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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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Winter 1951 issue ~ cover art by Allen Anderson

Detective Book Magazine #64 Winter 1951 (Fiction House) Allen Anderson cover.

better image than previously posted

Posted on September 25, 2024September 11, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags a.e. van vogt, allen anderson, dagger, dame, detective book magazine, monkeyLeave a comment on Winter 1951 issue ~ cover art by Allen Anderson

December 1950 issue

December 1950

cover art by Howell Dodd?

Posted on September 25, 2024September 11, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicy, true crimeTags best true fact detective, dame, femme fatale, howell dodd, stockingsLeave a comment on December 1950 issue

August 1946 issue

August 1946

Posted on September 25, 2024September 11, 2024Categories magazine, true crimeTags cigarette holder, dame, femme fatale, front page detective, pulp illustration, smokingLeave a comment on August 1946 issue

January 1947 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

January 1947

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Posted on September 23, 2024September 11, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags charles beckman, dame, day keene, femme fatale, new detective magazine, rafael desoto, robert turner, top hat, tux, w.t. ballardLeave a comment on January 1947 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

cover art by Robert Maguire

August 1958 Signet reissue, first printing

cover art by Robert Maguire

better image than previously posted

ONE OF THE FINEST COVERS EVER

Posted on September 23, 2024September 11, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags dame, femme fatale, jack webb, robert maguire, signet paperback, woman with a gunLeave a comment on cover art by Robert Maguire

1952 New Fiction Press

1952 New Fiction Press

cover art by Reginald Heade

Posted on September 23, 2024September 11, 2024Categories british pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags dame, femme fatale, hank janson, new fiction paperback, reginald heade, woman with a gunLeave a comment on 1952 New Fiction Press

1952 Ace Double paperback ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

1952 Ace Double paperback original

cover art by Norman Saunders

Posted on September 20, 2024September 10, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags ace double paperback, dame, harry whittington, lingerie, norman saunders, police procedural, shoulder holster, telephoneLeave a comment on 1952 Ace Double paperback ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

Red-Headed Sinners x 2

1953 Croyden digest original

1962 Lancer reissue

Posted on September 20, 2024September 10, 2024Categories crime fiction, digest, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags croyden digest, dame, jonathan craig, lancer paperback, pearl necklace, smokingLeave a comment on Red-Headed Sinners x 2

1967 Dell reissue ~ cover art by Barye Phillips

1951 Fawcett paperback original, this the later 1967 Dell reprint

his 6th novel

cover art by Barye Phillips

better image than previously posted

Posted on September 20, 2024May 26, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags barye phillips, dame, david goodis, dell paperback, noir, thrillerLeave a comment on 1967 Dell reissue ~ cover art by Barye Phillips

1953 Top Fiction paperback

1953 Top Fiction paperback

cover art by Reginald Heade

better image than previously posted

Posted on September 20, 2024September 10, 2024Categories british pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperbackTags dame, femme fatale, hank janson, reginald heade, top fiction paperbackLeave a comment on 1953 Top Fiction paperback

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