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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

November 1937 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

November 1937

cover art by Tom Lovell

better image than previously posted

Posted on February 18, 2024December 20, 2023Categories crime fiction, government agent, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags bound, coast guard, FBI, g-men, naval intelligence, parachute, secret service, the feds magazineLeave a comment on November 1937 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

cover art by Howell Dodd

“Rare, original cover art for a 1950 Line-Up Detective Cases pulp magazine. This piece was used to illustrate the interior story: I am a $100 a Night Call Girl!”

gouache on illustration board, 12 3/4″ x 17 3/4″

February 1950 issue

Posted on February 18, 2024January 1, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, original art, pulp, true crimeTags hooker, howell dodd, line-up detective, paddy wagonLeave a comment on cover art by Howell Dodd

January 1936 issue ~ cover art by Dalton Stevens

January 1936

cover art by Dalton Stevens

better image than previously posted

Posted on February 18, 2024December 27, 2023Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags dalton stevens, hypodermic, master detective magazine, underworldLeave a comment on January 1936 issue ~ cover art by Dalton Stevens

January 1948 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

January 1948

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Posted on February 18, 2024April 1, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags bruno fischer, cyril plunkett, day keene, dime mystery magazine, ghoul, rafael desoto, skull, talmage powell, william r. coxLeave a comment on January 1948 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

December 1938 issue

December 1938

better image than previously posted

[cover updated 1/4/26]

Posted on February 17, 2024January 4, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updated, weird fictionTags arthur leo zagat, dime mystery magazine, john kobler, lantern, loring dowst, pharoah, ray cummings, sarcophagusLeave a comment on December 1938 issue

November-December 1938 issue

November-December 1938

better image than previously posted

Posted on February 17, 2024December 22, 2023Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags arthur leo zagat, dagger, paul ernst, strange detective mysteries, thorp mcclusky, top hat, tuxLeave a comment on November-December 1938 issue

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

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