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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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March 1939 issue ~ cover art by Emery Clarke

March 1939

cover art by Emery Clarke

Posted on June 28, 2024June 15, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags chained, doc savage, emery clarke, shackledLeave a comment on March 1939 issue ~ cover art by Emery Clarke

September 1936 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

September 1936

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Posted on June 28, 2024June 15, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mysteryTags bound, lawrence g. blochman, mad scientist, medical fiction, phantom detective magazine, robert wallace, scalpel, theodore a. tinsleyLeave a comment on September 1936 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

January 1937 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

January 1937

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

[cover updated 2/11/26]

Posted on June 28, 2024February 11, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags donald g. cooley, fedora, hal murray bonnett, pipe, sure-fire detective magazineLeave a comment on January 1937 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

cover art by Norman Saunders

June 1938

better image than previously posted

[cover updated 10/28/25]

Posted on June 28, 2024October 28, 2025Categories crime fiction, government agent, Hardboiled, magazine, original art, pulp, updatedTags brant house, norman saunders, original art, secret agent x detective mysteries, shoulder holster, tux, william benton johnstonLeave a comment on cover art by Norman Saunders

April 1935 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

April 1935

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

second of just three issue

[image updated 6/30/24]

Posted on June 27, 2024June 30, 2024Categories espionage fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags dagger, e. hoffmann price, femme fatale, frederick c. painton, james perley hughes, rafael desoto, spy novels magazine, woman with a gunLeave a comment on April 1935 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

February 1932 issue

February 1932

Posted on June 27, 2024June 15, 2024Categories crime fiction, magazine, mystery, pulpTags edgar wallace, illustrated detective magazine, mary roberts rinehartLeave a comment on February 1932 issue

January 1942 issue

January 1942

better image than previously posted

Posted on June 27, 2024June 15, 2024Categories gangster, Hardboiled, magazineTags james cagney, maori, margaret lindsay, movie detective magazine, ralph bellamyLeave a comment on January 1942 issue

November 1932 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

November 1932

cover art by Walter Baumhofer

better image of same cover

[cover updated 10/28/24]

Posted on June 27, 2024October 28, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags anatole feldman, gangster stories magazine, thug, walter baumhoferLeave a comment on November 1932 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

August 1934 issue ~ cover art by Jerome Rozen

August 1934

cover art by Jerome Rozen

better image than previously posted

Posted on June 27, 2024June 15, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags fingerprints, nick carter magazine, shoulder holsterLeave a comment on August 1934 issue ~ cover art by Jerome Rozen

July 1930 issue ~ cover art by E. Franklin Wittmack

July 1930

cover art by E. Franklin Wittmack

better image than previously posted

Posted on June 27, 2024June 15, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags edgar franklin wittmack, frederick c. davis, high-spot magazine, laurence jordan, telephoneLeave a comment on July 1930 issue ~ cover art by E. Franklin Wittmack

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