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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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November 1942 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

Posted on May 6, 2024April 23, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, original art, pulp, spicyTags bound, dungeon, fiend, finest kind, h.j. ward, lew merrill, original art, pulp art, spicy mystery magazine, whipLeave a comment on November 1942 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

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

August 1940

cover art by H.J. Ward

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 6, 2024April 23, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicyTags finest kind, h.j. ward, jerome severs perry, lingerie, spicy detective magazine, stockings, whipLeave a comment on August 1940 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

November 1941 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

November 1941

cover art by H.J. Ward

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 6, 2024April 23, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicyTags finest kind, h.j. ward, lingerie, robert leslie bellem, spicy detective magazine, stockingsLeave a comment on November 1941 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

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

June 1938

cover art by H.J. Ward

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 6, 2024April 23, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicyTags bathroom, finest kind, robert a. garron, spicy detective magazine, telephone, thugLeave a comment on June 1938 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

July/Aug./Sept. 1948 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

July/Aug./Sept. 1948

cover art by George Gross

Posted on May 6, 2024April 23, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, original art, pulp, spicy, true crimeTags best true fact detective, dame, femme fatale, george gross, original art, smoking, stockings, woman with a gunLeave a comment on July/Aug./Sept. 1948 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

Winter 1950 issue

Winter 1950

willing to bet the cover art is by Rudolph Belarski – an all-time classic

Posted on May 6, 2024April 23, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicyTags arthur leo zagat, dame, femme fatale, finest kind, kelley roos, mystery book magazine, woman with a gun, wyatt blassingameLeave a comment on Winter 1950 issue

November 1934 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

November 1934

cover art by H.J. Ward

better image than previously posted

[cover updated 11/19/25]

Posted on May 5, 2024November 19, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicy, updatedTags bathtub, h.j. ward, robert leslie bellem, spicy detective storiesLeave a comment on November 1934 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

January 1935 issue ~ cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

January 1935

cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 5, 2024April 24, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicyTags h.l. parkhurst, lingerie, mirror, robert leslie bellem, spicy detective storiesLeave a comment on January 1935 issue ~ cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

December 1942 issue ~ cover art by Allen Anderson

December 1942

final issue before being re-titled Speed Mystery

cover art by Allen Anderson

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 3, 2024April 24, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicy, weird fictionTags allen anderson, e. hoffmann price, hooded, spicy mystery magazine, stockingsLeave a comment on December 1942 issue ~ cover art by Allen Anderson

cover art by Ron Lesser

Deadly Dames #3, unpublished painting
Oil on masonite, 24 x 17 in.
Signed lower right

Posted on May 1, 2024April 24, 2024Categories Hardboiled, original art, pulp, spicyTags femme fatale, moll, oil on masonite, ron lesser, smoking, tommygunLeave a comment on cover art by Ron Lesser

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