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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

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 1937 issue ~ cover art by Harwood Forsgren

April 1937

cover art by Harwood Forsgren

[image updated 6/18/24]

[cover art added 8/9/25]

Posted on March 7, 2024August 9, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, original art, pulp, true crime, updatedTags dagger, harwood forsgren, inside detective magazineLeave a comment on April 1937 issue ~ cover art by Harwood Forsgren

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

1959 Bedside Book paperback original

gouache on illustration board, 12″x18″

artist unknown!

Posted on March 7, 2024January 2, 2024Categories original art, paperback, pulpTags bart frame, dame, lurid, sleazeLeave a comment on 1959 Bedside Book paperback original

May 1936 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

May 1936

cover art by Norman Saunders

Posted on March 6, 2024June 30, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags cleve f. adams, clues detective stories, norman saunders, w.t. ballardLeave a comment on May 1936 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

September-October 1937 issue ~ cover art by Malvin Singer

September-October 1937

cover art by Malvin Singer

Posted on March 6, 2024December 20, 2023Categories crime fiction, government agent, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags ace g-man stories, arthur leo zagat, feds, malvin singerLeave a comment on September-October 1937 issue ~ cover art by Malvin Singer

April 1936 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

April 1936

cover art by Delos Palmer

better image than previously posted

Posted on March 6, 2024January 28, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicyTags clint morgan, delos palmer, spicy detective storiesLeave a comment on April 1936 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

August 1936 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

cover art by H.J. Ward

August 1936

better image than previously posted

Posted on March 6, 2024January 30, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, original art, pulp, spicyTags colby quinn, h.j. ward, original art, shoulder holster, spicy detective stories, stockings, woman with a gunLeave a comment on August 1936 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

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