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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

July/Aug./Sept. 1948 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

July/Aug./Sept. 1948

cover art by George Gross

Posted on May 6, 2024April 23, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, original art, pulp, spicy, true crimeTags best true fact detective, dame, femme fatale, george gross, original art, smoking, stockings, woman with a gunLeave a comment on July/Aug./Sept. 1948 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

April 1939 issue ~ cover art by Modest Stein

April 1939

cover art by Modest Stein

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 6, 2024April 23, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags clues detective stories, donald wandrei, modest steinLeave a comment on April 1939 issue ~ cover art by Modest Stein

Winter 1950 issue

Winter 1950

willing to bet the cover art is by Rudolph Belarski – an all-time classic

Posted on May 6, 2024April 23, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicyTags arthur leo zagat, dame, femme fatale, finest kind, kelley roos, mystery book magazine, woman with a gun, wyatt blassingameLeave a comment on Winter 1950 issue

April 1944 issue

April 1944

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 5, 2024April 24, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags detective novels magazine, frank johnson, laboratory, lugar, thomson burtisLeave a comment on April 1944 issue

May 1940 issue ~ cover art by James Lewis

May 1940

cover art by James Lewis

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 5, 2024April 24, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags cornell woolrich, detective story magazine, james lewis, poison, ralph r. perryLeave a comment on May 1940 issue ~ cover art by James Lewis

August 1946 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

August 1946

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 5, 2024April 24, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags detective novel magazine, grim reaper, owl, rudolph belarski, skull, todd downingLeave a comment on August 1946 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

April 27, 1929 issue

April 27, 1929

Posted on May 5, 2024April 24, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, finest kind, magazine, pulp, western fictionTags bank heist, cherry wilson, finest kind, howard e. morgan, howard j. perry, max brand, western story magazineLeave a comment on April 27, 1929 issue

November 1933 issue ~ cover art by John A. Coughlin

November 1933

cover art by John A. Coughlin

Posted on May 5, 2024April 24, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, western fictionTags black bat detective mysteries, john a. coughlin, six gunLeave a comment on November 1933 issue ~ cover art by John A. Coughlin

October 1948 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

October 1948

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Posted on May 5, 2024April 24, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags c.s. montanye, carl g. hodges, grim reaper, j. lane linklater, rudolph belarski, skeleton, thrilling detective magazineLeave a comment on October 1948 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

November 1934 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

November 1934

cover art by H.J. Ward

better image than previously posted

[cover updated 11/19/25]

Posted on May 5, 2024November 19, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicy, updatedTags bathtub, h.j. ward, robert leslie bellem, spicy detective storiesLeave a comment on November 1934 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

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