946

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 21, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags laboratory, lee e. wells, mad scientist, paul regard, popular detective magazine, ray gun, robert s. fentonLeave a comment on April 1946 issue

August 1940 issue

Format ImagePosted on May 21, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags bound, ghoul, motor boat, phantom detective magazineLeave a comment on August 1940 issue

July 1940 issue

July 1940

Posted on May 21, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags cemetery, ghoul, graveyard, phantom detective magazine, vampireLeave a comment on July 1940 issue

July 1934 issue ~ cover art by Fred Madan

July 1934

cover art by Fred Madan

Posted on May 21, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags all detective magazine, edward p. norris, fred madan, j. allan dunn, ogreLeave a comment on July 1934 issue ~ cover art by Fred Madan

January 1935 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

January 1935

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

[cover updated 1/22/26]

Posted on May 21, 2024January 22, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updated, weird fictionTags c.k.m. scanlon, death ray, ghoul, phantom detective magazine, rafael desoto, robert wallaceLeave a comment on January 1935 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

February 1945 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

February 1945

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

[updated 5/5/25]

Posted on May 20, 2024May 5, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags benton braden, cocktail, dagger, g-men, henry kuttner, thrilling detective magazine, w.t. ballardLeave a comment on February 1945 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

November 1933 issue ~ cover art by Jerome Rozen

November 1933

cover art by Jerome Rozen

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 20, 2024May 13, 2024Categories action fiction, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags grim reaper, jerome rozen, nick carter magazineLeave a comment on November 1933 issue ~ cover art by Jerome Rozen

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