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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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cover art by Robert Maguire

June 1956 Signet reissue, first printing

cover art by Robert Maguire

better image than previously posted

posed photo from which Maguire worked

Posted on October 1, 2024September 12, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, original art, paperback, pulpTags jack webb, robert maguire, signet paperbackLeave a comment on cover art by Robert Maguire

cover art by Robert Maguire

August 1958 Signet reissue, first printing

cover art by Robert Maguire

better image than previously posted

ONE OF THE FINEST COVERS EVER

Posted on September 23, 2024September 11, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags dame, femme fatale, jack webb, robert maguire, signet paperback, woman with a gunLeave a comment on cover art by Robert Maguire

cover arty by Robert Maguire

July 1957 Signet reissue, first printing

cover arty by Robert Maguire

Posted on September 8, 2024August 16, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags dame, femme fatale, jack webb, robert maguire, signet paperback, woman with a gunLeave a comment on cover arty by Robert Maguire

November 1954 issue

November 1954

first of only two issues

cover art attributed to Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

Posted on December 15, 2023December 10, 2023Categories crime fiction, digest, Hardboiled, mystery, pulpTags fletcher flora, frank ward, hal ellson, jack webb, menace magazine, richard deming, richard s. pratherLeave a comment on November 1954 issue

March 1956 issue

March 1956

Posted on December 4, 2023December 2, 2023Categories crime fiction, digest, Hardboiled, mystery, pulpTags accused detective story magazine, fletcher flora, frank kane, gil brewer, hal ellson, jack webb, tedd thomey, trench coatLeave a comment on March 1956 issue

cover art by Frank Upwall

May 1954 issue

James T. Farrell, “The Old Flame”
Frank Kane, “Lead Ache” (Johnny Liddell)
Richard Deming, “The Blonde in the Bar”
Jack Webb, “Broken Doll“

Posted on November 24, 2023November 22, 2023Categories crime fiction, digest, Hardboiled, mystery, pulpTags dame, frank kane, frank uppwall, jack webb, james t. farrell, johnny liddell, manhunt magazine, private eye, pulp artLeave a comment on cover art by Frank Upwall
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