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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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January 1939 issue ~ cover art by J.W. Scott

January 1939

cover art by J.W. Scott

better image than previously posted

Posted on October 13, 2024October 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags bound, detective short stories magazine, j.w. scott, leo stalnaker, omar gwinnLeave a comment on January 1939 issue ~ cover art by J.W. Scott

1947 Street & Smith, V6,#12 ~ cover art by Bob Powell

1947 Street & Smith, V6, #12

cover art by Bob Powell

Posted on October 13, 2024October 3, 2024Categories crime comic, Hardboiled, mystery, pulpTags bob powell, bound, lugar, the shadowLeave a comment on 1947 Street & Smith, V6,#12 ~ cover art by Bob Powell

March 1939 issue

March 1939

Posted on October 12, 2024October 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags black book detective, bound, charles s. stong, milton lowe, staircase, winter olympicsLeave a comment on March 1939 issue

June 1936 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

June 1936

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Posted on October 11, 2024October 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags alligator, bound, frederick c. davis, paul chadwick, rafael desoto, ten detective aces magazineLeave a comment on June 1936 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

cover art by Norman Saunders

cover art by Norman Saunders

April 1937 issue

better image than previously posted

Posted on October 10, 2024October 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, original art, pulpTags black book detective, bound, buried alive, norman saundersLeave a comment on cover art by Norman Saunders

Summer 1938 issue

Summer 1938

better image than previously posted

Posted on October 9, 2024October 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, horror fiction, magazine, mystery, pulpTags a. merritt, axe, bound, chained, detective book magazine, franklin h. martin, theodore tinsleyLeave a comment on Summer 1938 issue

December 1934 issue

December 1934

cover art by Tom Lovell?

better image than previously posted

Posted on October 9, 2024October 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags bound, clues detective stories, harry lynch, mad scientistLeave a comment on December 1934 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

March 1939 issue ~ cover art by J.W. Scott

March 1939

cover art by J.W. Scott

better image than previously posted

last of the three issues published

Posted on October 7, 2024June 1, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags bound, dagger, handcuffs, j.w. scott, red circle magazine, top-notch detective magazineLeave a comment on March 1939 issue ~ cover art by J.W. Scott

cover art by Barye Phillips

Gouache on board. 25 3/4×15 1/2 inches, on 29 3/4×20 1/4-inch board. Signed “Barye” in right image.

pseudonym of J.E. MacDonnell

July 1965 Signet paperback original

cover art by Barye Phillips

Posted on October 7, 2024October 3, 2024Categories espionage fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags barye phillips, bound, gouache on board, james dark, signet paperback, spy fictionLeave a comment on cover art by Barye Phillips

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