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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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December 1949 issue

December 1949

Posted on August 19, 2024July 4, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags crime detective magazine, dame, femme fatale, pulp illustrationLeave a comment on December 1949 issue

Prison Break #4 (Avon, 1952) ~ cover art by Everett Raymond Kinstler

Prison Break #4 (Avon, 1952) cover art by Everett Raymond Kinstler

Posted on August 15, 2024July 10, 2024Categories crime comic, finest kind, Hardboiled, pulp, true crimeTags dame, everett raymond kinstler, handcuffs, prison break comic, woman with a gunLeave a comment on Prison Break #4 (Avon, 1952) ~ cover art by Everett Raymond Kinstler

February 1941 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

February 1941

cover art by Norman Saunders

cover art repurposed for the May 1947 10-Story Detective

Posted on August 15, 2024July 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags dame, handcuffs, harold q. masur, lone wolf detective magazine, moll, norman saunders, w.t. ballardLeave a comment on February 1941 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

March 1947 issue

March 1947

better image than previously posted

Posted on August 14, 2024July 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags dagger, dame, femme fatale, popular detective magazine, roger fuller, wayland riceLeave a comment on March 1947 issue

April 1932 issue ~ cover art by Chris Schaare

April 1932

cover art by Chris Schaare

better image than previously posted

Posted on August 11, 2024July 3, 2024Categories gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, true crimeTags anatole feldman, dame, e.e. murton, femme fatale, gun molls magazine, hector gavin grey, stockings, stuart palmerLeave a comment on April 1932 issue ~ cover art by Chris Schaare

The Four of Hearts x 2

1953 Avon reissue

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

1958 Avon reissue

cover art by William Rose

better image than previously posted

Posted on August 11, 2024July 23, 2024Categories finest kind, mystery, paperback, pulp, whodunnitTags avon paperback, bound, dame, ellery queen, gagged, norman saunders, smoking, william roseLeave a comment on The Four of Hearts x 2

cover art by Charles Binger

February 1954 Bantam 1st printing of this 1937 chiller

Posted on August 9, 2024July 12, 2024Categories uncategorizedTags bantam paperback, charles binger, dame, femme fatale, john dickson carr, skullLeave a comment on cover art by Charles Binger

October 1939 issue ~ cover art by Harwood Forsgren

October 1939

cover art by Harwood Forsgren

better image than previously posted

[updated 3/23/26]

Posted on August 8, 2024March 23, 2026Categories Hardboiled, pulp, true crime, updatedTags dame, harwood forsgren, headline detective magazine, mailboxLeave a comment on October 1939 issue ~ cover art by Harwood Forsgren

December 1940 issue ~ cover art by Albert Fisher

December 1940

cover art by Albert Fisher

Posted on August 7, 2024July 3, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags albert fisher, bomb, dame, femme fatale, front page detectiveLeave a comment on December 1940 issue ~ cover art by Albert Fisher

March 1949 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

March 1949

cover art by George Gross

Posted on August 5, 2024July 6, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags dame, george gross, true crime cases magazineLeave a comment on March 1949 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

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