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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

April 1939 issue ~ cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

April 1939

cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 15, 2024April 14, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicyTags bound, h.l. parkhurst, sadist, spicy detective magazine, whipLeave a comment on April 1939 issue ~ cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

May 1952 issue

May 1952

Posted on April 15, 2024April 14, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags dame, front page detective, pulp illustrationLeave a comment on May 1952 issue

January 1941 issue

January 1947

Posted on April 15, 2024April 14, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags crack detective stories, dagger, dummy, finest kind, magician, robert c. dennis, top hat, tuxLeave a comment on January 1941 issue

Summer 1950 issue

Summer 1950

better image than previously posted

Brown’s “The Case of the Dancing Sandwiches” published as a book by Dell in 1951

Posted on April 15, 2024May 2, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags case of the dancing sandwiches, fredric brown, john d. macdonald, mystery book magazineLeave a comment on Summer 1950 issue

March 1935 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

March 1935

cover art by H.J. Ward

Posted on April 14, 2024March 3, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicyTags asian fiction, dagger, h.j. ward, idol, spicy-adventure stories, swordLeave a comment on March 1935 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

November 1932 issue ~ cover art by Andrew Benson

November 1932

cover art by Andrew Benson

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 14, 2024March 3, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags andrew benson, david r. solomon, real detective magazineLeave a comment on November 1932 issue ~ cover art by Andrew Benson

January 1950 issue ~ cover art by Howell Dodd

January 1950

cover art by Howell Dodd

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 14, 2024March 3, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicy, true crimeTags best true fact detective, dame, hooker, howell doddLeave a comment on January 1950 issue ~ cover art by Howell Dodd

May 1931 issue

Oil on canvas, 40 x 28 in.
Initialed lower right

May 1931 issue

Posted on April 14, 2024March 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, magazine, mystery, original art, pulpTags oil on canvas, scotland yard, telephone, tux, william reusswigLeave a comment on May 1931 issue

March 1929 issue ~ cover art by Doris Stanley

March 1929

cover art by Doris Stanley

Posted on April 14, 2024March 3, 2024Categories magazine, pulp, true crimeTags doris stanley, true crime mysteries, wall safeLeave a comment on March 1929 issue ~ cover art by Doris Stanley

June 1955 issue

June 1955

Posted on April 14, 2024March 3, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags dame, pulp illustration, true mystery magazineLeave a comment on June 1955 issue

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