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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 1940 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

November 1940

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

Posted on March 17, 2024December 21, 2023Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags bound, phantom detective magazine, rafael desoto, snake, thugLeave a comment on November 1940 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

October 1930 issue ~ cover art by Arnold Lorne Hicks

October 1930

cover art by Arnold Lorne Hicks

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

Posted on March 17, 2024January 3, 2024Categories gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags arnold lorne hicks, cigarette girl, detective dragnet magazine, eugene a. clancy, jack compton, james w poling, joe archibald, night club, smoking, tuxLeave a comment on October 1930 issue ~ cover art by Arnold Lorne Hicks

October 1, 1932 issue ~ cover art by Edgar Franklin Wittmack

October 1, 1932

cover art by Edgar Franklin Wittmack

Posted on March 16, 2024January 3, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, western fictionTags complete stories magazine, edgar franklin wittmack, firing squad, h. bedford-jones, hal dunning, herman landon, kenneth keith colvinLeave a comment on October 1, 1932 issue ~ cover art by Edgar Franklin Wittmack

January 1937 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

January 1937

cover art by Tom Lovell

better image than previously posted

Posted on March 16, 2024January 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags arthur leo zagat, detective tales magazine, fire escape, fred macisaac, george bruce, grendon alzee, john. hawkins, tom lovell, winston bouveLeave a comment on January 1937 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

June 1936 issue ~ cover art by William F. Soare

June 1936

cover art by William F. Soare

Posted on March 16, 2024January 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, government agent, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags bound, fist fight, frederick c. davis, secret agent x detective mysteries, william f. soareLeave a comment on June 1936 issue ~ cover art by William F. Soare

July 15, 1942 issue ~ cover art by George Rozen

July 15, 1942

cover art by George Rozen

better image than previously posted

[updated 2/24/25]

Posted on March 16, 2024February 24, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags george rozen, grim reaper, maxwell grant, skeleton, the shadow magazine, top hat, walter b. gibsonLeave a comment on July 15, 1942 issue ~ cover art by George Rozen

September 1941 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

September 1941

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

Posted on March 16, 2024January 6, 2024Categories action fiction, crime fiction, government agent, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags ace g-man stories, day keene, emile c. tepperman, rafael desoto, tommygun, woman with a gun, wyatt blassingameLeave a comment on September 1941 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

March 1941 issue ~ cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

March 1941 issue

cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

[cover art updated 4/26/26]

Posted on March 15, 2024April 26, 2026Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, maritime fiction, pulp, spicy, updatedTags h.l. parkhurst, justin case, monkey, spicy-adventure storiesLeave a comment on March 1941 issue ~ cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

January 1943 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

January 1943

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

Posted on March 15, 2024January 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags buddha, dagger, detective fiction weekly, erle stanley gardner, flynn's, jade, lester leith, rafael desoto, richard sale, theodore roscoeLeave a comment on January 1943 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

April 1938 issue

April 1938

better image than previously posted

Posted on March 15, 2024April 4, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags spiderweb, true magazineLeave a comment on April 1938 issue

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