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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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November/December 1939 issue

November/December 1939 issue

better image than previously posted

Posted on October 10, 2024October 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, horror fiction, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags dagger, donald g. cormack, racist imagery, russel gray, strange detective mysteries, yellow menaceLeave a comment on November/December 1939 issue

Summer 1938 issue

Summer 1938

better image than previously posted

Posted on October 9, 2024October 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, horror fiction, magazine, mystery, pulpTags a. merritt, axe, bound, chained, detective book magazine, franklin h. martin, theodore tinsleyLeave a comment on Summer 1938 issue

Fight Against Crime #12 Trimmed (Story Comics, 1953)

Fight Against Crime #12 Trimmed (Story Comics, 1953)

Posted on August 27, 2024August 16, 2024Categories crime comic, Hardboiled, horror fiction, pulp, weird fictionTags dagger, dame, femme fatale, fight against crime comicLeave a comment on Fight Against Crime #12 Trimmed (Story Comics, 1953)

July-August 1939 issue

July-August 1939 issue

better image than previously posted

[image updated 2/10/25]

Posted on July 29, 2024February 10, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, horror fiction, magazine, mystery, pulp, updated, weird fictionTags circus, racist imagery, russell gray, stewart sterling, strange detective mysteries, yellow menaceLeave a comment on July-August 1939 issue

March 1941 issue ~ cover art by John Drew

March 1941

cover art by John Drew

better image than previously posted

Posted on June 24, 2024June 15, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, horror fiction, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags hacksaw, john drew, ralph oppenheim, strange detective mysteries, wayne rogers, william hinesLeave a comment on March 1941 issue ~ cover art by John Drew

May-June 1939 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

May-June 1939

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Posted on June 10, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, horror fiction, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags edith and ejler jacobson, nat schachner, rafael desoto, skeleton, strange detective mysteries, trenchcoatLeave a comment on May-June 1939 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

July 1946 issue

July 1949

Posted on June 10, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime comic, horror fiction, weird fictionTags jewel thief, mummy, super-mystery comicsLeave a comment on July 1946 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

August 1937 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

August 1937

cover art by Norman Saunders

Posted on May 14, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, horror fiction, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags chained, eerie stories, fiend, lingerie, norman saunders, shackledLeave a comment on August 1937 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

January 1936 issue ~ cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

January 1936

cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 19, 2024April 14, 2024Categories fantasy, Hardboiled, horror fiction, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicy, weird fictionTags dagger, demon, e. hoffmann price, h.l. parkhurst, lingerie, skull, spicy mystery storiesLeave a comment on January 1936 issue ~ cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

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