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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 1955 issue

July 1955

better image than previously posted

Posted on July 3, 2024June 23, 2024Categories crime fiction, digest, Hardboiled, mystery, pulpTags dame, femme fatale, john d. macdonald, justice digest, richard s. pratherLeave a comment on July 1955 issue

July 1949 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

July 1949

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Posted on June 10, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags joel townsley rogers, johanas l. bouma, john d. macdonald, new detective magazine, rafael desoto, sarcophagusLeave a comment on July 1949 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

January 1949 issue ~ cover art by Albert Drake

January 1949 issue

cover art by Albert Drake

better image than previously posted

[updated 5/11/25]

Posted on June 1, 2024May 11, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags albert drake, dime detective magazine, don james, frederick c. davis, john d. macdonald, peter paige, philip weck, robert martin, subway, v.e. thiessen, wyatt blassingameLeave a comment on January 1949 issue ~ cover art by Albert Drake

May 1946 issue

May 1946

cover art attributed to Robert Stanley

[cover updated 3/1/25]

[cover and title page updated 4/28/25]

Posted on May 17, 2024April 28, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags d.l. champion, detective tales magazine, henry w. norton, john d. macdonald, parker bonner, pearl necklace, robert stanley, w.t. ballard, william r. coxLeave a comment on May 1946 issue

March 1950 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

March 1950 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

[updated 5/8/25)

Posted on May 12, 2024May 8, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags dime detective magazine, john d. macdonald, norman saunders, sniper, t.t. flynn, woman with a gunLeave a comment on March 1950 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

February 1949 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

February 1949

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 28, 2024April 23, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mysteryTags helen reilly, john d. macdonald, mystery book magazine, rudolph belarski, west, westmoreland grayLeave a comment on February 1949 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

January 1955 issue

January 1955

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 19, 2024April 14, 2024Categories crime fiction, digest, Hardboiled, mystery, pulpTags ed mcbain, erskine caldwell, evan hunter, hal ellson, helen nielsen, john d. macdonald, manhunt detective story monthly, richard demingLeave a comment on January 1955 issue

November 1948 issue

November 1948

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 19, 2024April 14, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags bruno fischer, crack detective stories, detective novel, john d. macdonald, train tracksLeave a comment on November 1948 issue

Summer 1950 issue

Summer 1950

better image than previously posted

Brown’s “The Case of the Dancing Sandwiches” published as a book by Dell in 1951

Posted on April 15, 2024May 2, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags case of the dancing sandwiches, fredric brown, john d. macdonald, mystery book magazineLeave a comment on Summer 1950 issue

Spring 1950 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

Spring 1950

cover art by George Gross repurposed from Fall 1942 issue

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 10, 2024April 23, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicyTags betty cummings, dame, detective book magazine, george gross, joe barry, john d. macdonald, john starrLeave a comment on Spring 1950 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

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