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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

January 1940 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

January 1940

cover art by H.J. Ward

better image than previously posted

Posted on February 17, 2024December 21, 2023Categories action fiction, adventure, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicy, western fictionTags bound, h.j. ward, kidnap, robert leslie bellem, ship, spicy-adventure storiesLeave a comment on January 1940 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

April 1938 issue

April 1938

Posted on February 16, 2024December 21, 2023Categories crime fiction, hardcover, magazine, mystery, pulpTags eugene thomas, flashlight, james duncan, popular detective magazine, trapdoor, w. chambers ward, woman with a gunLeave a comment on April 1938 issue

June 1948 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

oil on canvasboard, 14″ x 18″

better image than previously posted

Posted on February 16, 2024December 31, 2023Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, original art, pulp, weird fictionTags dime mystery magazine, francis k. allan, grim reaper, grover brinkman, magician, original art, rafael desoto, russell bender, skeleton, talmage powell, tuxLeave a comment on June 1948 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

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

October 1936

cover art by H.J. Ward

better image than previously posted

[cover updated 1/27/24 – 7/25/25 – 11/19/25]

Posted on February 16, 2024November 19, 2025Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicy, updatedTags finest kind, h.j. ward, james a. lawson, spicy detective storiesLeave a comment on October 1936 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

April 1937 issue ~ cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

April 1937

cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

better image than previously posted

Posted on February 16, 2024January 30, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicyTags dame, h.l. parkhurst, lingerie, mort lansing, spicy detective storiesLeave a comment on April 1937 issue ~ cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

May 1933 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

May 1933 issue

cover art by Walter Baumhofer

[cover updated 11/17/25]

Posted on February 16, 2024November 17, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, hardcover, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags dime mystery book magazine, edgar wallace, kenneth duane whipple, walter baumhoferLeave a comment on May 1933 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

August 1938 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

August 1938 issue

cover by H. J. Ward

Posted on February 15, 2024December 29, 2023Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, original art, pulp, spicyTags finest kind, garter, h.j. ward, larry dunn, original art, pulp art, spicy mystery magazine, stockingsLeave a comment on August 1938 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

September 1938 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

September 1938

cover art by Norman Saunders

Posted on February 15, 2024December 24, 2023Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, maritime fiction, mystery, pulp, western fictionTags baseball fiction, jungle fiction, mounties, pith helmet, RCMP, sports fiction, whipLeave a comment on September 1938 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

cover art by George Gross

oil on canvas, 14″x18″

1951 Ecstasy Novel #15

Posted on February 15, 2024December 31, 2023Categories digest, original art, pulp, spicyTags dame, ecstasy novel magazine, femme fatale, george gross, james clayford, noir, original artLeave a comment on cover art by George Gross

December 1942 issue ~ cover art by Peter Driben

oil on canvas, 28″ x 30 1/2″

Expose True Crime Pulp Magazine – December, 1942

Posted on February 15, 2024January 2, 2024Categories magazine, original art, pulp, spicy, true crimeTags expose detective magazine, original art, peeper, peter driben, telephoneLeave a comment on December 1942 issue ~ cover art by Peter Driben

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