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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

October 1935 issue ~ cover art by Stockton Mulford

October 1935

cover art by Stockton Mulford

Posted on December 19, 2023December 17, 2023Categories magazine, pulp, true crimeTags evening wear, monocle, pulp art, startling detective adventures, stockton mulford, top hat, true crime, tuxLeave a comment on October 1935 issue ~ cover art by Stockton Mulford

November 1959 debut issue

November 1959

first of only two issues

Posted on December 19, 2023December 11, 2023Categories action fiction, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags 77 sunset strip, dame, femme fatale, private eye, private eye magazine, trench coatLeave a comment on November 1959 debut issue

July 1951 issue

July 1951

Posted on December 19, 2023May 6, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags pulp illustration, uncensored detective magazineLeave a comment on July 1951 issue

October 1940 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

October 1940

cover art by H.J. Ward

Posted on December 19, 2023December 17, 2023Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicy, western fictionTags bound, h.j. ward, kipnap, lawrence donovan, pulp art, shoot out, spicy western magazineLeave a comment on October 1940 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

August 1937 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

Format ImagePosted on December 18, 2023December 13, 2023Categories Hardboiled, horror fiction, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicy, weird fictionTags blowtorch, chained, eerie mysteries magazine, fiend, norman saunders, shacklesLeave a comment on August 1937 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

April 1941 issue ~ cover art by Allen Anderson

April 1941

cover art by Allen Anderson

Posted on December 18, 2023December 13, 2023Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, horror fiction, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicyTags allen anderson, demon, lew merrill, pulp art, spicy mystery magazineLeave a comment on April 1941 issue ~ cover art by Allen Anderson

April 1935 issue

April 1935

Posted on December 18, 2023December 11, 2023Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags alfred i. tooke, dagger, harold de polo, phantom detective magazine, robert wallace, tuxLeave a comment on April 1935 issue

October 1940 issue ~ cover art by Frederick Blakeslee

October 1940

cover art by Frederick Blakeslee

[corrected 6/28/24]

Posted on December 18, 2023June 28, 2024Categories aviation fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, updated, war fiction, weird fictionTags bi plane, dogfight, frederick blakeslee, g-8 and his battle aces, grim reaper, robert j. hogan, skeletonLeave a comment on October 1940 issue ~ cover art by Frederick Blakeslee

July 8, 1939 issue ~ cover art by Emmett Watson

July 8, 1939

cover art by Emmett Watson

Posted on December 18, 2023December 13, 2023Categories adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags detective fiction weekly, emmett watson, hugh b. cave, jewel thief, john lawrence, pulp art, richard sale, top hat, wall safeLeave a comment on July 8, 1939 issue ~ cover art by Emmett Watson

December 1935 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

December 1935

cover art by Walter Baumhofer

Posted on December 18, 2023December 13, 2023Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags doc savage, pulp art, walter baumhoferLeave a comment on December 1935 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

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