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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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Headline Comics #29 (Prize, 1948)

Headline Comics #29 (Prize, 1948) Condition: FN. Jack Kirby and Joe Simon stories, cover, and art.

Posted on November 26, 2024November 13, 2024Categories crime comic, Hardboiled, pulp, true crimeTags diner, headline comics, heist, jack kirby, joe simon, moll, woman with a gunLeave a comment on Headline Comics #29 (Prize, 1948)

August 1938 issue

August 1939

Posted on November 24, 2024November 12, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags detective novels magazine, heist, john benton, margie harris, tuxLeave a comment on August 1938 issue

1952 Metro Goldwyn Mayer

1952 Metro Goldwyn Mayer

Posted on October 26, 2024October 19, 2024Categories film noir, HardboiledTags armored car, coleen gray, heist, jack elam, john payne, kansas city fiction, lee van cleef, metro goldwyn mayer movie, smokingLeave a comment on 1952 Metro Goldwyn Mayer

October 1950 issue

October 1950

Posted on October 20, 2024October 19, 2024Categories crime fiction, government agent, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags armored car, bruce cassiday, FBI detective stories, heist, paul w. fairmanLeave a comment on October 1950 issue

March 9, 1940 issue

March 9, 1940

Posted on October 19, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags bank heist, bennett barlay, detective fiction weekly, flynn's, handcuffs, heistLeave a comment on March 9, 1940 issue

1973 Sphere reissue in the UK

1973 Sphere reissue in the UK

Posted on September 10, 2024September 9, 2024Categories british pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperbackTags heist, jim thompson, movie tie in, shotgun, sphere paperback, steve mcqueen, the getawayLeave a comment on 1973 Sphere reissue in the UK

1948 Triangle hardcover

1934 Vanguard hardcover

February 1948 Triangle hardcover reissue

basis for the 1948 Robert Siodmak film noir starring Burt Lancaster, Yvonne DeCarlo, and Dan Duryea

Posted on September 8, 2024August 16, 2024Categories crime fiction, film noir, Hardboiled, pulpTags burt lancaster, dan duryea, don tracy, double cross, film noir, heist, movie poster, triangle hardcover, yvonne decarloLeave a comment on 1948 Triangle hardcover

2005 Minotaur hardcover

2005 Minotaur hardcover, first print, author’s debut noir novel, classic in that everybody burns

Posted on August 31, 2024August 16, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, pulpTags driver, duane swierczynski, heist, minotaur hardcover, noirLeave a comment on 2005 Minotaur hardcover

two from Charles Williams

July 1960 Holt hardcover

October 1971 Pocket reissue

cover art by Allan Mardon?

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March 1971 Signet paperback original, first printing

cover art by David Blossom

Posted on August 25, 2024August 16, 2024Categories adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, maritime fiction, paperback, pulpTags allan mardon, charles williams, david blossom, heist, pocket paperback, sailboatLeave a comment on two from Charles Williams

cover art by Lu Kimmel

November 1955 first printing

cover painting by Lu Kimmel

Posted on July 15, 2024July 2, 2024Categories action fiction, crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags dan cushman, gold medal paperback, heist, lu kimmelLeave a comment on cover art by Lu Kimmel

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