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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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July-August 1948 issue – cover art by Dan Zolnerowich

July-August 1948 issue

cover art by Dan Zolnerowich

November 03, 2013

Posted on June 19, 2025June 5, 2025Categories crime comic, pulpTags cash, crime detective comics, dan zolnerwich, heistLeave a comment on July-August 1948 issue – cover art by Dan Zolnerowich

June 1936 issue ~ cover art by Albert Fisher

June 1936

cover art by Albert Fisher

Posted on April 24, 2025April 12, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags albert fisher, cash, real detective magazineLeave a comment on June 1936 issue ~ cover art by Albert Fisher

cover art by Richard Lillis

Murder by the Book, Hollywood Detective, December 1944
Oil on canvas, 20 x 14 inches (50.8 x 35.6 cm)
Signed lower right

Posted on August 5, 2024July 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, original art, pulpTags cash, hollywood detective magazine, oil on canvas, original art, richard lillis, robert leslie bellem, woman with a gunLeave a comment on cover art by Richard Lillis

July 1939 issue

July 1939

[image updated 2/15/24]

Posted on February 28, 2024February 15, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags cash, phantom detective magazineLeave a comment on July 1939 issue

cover art by Darcy (Ernest Chiriacka)


Gouache on board
21 x 14 inches (53.3 x 35.6 cm) (image)
Initialed lower right

1958 Harper hardcover

1960 Pyramid reissue with new title

Posted on November 24, 2023November 22, 2023Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags cash, dame, darcy, ed lacy, ernest chiriacka, femme fatale, gouache, negligee, pulp art, pyramid paperbackLeave a comment on cover art by Darcy (Ernest Chiriacka)
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