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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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Spring 1934 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Zirm

Spring 1934

cover art by Rudolph Zirm

better image than previously posted

Posted on March 8, 2024April 3, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, magazine, mystery, pulpTags charles g. booth, dagger, edison marshall, grim reaper, midnight, philip macdonald, rudolph zirm, star novels magazine, tuxLeave a comment on Spring 1934 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Zirm

June 1938 issue

June 1938

better image than previously posted

Posted on March 8, 2024January 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, maritime fiction, mystery, pulpTags clues detective stories, john jay chichester, tuxLeave a comment on June 1938 issue

July 1944 issue ~ cover art by Joseph Szokoli

July 1940

cover art by Joseph Szokoli

better image than previously posted

[post updated 5/3/25]

Posted on March 7, 2024May 4, 2025Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags bound, george a. mcdonald, joseph szokoli, private detective storiesLeave a comment on July 1944 issue ~ cover art by Joseph Szokoli

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

“Velma’s Predicament”, Detective Tales magazine cover, September 1944
oil on board, 14-1/4 x 10-1/4 inches

Posted on March 7, 2024May 26, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, original art, pulpTags detective tales magazine, donald g. cormack, edward j. donovan, francis k. allan, fredric brown, handcuffs, original art, rafael desoto, ray bradbury, robert turner, scarLeave a comment on cover art by Rafael DeSoto

October 1934 issue ~ cover art by Sidney Riesenberg

October 1934

cover art by Sidney Riesenberg

better image than previously posted

Posted on March 7, 2024January 6, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags bound, carl mckinnon saunders, frederick c. davis, sidney riesenberg, spider, ten detective aces magazineLeave a comment on October 1934 issue ~ cover art by Sidney Riesenberg

Winter 1953 issue

Winter 1953

cover art attributed to Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Posted on March 7, 2024February 23, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags 5 detective novels magazine, craig rice, frederick c. davis, stuart palmer, talmage powell, tom roan, w.t. ballardLeave a comment on Winter 1953 issue

August 1939 issue

August 1939

cover art attributed to John Newton Howitt

Posted on March 7, 2024April 4, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags laboratory, mad scientist, medical fiction, pulp art, robert leslie bellem, spicy mystery storiesLeave a comment on August 1939 issue

December 1936 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

December 1936

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Posted on March 7, 2024January 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, horror fiction, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags casket, cemetery, charles green, g.t. fleming-roberts, gorilla, gravestone, graveyard, harry lee fellinge, john h. knox, lantern, rudolph belarski, skeleton, thrilling mystery magazineLeave a comment on December 1936 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

April 1942 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

April 1942

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Posted on March 7, 2024April 4, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags edward ronns, laurence donovan, norman a. daniels, popular detective magazine, rafael desoto, tommygunLeave a comment on April 1942 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

March 1949 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

March 1949

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Posted on March 7, 2024February 23, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags black book detective, carroll john daly, g. wayman jones, rudolph belarski, satan hallLeave a comment on March 1949 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

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