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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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October 1934 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

October 1934

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

[updated 5/5/25]

Posted on March 1, 2024May 5, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags a.t. locke, c.k.m. scanlon, edward parrish ware, fire escape, johnston mcculley, margie harris, rafael desoto, telephone, thrilling detective magazineLeave a comment on October 1934 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

March 1935 issue

March 1935

Posted on February 27, 2024February 23, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags arthur j. burks, c.k.m. scanlon, dagger, hollywood fiction, phantom detective magazine, robert wallace, woman with a gunLeave a comment on March 1935 issue

June 1935 issue

June 1935

[updated 4/20/24]

Posted on February 9, 2024April 20, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags c.k.m. scanlon, lupton a. wilkinson, mirror, phantom detective magazine, red hood, robert wallaceLeave a comment on June 1935 issue

December 1935 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

December 1935

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Posted on January 18, 2024April 4, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags c.k.m. scanlon, dagger, john l. tiernan, phantom detective magazine, racist imagery, robert wallace, rudolph belarski, yellow menaceLeave a comment on December 1935 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

March 1935 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

Format ImagePosted on November 27, 2023April 20, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags c.k.m. scanlon, norman a. daniels, pulp art, rafael desoto, richard b. sale, thrilling detective magazineLeave a comment on March 1935 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

May 1939 issue

May 1939

[post updated 4/20/24]

Posted on November 19, 2023April 20, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags barry perowne, black book detective, c.k.m. scanlon, pulp art, skull, tux, woman with a gunLeave a comment on May 1939 issue

April 1939 issue

April 1939

better image than previously posted

Posted on November 16, 2023November 14, 2023Categories government agent, Hardboiled, magazineTags c.k.m. scanlon, FBI, feds, g-men magazineLeave a comment on April 1939 issue

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