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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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1950, issue #7

1950

Posted on June 24, 2024June 15, 2024Categories crime comic, Hardboiled, pulp, true crimeTags crimes by women comic, dame, femme fatale, woman with a gunLeave a comment on 1950, issue #7

cover art by Barye Phillips

1960 paperback original by Horowitz in Australia and Signet in the US

cover art by Barye Phillips

Posted on June 24, 2024June 15, 2024Categories Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags barye phillips, carter brown, dame, signet paperbackLeave a comment on cover art by Barye Phillips

cover art by George Gross

Daughter of Satan, Women in Crime pulp digest cover, March 1948
Oil on canvas, 20 x 15 in.
Signed lower right

Posted on June 17, 2024May 13, 2024Categories finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, original art, pulp, spicy, true crimeTags dame, femme fatale, george gross, oil on canvas, woman with a gun, women in crimeLeave a comment on cover art by George Gross

January 1935 issue

January 1935

better image than previously posted

Posted on June 17, 2024May 13, 2024Categories action fiction, espionage fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags dame, edgar l. cooper, femme fatale, lugar, mirror, spy stories magazineLeave a comment on January 1935 issue

October 1946 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

October 1946

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

better image than previously posted

Posted on June 17, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags carl g. hodges, carter sprague, dame, femme fatale, fire escape, john l. benton, mink stole, rudolph belarski, thrilling detective magazine, woman with a gunLeave a comment on October 1946 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

June 1939 issue ~ cover art by Albert Fisher

June 1939

cover art by Albert Fisher

better image than previously posted

Posted on June 8, 2024May 14, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags albert fisher, dame, femme fatale, inside detective magazineLeave a comment on June 1939 issue ~ cover art by Albert Fisher

August 1936 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

August 1936

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

better image than previously posted

[image updated 3/18/26]

Posted on June 5, 2024March 18, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags bernard breslauer, bullet holes, dame, moll, phantom detective magazine, richard b. sale, robert wallace, rudolph belarski, tommygun, woman with a gunLeave a comment on August 1936 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

October 1948 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

October 1948

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

Posted on June 4, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags 10-story detective magazine, dame, femme fatale, larry holden, norman saunders, showgirlLeave a comment on October 1948 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

November 1936 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

November 1936

cover art by Delos Palmer

better image than previously posted

[updated 11/19/25]

Posted on June 3, 2024November 19, 2025Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags dame, delos palmer, finest kind, garter, moll, mort lansing, rooftop, spicy detective stories, stockingsLeave a comment on November 1936 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

August 1942 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

August 1942

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 26, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags anthony parsons, dame, femme fatale, jewel thief, lee e. wells, rafael desoto, thrilling detective magazine, woman with a gunLeave a comment on August 1942 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

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