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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: weird fiction

March 1936 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

March 1936

cover art by Delos Palmer

Posted on October 31, 2024September 12, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicy, weird fictionTags cemetery, delos palmer, graveyard, hooded, skeleton, spicy mystery storiesLeave a comment on March 1936 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

1954 Crime Mysteries #13 ~ cover art by A.C. Hollingsworth

1954 Crime Mysteries #13

cover art by A.C. Hollingsworth

Posted on October 31, 2024September 24, 2024Categories crime comic, horror fiction, weird fictionTags a.c. hollingsworth, crime mysteries comic, femme fatale, grim reaper, woman with a gunLeave a comment on 1954 Crime Mysteries #13 ~ cover art by A.C. Hollingsworth

November 1939 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

November 1939 issue

cover art by Delos Palmer

better image than previously posted

Posted on October 30, 2024October 19, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags cape, dane gregory, delos palmer, dime mystery magazine, fiend, jewels, norvell w. pageLeave a comment on November 1939 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

November 1933 issue ~ cover art by Clifford Benton

November 1933

cover art by Clifford Benton

Posted on October 21, 2024October 19, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags erle stanley gardner, frederick c. painton, laboratory, mad scientist, red hoodLeave a comment on November 1933 issue ~ cover art by Clifford Benton

September 1931 issue ~ cover art by James Reynolds

September 1931

cover art by James Reynolds

Posted on October 20, 2024October 19, 2024Categories adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags eustace adams, h. bedford jones, james reynolds, star magazineLeave a comment on September 1931 issue ~ cover art by James Reynolds

July 1942 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

July 1942

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Posted on October 10, 2024October 3, 2024Categories crime comic, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags g.t. fleming-roberts, laboratory, leo hoban, mad scientist, norman a. daniels, rafael desoto, skull, thrilling mystery magazineLeave a comment on July 1942 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

November/December 1939 issue

November/December 1939 issue

better image than previously posted

Posted on October 10, 2024October 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, horror fiction, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags dagger, donald g. cormack, racist imagery, russel gray, strange detective mysteries, yellow menaceLeave a comment on November/December 1939 issue

January 1940 issue ~ cover art by Robert Stanley

January 1940

cover art by Robert Stanley

Posted on October 7, 2024October 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags bound, maxwell gibson, mystery magazine, robert stanley, walter b. gibsonLeave a comment on January 1940 issue ~ cover art by Robert Stanley

October 1936 issue ~ cover art by R.G. Harris

October 1936

cover art by R.G. Harris

Posted on September 28, 2024September 12, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, weird fictionTags doc savage, r.g. harris, woman with a gunLeave a comment on October 1936 issue ~ cover art by R.G. Harris

November 1939 issue

November 1939

Posted on September 22, 2024November 16, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags arthur leo zagat, hypodermic, joseph j. millard, mummy, sarcophagus, thrilling mystery magazineLeave a comment on November 1939 issue

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