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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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March 1948 issue

March 1948

better image than previously posted

first of three published issues – the fourth was never released

[updated 5/3/25]

Posted on January 15, 2024May 4, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags d.l. champion, dagger, frederick c. davis, john d. macdonald, shock magazine, skeleton, treasureLeave a comment on March 1948 issue

December 1933 issue ~ cover art by Victor Julius

December 1933

cover art by Victor Julius

better image than previously posted

[image updated 4/22/24 and 10/29/24]

Posted on January 14, 2024October 29, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicy, updatedTags all detective magazine, dame, erle stanley gardner, femme fatale, frederick c. painton, poison, saucyLeave a comment on December 1933 issue ~ cover art by Victor Julius

August 1940 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

August 1940

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

Posted on January 11, 2024April 29, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags cliff howe, lone wolf detective magazine, mirror, mug shot, norman saunders, ralph powersLeave a comment on August 1940 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

May 1932 issue

May 1932

[image updated 4/29/24]

Posted on January 8, 2024April 29, 2024Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, updatedTags c.b. yorke, gangster, journalism fiction, newspaper fiction, robert w. sneddon, smoking, thugLeave a comment on May 1932 issue

September 1947 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

September 1947

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

better image than previously posted

Posted on January 7, 2024May 6, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags dagger, david goodis, deep sea diver, edward churchill, joe archibald, joel townsley rogers, popular detective magazine, robert sidney bowen, rudolph belarski, wayland riceLeave a comment on September 1947 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

March 1947 issue

March 1947

cover art attributed to Albert Drake

better image than previously posted

[post updated 5/2/25]

Posted on January 6, 2024May 26, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags albert drake, andrew holt, dame, femme fatale, new detective magazine, robert turner, thorne lee, todhunter ballard, w.t. ballardLeave a comment on March 1947 issue

June 1947 issue ~ cover art by Modest Stein

cover art by Modest Stein

June 1947 issue

better image than previously posted

[original art added 8/6/25]

Posted on January 2, 2024August 6, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, original art, pulp, updatedTags howard prince, modest stein, private detective stories, woman with a gunLeave a comment on June 1947 issue ~ cover art by Modest Stein

January 1957 issue ~ cover art by Ed Emshwiller

January 1957

cover art by Ed Emshwiller

[updated 8/8/25]

Posted on December 31, 2023August 8, 2025Categories crime fiction, digest, Hardboiled, mystery, original art, pulp, updatedTags charlotte armstrong, cornell woolrich, ed emshwiller, ellery queen's mystery magazine, margery allingham, masquerade, verne athanasLeave a comment on January 1957 issue ~ cover art by Ed Emshwiller

January 1956 ~ cover art by Larry Harris

January 1956

cover art by Larry Harris

Henry Kane, “Watch the Jools” (Peter Chambers)

[updated with original art 8/5/25]

Posted on December 31, 2023August 5, 2025Categories magazine, original art, updatedTags bluebook magazine, henry kane, larry harris, masquerade, peter chambers, private eye, pulp artLeave a comment on January 1956 ~ cover art by Larry Harris

December 1943 issue

December 1943

tittle page

[cover updated 11/1/25]

Posted on December 31, 2023November 1, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags crone, g.t. fleming-roberts, skeleton, thrilling mystery magazine, tux, violin, william campbell gaultLeave a comment on December 1943 issue

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