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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

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

September 1935 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

September 1935

cover art by George Gross

though no story refers to it, the figure at the left looks like Boris Karloff as Fu Manchu

Posted on September 17, 2024May 26, 2025Categories crime fiction, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags boris karloff, dame, fu manchu, george gross, lebbeus mitchell, mystery novels magazine, racist imagery, smokingLeave a comment on September 1935 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

Fight Against Crime #12 Trimmed (Story Comics, 1953)

Fight Against Crime #12 Trimmed (Story Comics, 1953)

Posted on August 27, 2024August 16, 2024Categories crime comic, Hardboiled, horror fiction, pulp, weird fictionTags dagger, dame, femme fatale, fight against crime comicLeave a comment on Fight Against Crime #12 Trimmed (Story Comics, 1953)

November 1940 issue ~ cover art by John Howitt

November 1940

cover art by John Howitt

better image than previously posted

Posted on August 21, 2024July 11, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags donald g. cormack, emile c. tepperman, fiend, giles norcroft, john howitt, r.s. lerch, stewart sterling, strange detective mysteriesLeave a comment on November 1940 issue ~ cover art by John Howitt

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