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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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Summer 1945 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

Summer 1945

cover art by George Gross

Posted on August 9, 2024July 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags blowtorch, detective book magazine, fiend, george gross, m.v. heberdenLeave a comment on Summer 1945 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

March 1949 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

March 1949

cover art by George Gross

Posted on August 5, 2024July 6, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags dame, george gross, true crime cases magazineLeave a comment on March 1949 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

Summer 1939 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

Summer 1939

cover art by George Gross

Posted on July 31, 2024July 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags andrew j. albert, detective book magazine, george gross, mabel seeley, stewart sterling, theodore a. tinsley, woman with a gunLeave a comment on Summer 1939 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

June 1936 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

June 1936

cover art by George Gross

better image than previously posted

Posted on July 19, 2024July 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags baynard h. kendrick, george gross, mystery novels magazine, spider, venetian blindsLeave a comment on June 1936 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

cover art by George Gross

May 1951 issue

December 1953 issue

Posted on July 16, 2024July 25, 2024Categories finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, original art, pulp, true crimeTags best true fact detective, dame, femme fatale, finest kind, george gross, true crime casesLeave a comment on cover art by George Gross

June 1948 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

June 1948

cover art by George Gross

better image than previously posted

[updated 5/6/25]

Posted on July 7, 2024May 6, 2025Categories finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicy, true crimeTags dame, femme fatale, garter, george gross, lingerie, smoking, stockings, woman with a gun, women in crimeLeave a comment on June 1948 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

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 – premiere issue ~ cover art by George Gross

January 1935 – premiere issue

cover art by George Gross

[image updated 6/29/24]

Posted on May 26, 2024June 29, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags beulah poynter, g.t. fleming-roberts, george gross, james duncan, mystery novels magazine, norman a. danielsLeave a comment on January 1935 – premiere issue ~ cover art by George Gross

May 1935 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

May 1935

cover art by George Gross

Posted on May 25, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags george gross, hooded, leslie charteris, mystery novels magazine, simon templar, stanley hart page, the saint, wyatt blassingameLeave a comment on May 1935 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

March 1935 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

March 1935

cover art by George Gross

Posted on May 18, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags george gross, grim reaper, john w. vandercook, mystery novels magazine, snakeLeave a comment on March 1935 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

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