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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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October 1936 issue ~ cover art by Blaine (Norman Saunders)

October 1936

cover art by Blaine (Norman Saunders)

[updated 10/28/25]

Posted on December 16, 2024October 28, 2025Categories magazine, mystery, pulp, spicy, updatedTags blaine, cad, garters, hollywood fiction, norman saunders, saucy movie tales, stockings, william g. bogartLeave a comment on October 1936 issue ~ cover art by Blaine (Norman Saunders)

June 1936 issue ~ cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

June 1936

cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

better image than previously posted

Posted on December 12, 2024December 2, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicyTags alan anderson, h.l. parkhurst, spicy detective stories, thugLeave a comment on June 1936 issue ~ cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

December 1935 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

December 1935

cover art by H.J. Ward

better image than previously posted

[cover updated 2/5/26]

Posted on December 8, 2024February 5, 2026Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicy, updatedTags dagger, finest kind, h.j. ward, robert leslie bellem, rooftop, spicy detective storiesLeave a comment on December 1935 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

August 1936 issue ~ cover art by Blaine (Norman Saunders)

August 1936

cover art by Blaine (Norman Saunders)

[cover updated 4/26/26]

Posted on December 5, 2024April 26, 2026Categories Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicy, updatedTags blaine, fire escape, fireman, frank b. marks, norman saunders, saucy movie talesLeave a comment on August 1936 issue ~ cover art by Blaine (Norman Saunders)

cover art by Howard Chaykin

1988 Vortex comics, an erotic crime series written and drawn by Chaykin

August 17, 2013

Posted on December 2, 2024Categories crime comic, Hardboiled, pulp, spicyTags howard chaykin, saucyLeave a comment on cover art by Howard Chaykin

August 1938 issue

August 1938

better image than previously posted

Posted on December 2, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicy, true crimeTags garter, poison, real detective magazine, stockings, women in prisonLeave a comment on August 1938 issue

July 1937 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

July 1937

cover art by Norman Saunders

[updated 10/28/25]

Posted on November 28, 2024October 28, 2025Categories finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicyTags frank e. marks, hollywood fiction, norman saunders, paddy wagon, saucy movie tales, showgirlLeave a comment on July 1937 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

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

January 1936

cover art by H.J. Ward

better image than previously posted

Posted on November 25, 2024November 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicyTags arthur wallace, bound, h.j. ward, shackled, spicy detective stories, stockingsLeave a comment on January 1936 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

April 1948 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

April 1948

cover art by George Gross

better image than previously posted

Posted on November 15, 2024November 4, 2025Categories finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicy, true crimeTags best true fact detective, bound, dame, george gross, lingerie, stockingsLeave a comment on April 1948 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

cover art by Margaret Brundage

Weird Tales #173 June 1938 (Popular Fiction) cover by Margaret Brundage.

Posted on November 15, 2024November 12, 2024Categories magazine, mystery, pulp, science fiction, spicy, weird fictionTags bound, margaret brundage, robert bloch, seabury quinn, spiderweb, weird tales magazineLeave a comment on cover art by Margaret Brundage

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