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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 1956 issue

December 1956

Posted on November 12, 2024December 4, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crime, updatedTags dame, femme fatale, pulp illustration, smoking, true crime exposeLeave a comment on December 1956 issue

1958 Dell paperback original ~ cover art by Ernest Chiriacka

1958 Dell paperback original

cover art by Ernest Chiriacka

Posted on November 12, 2024October 19, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags charles williams, dame, dell paperback, ernest chiriacka, femme fatale, noirLeave a comment on 1958 Dell paperback original ~ cover art by Ernest Chiriacka

1955 Dell paperback

1955 Dell paperback

cover painting by Mike Privatello

better image than previously posted

Posted on November 9, 2024October 19, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags dame, dell paperback, femme fatale, james m. foxLeave a comment on 1955 Dell paperback

1945 Pocket reissue ~ cover art by Stanley Meltzoff

1945 Pocket reissue

cover art by Stanley Meltzoff

better image than previously posted

Posted on November 8, 2024October 19, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags Brigid O'Shaughnessy, dame, dashiell hammett, femme fatale, maltese falcon, miles archer, private eye, sam spadeLeave a comment on 1945 Pocket reissue ~ cover art by Stanley Meltzoff

Out of the Past

“Out of the Past (1947)
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“Out of the Past (1947)
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1947, Out of the Past

Jane Greer as Kathie, the hardest boiled femme fatale of all time

Posted on November 7, 2024October 19, 2024Categories crime fiction, film noir, HardboiledTags dame, femme fatale, jane greer, out of the pastLeave a comment on Out of the Past

February/March 1949 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

February/March 1949

cover art by George Gross

better image than previously posted

Posted on November 4, 2024October 19, 2024Categories magazine, pulp, true crimeTags best true fact detective, dame, femme fatale, garter, george gross, stockingsLeave a comment on February/March 1949 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

1954 Crime Mysteries #13 ~ cover art by A.C. Hollingsworth

1954 Crime Mysteries #13

cover art by A.C. Hollingsworth

Posted on October 31, 2024September 24, 2024Categories crime comic, horror fiction, weird fictionTags a.c. hollingsworth, crime mysteries comic, femme fatale, grim reaper, woman with a gunLeave a comment on 1954 Crime Mysteries #13 ~ cover art by A.C. Hollingsworth

cover art by Fred Rodewald

cover art by Fred Rodewald, gouache on board. 17 x 13 in, signed under her elbow

July 1949 issue

Posted on October 28, 2024October 19, 2024Categories finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags dame, femme fatale, fred rodewald, true crime cases magazine, women in prisonLeave a comment on cover art by Fred Rodewald

March 1949 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

March 1949

cover art by George Gross

Posted on October 28, 2024October 19, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicy, true crimeTags dame, femme fatale, geoge gross, women in crime, women in prisonLeave a comment on March 1949 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

1951 Popular Library reissue

published in 1948 by Macmillan, this a later 1951 Popular Library reissue

Posted on October 26, 2024October 19, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags cigarette girl, dame, femme fatale, octavus roy cohen, popular library, veilLeave a comment on 1951 Popular Library reissue

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