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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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October 1930 issue ~ cover art by R.C. Wardell

October 1930

cover art by R.C. Wardell

Posted on December 19, 2024December 12, 2024Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags a. oboler, c.b. yorke, jewel thief, john gerard, r.c. wardell, rackateer stories, woman with a gunLeave a comment on October 1930 issue ~ cover art by R.C. Wardell

cover art by Creig Flessel

Detective Comics #15, Signed by Joe Shuster & Jerry Siegel (DC, 1938) CGC Apparent VG- 3.5 Slight (C-1) Cream to off-white pages. The front cover interior has a full-page ad for Action Comics #1. Creig Flessel cover.

Posted on November 24, 2024November 12, 2024Categories crime comic, Hardboiled, pulpTags detective comics, greig flessel, jewel thief, mirror, pearl necklace, top hatLeave a comment on cover art by Creig Flessel

July 1939 issue

July 1939

Posted on October 16, 2024October 3, 2024Categories magazine, pulp, true crimeTags daring detective magazine, jewel thief, monocle, tuxLeave a comment on July 1939 issue

March 1939 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

March 1939

cover art by H.J. Ward

better image than previously posted

Posted on October 12, 2024October 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicyTags h.j. ward, jewel thief, pearl necklace, robert a. garron, showgirl, spicy detective magazineLeave a comment on March 1939 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

December 15, 1930 issue ~ cover art by Howard V. Brown

Second December Number 1930 issue

cover art by Howard V. Brown

better image than previously posted

Posted on August 29, 2024August 16, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, finest kind, magazine, mystery, pulpTags howard v. brown, jewel thief, sean o'larkin, the popular magazineLeave a comment on December 15, 1930 issue ~ cover art by Howard V. Brown

June 1930 issue ~ cover art by William Reusswig

June 1930

cover by William Reusswig

better image than previously posted

Posted on August 29, 2024August 16, 2024Categories crime fiction, magazine, mystery, pulpTags arnold fredericks, detective classics magazine, jewel thief, pearl necklace, wall safe, william reusswigLeave a comment on June 1930 issue ~ cover art by William Reusswig

December 1941 issue

December 1941

better image than previously posted

cover art re-worked from July-August 1939 Strange Detective Mysteries

Posted on August 28, 2024August 16, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags 10 story mystery magazine, jewel thief, monkey, ray p. shotwell, stewart sterling, wayne rogers, wyatt blassingameLeave a comment on December 1941 issue

December 1929 issue ~ cover art by Dalton Stevens

December 1929

cover art by Dalton Stevens

better image than previously posted

Posted on July 23, 2024July 3, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags dalton stevens, dame, jewel thief, true detective mysteries, wall safeLeave a comment on December 1929 issue ~ cover art by Dalton Stevens

April 17, 1926 issue ~ cover art by John A. Coughlin

April 17, 1926

cover art by John A. Coughlin

Posted on July 23, 2024July 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, magazine, mystery, pulp, whodunnitTags charles w. tyler, detective story magazine, edward h. smith, hulbert footner, jewel thief, john a. coughlin, johnston mcculley, paul ellsworth triemLeave a comment on April 17, 1926 issue ~ cover art by John A. Coughlin

February 1939 issue

February 1939

Posted on July 23, 2024July 3, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags dame, inside detective magazine, jewel thiefLeave a comment on February 1939 issue

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