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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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Fall 1950 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Fall 1950

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 6, 2024April 23, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags black book detective, carroll john daly, dame, femme fatale, g. wayman jones, nels leroy jorgensen, rudolph belarski, woman with a gunLeave a comment on Fall 1950 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

November 1955 issue

November 1955

Posted on May 6, 2024April 23, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicyTags dame, official police cases, smokingLeave a comment on November 1955 issue

October 1938 issue

October 1938

Posted on May 6, 2024April 23, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicy, true crimeTags dame, femme fatale, showgirl, true magazine, woman with a gunLeave a comment on October 1938 issue

February 1949 issue

February 1949

Posted on May 6, 2024April 23, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags dame, femme fatale, pulp illustration, startling detective magazine, stockingsLeave a comment on February 1949 issue

March 1931 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

March 1931

cover art by Delos Palmer

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 6, 2024May 23, 2025Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags dame, delos palmer, detective classics magazine, femme fatale, leslie charteris, simon templar, the saint, woman with a gunLeave a comment on March 1931 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

March 1939 issue

March 1939

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 6, 2024April 23, 2024Categories finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags dame, femme fatale, finest kind, real detective magazine, woman with a gunLeave a comment on March 1939 issue

July/Aug./Sept. 1948 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

July/Aug./Sept. 1948

cover art by George Gross

Posted on May 6, 2024April 23, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, original art, pulp, spicy, true crimeTags best true fact detective, dame, femme fatale, george gross, original art, smoking, stockings, woman with a gunLeave a comment on July/Aug./Sept. 1948 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

Winter 1950 issue

Winter 1950

willing to bet the cover art is by Rudolph Belarski – an all-time classic

Posted on May 6, 2024April 23, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicyTags arthur leo zagat, dame, femme fatale, finest kind, kelley roos, mystery book magazine, woman with a gun, wyatt blassingameLeave a comment on Winter 1950 issue

July 1959 issue ~ cover art by Dick Shelton

July 1959

cover art by Dick Shelton

Posted on April 30, 2024April 23, 2024Categories crime fiction, digest, finest kind, Hardboiled, mystery, pulpTags brett halliday, dagger, dame, dick shelton, femme fatale, finest kind, john c. fleming, lois eby, mike shayne mystery magazine, private eyeLeave a comment on July 1959 issue ~ cover art by Dick Shelton

1948, premiere issue

1948

Posted on April 30, 2024April 23, 2024Categories crime comic, Hardboiled, true crimeTags cigarette holder, dame, famous crimes comic, femme fatale, gambling, roulette, woman with a gunLeave a comment on 1948, premiere issue

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