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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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Tag: detective tales magazine

February 1948 issue

February 1948

better image than previously posted

Posted on July 23, 2024July 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags blood, curt hamlin, dean owen, detective tales magazine, elevator, jack bradley, parker bonner, pearl necklace, peter paige, robert zacks, wyatt blassingameLeave a comment on February 1948 issue

June 1944 issue ~ cover art by Gloria Stoll

June 1944

cover art by Gloria Stoll

better image than previously posted

Posted on July 23, 2024October 2, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags cyril plunkett, detective tales magazine, edward s. williams, gloria stoll, h. wolff salz, jack bradley, pearls, robert turner, william r. coxLeave a comment on June 1944 issue ~ cover art by Gloria Stoll

May 1949 issue

May 1949

Posted on July 21, 2024July 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags detective tales magazine, francis k. allan, larry holden, louis l'amour, paul macdonald, private eye, robert martin, windowLeave a comment on May 1949 issue

October 1944 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

October 1944

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Posted on July 16, 2024July 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags day keene, detective tales magazine, escaped con, f. orlin tremaine, francis k. allan, handcuffs, rafael desoto, ray bradbury, woman with a gunLeave a comment on October 1944 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

July 1946 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

July 1946

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

Posted on July 11, 2024July 2, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags day keene, detective tales magazine, rafael desoto, william r. coxLeave a comment on July 1946 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

February 1947 issue

February 1947

cover art by Gloria Stoll?

Posted on July 4, 2024July 1, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags blood trail, d.l. champion, detective tales magazine, pegleg, russell bender, william r. coxLeave a comment on February 1947 issue

November 1944 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

November 1944

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

[images updated 4/28/25]

Posted on June 30, 2024April 28, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags cyril plunkett, day keene, detective tales magazine, francis k. allan, g.t. fleming-roberts, jack bradley, nurse, poison, rafael desoto, ray bradburyLeave a comment on November 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

December 1946 issue

December 1946

Posted on June 21, 2024May 14, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags detective tales magazine, don james, dorothy dunn, earl peirce, ken lewis, parker bonner, thorne lee, w.t. ballardLeave a comment on December 1946 issue

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