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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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November 1951 issue

November 1951

cover art by Kirk Wilson

better image than previously posted

Posted on December 27, 2024December 12, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags bullet holes, c.p. donnel, kirk wilson, popular detective magazineLeave a comment on November 1951 issue

February 1930 issue ~ cover art by Arthur Wilson

February 1930

cover art by Arthur Wilson

Posted on December 16, 2024December 2, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags arthur wilson, bullet holes, gangster stories magazine, gun moll, rackateer, woman with a gunLeave a comment on February 1930 issue ~ cover art by Arthur Wilson

1953, Authentic Police Cases #25

1953, Authentic Police Cases #25

Posted on December 16, 2024December 2, 2024Categories crime comic, Hardboiled, pulp, true crimeTags authentic police cases comic, bullet holes, dame, heist, mollLeave a comment on 1953, Authentic Police Cases #25

April 1932 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

April 1932

cover art by Tom Lovell

better image than previously posted

[image updated 2/15/25]

[original art added 8/13/25]

Posted on December 13, 2024August 13, 2025Categories crime fiction, finest kind, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, original art, pulp, updatedTags anatole feldman, bullet holes, earl w. scott, ed lybeck, tom lovell, underworld magazine, willard k. smithLeave a comment on April 1932 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

1967 Warner Brothers

1967

better image than previously posted

Posted on December 8, 2024December 2, 2024Categories gangster, HardboiledTags arthur penn, bonnie and clyde, bullet holes, faye dunaway, gene hackman, movie poster, tommygun, warren beattyLeave a comment on 1967 Warner Brothers

April-May 1931 issue ~ cover art by Lyman Anderson

April-May 1931

cover art by Lyman Anderson

Posted on November 28, 2024November 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags anatole feldman, bullet holes, complete gang novel magazine, lyman andersonLeave a comment on April-May 1931 issue ~ cover art by Lyman Anderson

April 1952 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

April 1952

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

[updated 5/3/25]

Posted on November 14, 2024May 3, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, original art, pulp, updatedTags bullet holes, charles beckman, donn mullally, g.t. fleming-roberts, new detective magazine, norman saunders, robert zacks, taxiLeave a comment on April 1952 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

1947, The Lady From Shanghai

1947 The Lady from Shangai

adaptation by Orson Welles of Sherwood King’s novel If I Die Before I Wake

starring Rita Hayworth, Orson Wells, and Everett Sloane

Posted on October 24, 2024October 19, 2024Categories crime fiction, film noir, HardboiledTags bullet holes, everett sloane, orson welles, rita hayworthLeave a comment on 1947, The Lady From Shanghai

March 1948 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

March 1948

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Posted on October 20, 2024May 2, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags bullet holes, g.t. fleming-roberts, john d. macdonald, new detective magazine, peter paige, rafael desoto, skull, tux, wallace umphrey, william roughLeave a comment on March 1948 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

1932 United Artists picture

Paul Muni as Scarface

Posted on October 19, 2024October 4, 2024Categories crime fiction, gangster, HardboiledTags bullet holes, paul muni, scarface, tommygun, united artistsLeave a comment on 1932 United Artists picture

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