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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: pulp

May 1950 issue ~ cover art by Robert Maguire

May 1950

cover art by Robert Maguire

better image than previously posted

Posted on July 26, 2025July 13, 2025Categories crime comic, crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags clint murdock, robert maguire, smoking, super-detective magazineLeave a comment on May 1950 issue ~ cover art by Robert Maguire

February 1945 – premiere issue

February 1945 issue

better image than previously posted

drawing of Molly patterned on Peter Driben cover, January 1940 issue

Posted on July 26, 2025July 13, 2025Categories crime comic, pulpTags molly o'day, peter driben, tux, woman with a gunLeave a comment on February 1945 – premiere issue

October 1936 issue ~ cover art by Dalton Stevens

October 1936

cover art by Dalton Stevens

better image than previously posted

Posted on July 26, 2025July 13, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags dalton stevens, monocle, startling detective adventuresLeave a comment on October 1936 issue ~ cover art by Dalton Stevens

April 1943 issue ~ cover art by Milton Luros

April 1943

cover art by Milton Luros

[updated 5/5/25]

Posted on July 26, 2025July 13, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags dagger, elevator, emile c. tepperman, milton luros, ten detective aces magazine, w.t. ballardLeave a comment on April 1943 issue ~ cover art by Milton Luros

1962 Dell reissue – cover art by Robert McGinnis

1962 Dell reissue

better image than previously posted

Posted on July 25, 2025July 13, 2025Categories mystery, paperback, pulpTags dell paperback, philip macdonald, robert mcginnis, smoking, thrillerLeave a comment on 1962 Dell reissue – cover art by Robert McGinnis

October 1958 issue

October 1958

better image than previously posted

Posted on July 25, 2025July 13, 2025Categories crime fiction, digest, Hardboiled, pulpTags bullet hole, ridchard watson, trapped detective story magazine, woman with a gunLeave a comment on October 1958 issue

August 1938 issue

August 1938

cover art attributed to John A. Coughlin

Posted on July 25, 2025July 13, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags b.b. fowler, dagger, denslow m. dade, detective tales magazine, edward s. williams, frederick c. davis, george armin shaftel, john d. swaine, racist imagery, ray cummings, russell gray, tux, yellow menaceLeave a comment on August 1938 issue

a “Scarlet Pimpernel” novel

Emma Magdalena Rosalia Maria Josefa Barbara Orczy

1917 published in Britain by Hodder and Stoughton and Doran in NYC, this the later 1960 Australian softcover from Horwitz

a “Scarlet Pimpernel” novel

October 11, 2013

Posted on July 25, 2025July 13, 2025Categories action fiction, adventure, australian pulp, paperback, pulpTags baroness orzcy, guillotine, horwitz paperback, scarlet pimpernelLeave a comment on a “Scarlet Pimpernel” novel

February 1932 issue

February 1932

Posted on July 25, 2025July 13, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags douglas allen, perley poore sheehan, thrilling detective magazineLeave a comment on February 1932 issue

February 1953 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

February 1953

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

Posted on July 25, 2025July 13, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags fireplace, john d. macdonald, new detective magazine, norman saundersLeave a comment on February 1953 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

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