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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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February 1938 issue

February 1938 issue

better image than previously posted

[image updated 9/20/24]

Posted on December 4, 2023September 20, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags anatole field, brent north, dagger, garter, pulp art, racist imagery, red circle magazine, star detective magazine, stockings, walter walker, william r. cox, yellow menaceLeave a comment on February 1938 issue

March 1938 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

March 1938

cover art by H.J. Ward

better image than previously posted

[cover updated 11/20/25]

Posted on December 4, 2023November 20, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicy, updatedTags dagger, gravestone, h.j. ward, henry kuttner, lingerie, pulp art, red hood, spicy mystery magazine1 Comment on March 1938 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

June 1942 issue ~ cover art by Allan Anderson

June 1942

cover art by Allan Anderson

Posted on December 2, 2023November 30, 2023Categories action fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicy, western fictionTags allen anderson, dagger, gunfight, laurence donovan, pulp art, spicy western storiesLeave a comment on June 1942 issue ~ cover art by Allan Anderson

October 1938 issue

May 1938

better image than previously posted

Posted on December 2, 2023December 1, 2023Categories action fiction, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags arthur j. burks, c.c. rice, carmony gove, cyril plunkett, dagger, double-action detective magazine, hugh b. cave, pulp art, turban, w.t ballard, woman with a gun, wyatt blassingameLeave a comment on October 1938 issue

March 10, 1923 issue ~ cover art by E. A. Urdang

March 10, 1923

cover art by E. A. Urdang

Posted on December 1, 2023August 24, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, magazine, maritime fiction, mystery, pulp, western fictionTags adventure magazine, dagger, e.a. urdang, pegleg, pirate, pulp artLeave a comment on March 10, 1923 issue ~ cover art by E. A. Urdang

Summer 1940 issue

Format ImagePosted on November 30, 2023November 27, 2023Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, espionage fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, maritime fiction, mystery, pulpTags dagger, kerry mcroberts, porthole, pulp art, thrilling spy stories, william l. hopsonLeave a comment on Summer 1940 issue

November 1930 issue ~ cover art by William Reusswig

November 1930

cover art by William Reusswig

Posted on November 29, 2023November 27, 2023Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, maritime fiction, pulp, western fictionTags all-fiction magazine, benge atlee, dagger, eugene cunningham, gladwell richardson, hal leslie, pulp art, victor rosseau, william reusswigLeave a comment on November 1930 issue ~ cover art by William Reusswig

November 1936 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

November 1936

cover art by H.J. Ward

better image than previously posted

Posted on November 28, 2023April 26, 2026Categories action fiction, adventure, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicyTags carl moore, dagger, dame, femme fatale, finest kind, garter, h.j. ward, pulp art, spicy-adventure stories, stockings, willis vachel keithLeave a comment on November 1936 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

November 1928 issue ~ cover art by Charles L. Wrenn

November 1928

cover art by Charles L. Wrenn

Posted on November 28, 2023November 26, 2023Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, historical fiction, magazine, maritime fictionTags bertram w. williams, charles l. wrenn, dagger, danger trail magazine, deep sea diver, knife fight, pulp artLeave a comment on November 1928 issue ~ cover art by Charles L. Wrenn

July 1933 issue ~ cover art by J. Allen St. John

July 1933

cover art by J. Allen St. John

Posted on November 28, 2023November 26, 2023Categories action fiction, adventure, magazine, maritime fictionTags bound, dagger, e. hoffmann price, geoffrey vace, h. bedford jones, j. allen st. john, magic carpet magazine, pearls, robert e. howard, seabury quinn, south seas, warren hastings millerLeave a comment on July 1933 issue ~ cover art by J. Allen St. John

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