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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: magazine

June 1939 issue

June 1939

Posted on November 17, 2024November 12, 2024Categories magazine, pulp, true crimeTags crime detective magazine, dame, stockingsLeave a comment on June 1939 issue

November 1943 issue

November 1943

Posted on November 17, 2024November 12, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags headline detective magazine, pulp magazine, wanted posterLeave a comment on November 1943 issue

November 1943 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

November 1943

cover art by H.J. Ward

Posted on November 17, 2024April 26, 2026Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags beheaded, bound, charles r. allen, h.j. ward, racist imagery, spear, spicy-adventure storiesLeave a comment on November 1943 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

April 1948 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

April 1948

cover art by George Gross

better image than previously posted

Posted on November 15, 2024November 4, 2025Categories finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicy, true crimeTags best true fact detective, bound, dame, george gross, lingerie, stockingsLeave a comment on April 1948 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

July 1938 issue ~ cover art by William Dodge Stevens

July 1938

cover art by William Dodge Stevens (older brother of Dalton)

better image than previously posted

Posted on November 15, 2024November 12, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags bound, master detective magazine, william dodge stevensLeave a comment on July 1938 issue ~ cover art by William Dodge Stevens

cover art by Margaret Brundage

Weird Tales #173 June 1938 (Popular Fiction) cover by Margaret Brundage.

Posted on November 15, 2024November 12, 2024Categories magazine, mystery, pulp, science fiction, spicy, weird fictionTags bound, margaret brundage, robert bloch, seabury quinn, spiderweb, weird tales magazineLeave a comment on cover art by Margaret Brundage

July 1935 issue ~ cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

July 1935

cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

better image than previously posted

cover altered/updated for May 1939 issue of Private Detective Stories

Posted on November 15, 2024April 27, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicyTags calvin l. boswell, h.l. parkhurst, lingerie, private detective stories, private eye, roger torrey, spicy detective storiesLeave a comment on July 1935 issue ~ cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

Summer 1943 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

Detective Book Magazine #40 Summer 1943 (Fiction House)

cover art by George Gross

better image than previously posted

Posted on November 15, 2024November 12, 2024Categories crime fiction, magazine, mystery, pulpTags blueprint, detective book magazine, george gross, r.f. schabelitz, willeta ann barberLeave a comment on Summer 1943 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

August 1936 issue ~ cover art by Malvin Singer

August 1936

cover art by Malvin Singer

better image than previously posted

Posted on November 15, 2024November 12, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags ace-high detective, bound, chained, dagger, fred macisaac, malvin singer, racist imagery, shackled, thomas walsh, william e. barrett, wyatt blassingame, yellow menaceLeave a comment on August 1936 issue ~ cover art by Malvin Singer

December 1933 issue ~ cover art by Jerome Rozen

December 1933

cover art by Jerome Rozen

better image than previously posted

Posted on November 15, 2024November 12, 2024Categories action fiction, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags diamonds, gems, jerome rozen, jewels, nick carter magazineLeave a comment on December 1933 issue ~ cover art by Jerome Rozen

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