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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-August 1948 issue – cover art by Dan Zolnerowich

July-August 1948 issue

cover art by Dan Zolnerowich

November 03, 2013

Posted on June 19, 2025June 5, 2025Categories crime comic, pulpTags cash, crime detective comics, dan zolnerwich, heistLeave a comment on July-August 1948 issue – cover art by Dan Zolnerowich

October 1932 – premiere issue ~ cover art Joseph Doolin

October 1932

cover art Joseph Doolin

better image than previously posted

Posted on June 19, 2025May 6, 2026Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags heist, joseph doolin, rapid-fire detective stories, tom curryLeave a comment on October 1932 – premiere issue ~ cover art Joseph Doolin

2010 Warner Brothers

film adaptation of Chuck Hogan’s 2004 novel, The Prince of the City, a very good movie made from a great novel

September 21, 2013

Posted on March 13, 2025February 22, 2025Categories crime fiction, HardboiledTags ben affleck, blake lively, chuck hogan, crime film, heist, jeremy rener, jon hamm, movie poster, peter postlethwaite, rebecca hallLeave a comment on 2010 Warner Brothers

March 16, 1929 issue ~ cover art by John A. Coughlin

March 16, 1929

cover art by John A. Coughlin

Posted on March 6, 2025February 10, 2025Categories crime fiction, magazine, mystery, pulpTags arthur mallory, austin j. small, detective story magazine, heist, herman landon, john a. coughlin, roy w. hinds, tommygunLeave a comment on March 16, 1929 issue ~ cover art by John A. Coughlin

1956, The Killing

1956, The Killing – Kubrick’s second movie

adapted from Lionel White’s Clean Break, Dutton hardcover, 1955

Posted on February 6, 2025January 28, 2025Categories film noirTags heist, lionel white, stanley kubrick, target, the killingLeave a comment on 1956, The Killing

1946 Universal picture

1946 Universal picture

Posted on January 22, 2025January 20, 2025Categories crime fiction, film noir, HardboiledTags ava gardner, burt lancaster, ernest hemingway, film noir, heist, movie poster, professional killer, robert siodmak, universal picturesLeave a comment on 1946 Universal picture

1956 Lion reissue ~ cover art by Charles Copeland

1956 Lion reissue

cover art by Charles Copeland

Criss-Cross, 1934 Vanguard hardcover, basis for the 1949 film noir directed by Robert Siodmak, starring Burt Lancaster and Ava Gardner

Posted on December 29, 2024December 12, 2024Categories crime fiction, film noir, finest kind, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags criss cross, dame, don tracy, femme fatale, heistLeave a comment on 1956 Lion reissue ~ cover art by Charles Copeland

1953, Authentic Police Cases #25

1953, Authentic Police Cases #25

Posted on December 16, 2024December 2, 2024Categories crime comic, Hardboiled, pulp, true crimeTags authentic police cases comic, bullet holes, dame, heist, mollLeave a comment on 1953, Authentic Police Cases #25

December 13, 1924 issue ~ cover art by John A. Coughlin

December 13, 1924

cover art by John A. Coughlin

published a century ago today

Posted on December 13, 2024October 16, 2024Categories crime fiction, magazine, mystery, pulpTags detective story magazine, getaway, heist, john a. coughlinLeave a comment on December 13, 1924 issue ~ cover art by John A. Coughlin

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)

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