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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 1944 issue ~ cover art by Ralph Crosby Smith

May 1944

cover art by Ralph Crosby Smith

better image than previously posted

Posted on June 6, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, espionage fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, war fictionTags 10-story detective magazine, g.t. fleming-roberts, laboratory, lugar, nazi spy, ralph crosby smithLeave a comment on May 1944 issue ~ cover art by Ralph Crosby Smith

August 1935 issue

August 1935

cover art by Jerome Rozen?

Posted on June 6, 2024May 13, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags commies, nick carter magazineLeave a comment on August 1935 issue

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

February 1935

cover art by H.J. Ward

better image than previously posted

Posted on June 5, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicyTags ace of spades, cigarette girl, gambling fiction, jerome severs perry, spicy detective magazine, tuxLeave a comment on February 1935 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

August 1936 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

August 1936

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

better image than previously posted

Posted on June 5, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags bernard breslauer, bullet holes, dame, moll, phantom detective magazine, richard b. sale, robert wallace, rudolph belarski, tommygun, woman with a gunLeave a comment on August 1936 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

October 1935 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

October 1935

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

[image updated 10/12/24]

Posted on June 5, 2024October 12, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags barry brandon, c.k.m. scanlon, dagger, motor boat, phantom detective magazine, robert wallace, rudolph belarskiLeave a comment on October 1935 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

June/July 1939 issue

June/July 1939

better image than previously posted

Posted on June 5, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags dale dev. kier, ernie phillips, kidnap, russell boswell, ten story gang magazineLeave a comment on June/July 1939 issue

November 1943 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

November 1943

cover art by H.J. Ward

better image than previously posted

[date corrected 5/1/25]

Posted on June 4, 2024May 1, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags dummy, fedora, h.j. ward, hollywood detective magazine, robert leslie bellem, showgirl, thug, ventriloquistLeave a comment on November 1943 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

cover art by Norman Saunders

May 1942 issue

better image than previously posted

cove art repurposed for September 1949 issue of Ten Detective Aces

Posted on June 4, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, original art, pulpTags 10-story detective magazine, cigarette girl, dagger, g.t. fleming-roberts, night club, norman a. daniels, norman saunders, tuxLeave a comment on cover art by Norman Saunders

February 1939 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

February 1939

cover art by H.J. Ward

better image than previously posted

Posted on June 4, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicyTags dagger, finest kind, h.j. ward, showgirl, spicy detective stories, william b. raineyLeave a comment on February 1939 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

May 1939 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

May 1939   

cover art by H.J. Ward

better image than previously posted

Posted on June 4, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicyTags e. hoffmann price, h.j. ward, spicy detective magazine, tuxLeave a comment on May 1939 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

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