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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

Winter 1950 issue

Winter 1950

[updated 1/1/26]

Posted on April 17, 2024January 1, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags casket, flashlight, graveyard, phantom detective magazine, robert wallaceLeave a comment on Winter 1950 issue

February 1947 issue ~ cover art by Irene Endris

February 1947

cover art by Irene Endris

#2, UK Detective Aces, 1950s

[updated 7/19/25]

Posted on April 17, 2024July 19, 2025Categories british pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags c.p. donnel, detective aces magazine, irene endris, prison break, ten detective aces magazine, tommygun, woman with a gunLeave a comment on February 1947 issue ~ cover art by Irene Endris

cover art by Howell Dodd

My Love Lies Cold!, Police Detective magazine cover, June 1953
Oil on board, 17 x 15 in. (sight)
Not signed

Posted on April 17, 2024April 14, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, original art, pulp, true crimeTags hooker, howell dodd, original art, police detective magazineLeave a comment on cover art by Howell Dodd

December 1938 issue ~ cover art by Stockton Mulford

December 1938

cover art by Stockton Mulford

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 17, 2024April 14, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags daring detective magazine, stockton mulfordLeave a comment on December 1938 issue ~ cover art by Stockton Mulford

1950 Detective Annual ~ cover art by George Gross

1950 Detective Annual

cover art by George Gross

Posted on April 17, 2024April 14, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicy, true crimeTags 1950 detective annual, dame, femme fatale, fire escape, george grossLeave a comment on 1950 Detective Annual ~ cover art by George Gross

1934 Loring and Mussey hardcover

1934

“First Edition. Author’s only mystery, one which tells the tale of gangland violence in the American west. The author was a Denver detective.“

[updated 12/27/25]

Posted on April 17, 2024December 27, 2025Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, hardcover, pulp, updatedTags gangland, loring and mussey, rackateer, ray humphreys, tommygunLeave a comment on 1934 Loring and Mussey hardcover

Winter 1945 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Winter 1945

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 17, 2024October 30, 2025Categories crime fiction, magazine, mystery, pulpTags dorothy b. hughes, rudolph belarski, thrilling mystery novel magazineLeave a comment on Winter 1945 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

October 1938 issue ~ cover art by Dalton Stevens

October 1938

cover art by Dalton Stevens

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 17, 2024April 14, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags dalton stevens, dame, k. krausse, thrilling detective magazine, ward hawkins, woman with a gunLeave a comment on October 1938 issue ~ cover art by Dalton Stevens

February 1937 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

February 1937

cover art by Robert DeSoto

better image than previously posted

[updated 10/29/25]

Posted on April 16, 2024October 29, 2025Categories action fiction, adventure, espionage fiction, government agent, mystery, pulp, updatedTags brant house, bride, coffin, don cameron, g-men, rafael desoto, secret agent x detective mysteries, skeleton, tuxLeave a comment on February 1937 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

September 30, 1939 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

September 30, 1939

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 16, 2024April 14, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags argosy magazine, demon, devil, finest kind, georges surdez, ralph r. perry, rudolph belarskiLeave a comment on September 30, 1939 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

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