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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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July 1944 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

July 1944

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

[post updated 12/7/24]

Posted on June 29, 2024December 7, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, original art, pulp, updatedTags bruno fischer, d.l. champion, day keene, detective fiction weekly, flynn's, norbert davis, rafael desotoLeave a comment on July 1944 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

November 1945 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

November 1945

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

Posted on June 26, 2024June 15, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags day keene, detective tales magazine, grandfather clock, rafael desoto, talmage powell, william r. coxLeave a comment on November 1945 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

Oil on stretched canvas, 18 x 14 in.
Not signed

September 1945 issue

Posted on June 25, 2024June 15, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, original art, pulpTags cyril plunkett, day keene, detective tales magazine, footprints, oil on canvas, rafael desoto, w.t. ballard, william r. coxLeave a comment on cover art by Rafael DeSoto

September 1942 issue

September 1942

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 21, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags bound, day keene, laboratory, robot, strange detective mysteries, woman with a gunLeave a comment on September 1942 issue

September 1941 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

September 1941

cover art by Tom Lovell

cover art reused from Detective Tales March 1936 issue

Posted on April 30, 2024April 23, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags dagger, day keene, dime mystery magazine, idol, racist imagery, robert c. blackmon, russel gray, tom lovell, woman with a gun, yellow menaceLeave a comment on September 1941 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

November 1950 issue

November 1950

Posted on April 28, 2024April 23, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags day keene, ex-con, famous detective stories, o.f. jeromeLeave a comment on November 1950 issue

July 1947 issue

July 1947

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 24, 2024April 22, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags dagger, day keene, detective tales magazine, francis k. allan, pearls, russell branch, william r. coxLeave a comment on July 1947 issue

April 1948 issue

April 1948

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 11, 2024February 23, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags c. william harrison, d.l. champion, day keene, detective tales magazine, gambling fiction, peter paige, robert martin, roulette, tom marvinLeave a comment on April 1948 issue

September 1943 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

September 1943

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

[images updated 4/19/24]

Posted on April 7, 2024April 19, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags day keene, detective tales magazine, henry norton, mary freels rosborough, rafael desoto, william chamberlain, william r. cox, woman with a gunLeave a comment on September 1943 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

September 1941 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

September 1941

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

Posted on March 16, 2024January 6, 2024Categories action fiction, crime fiction, government agent, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags ace g-man stories, day keene, emile c. tepperman, rafael desoto, tommygun, woman with a gun, wyatt blassingameLeave a comment on September 1941 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

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