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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: true crime

October 1951 issue

October 1951

cover art attributed to Rudy Nappi

cover reused for September 1953 issue of Best True Fact Detective

Posted on March 30, 2025March 14, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags best true fact detective, dame, femme fatale, grave, rudy nappi, smoking, special detective magazineLeave a comment on October 1951 issue

November 1940 issue ~ cover art by A.R. McCowen

November 1940

cover art by A.R. McCowen

Posted on March 30, 2025March 14, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags a.r. mccowen, bullet hole, master detective magazineLeave a comment on November 1940 issue ~ cover art by A.R. McCowen

November 1958 issue

November 1958

Posted on March 29, 2025March 14, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags dame, fact detective yearbook, pulp illustrationLeave a comment on November 1958 issue

Hands Up!

September 28, 2013

Posted on March 25, 2025February 27, 2025Categories true crimeTags woman with a gunLeave a comment on Hands Up!

January 1944 issue

January 1944

cover photo by Pagano

better image than previously posted

Posted on March 25, 2025February 27, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags front page detective, pagano, portholeLeave a comment on January 1944 issue

October 1937 issue

October 1937

Posted on March 25, 2025February 27, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags true magazineLeave a comment on October 1937 issue

July 1940 issue

September 25, 2013

Posted on March 20, 2025February 23, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags bound, real detective magazineLeave a comment on July 1940 issue

March 19, 1923

Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp, on his 75th birthday, in LA

said by those around him that he never showed fear, his first choice in a fight was to calm the situation with conversation or with his fists

he was never touched by a bullet

and was never able to escape the notoriety of October 26, 1881

Posted on March 19, 2025November 13, 2024Categories true crimeTags wyatt earpLeave a comment on March 19, 1923

1948 Authentic Police Cases #3

1948 Authentic Police Cases #3

cover art credited top Nick Cardy

Posted on March 18, 2025February 23, 2025Categories crime comic, Hardboiled, pulp, true crimeTags authentic police cases comic, bound, jewel thief, nick cardy, rooftopLeave a comment on 1948 Authentic Police Cases #3

July 1951 issue

July 1951

Posted on March 16, 2025February 23, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicy, true crimeTags dame, femme fatale, garter, moll, smoking, stockings, women in crimeLeave a comment on July 1951 issue

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