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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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April 1960 issue – cover art by Carl Hantman

April 1960

cover art by Carl Hantman

Posted on May 16, 2024May 13, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, men's magazine, pulp, true crimeTags carl hantman, hypodermic, lugar, real magazine, war crimeLeave a comment on April 1960 issue – cover art by Carl Hantman

April 1944 issue

April 1944

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 5, 2024April 24, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags detective novels magazine, frank johnson, laboratory, lugar, thomson burtisLeave a comment on April 1944 issue

December 1945 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

December 1945

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Posted on April 23, 2024April 21, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags detective novel magazine, frances & richard lockridge, lugar, mr and mrs north, music mystery, rudolph belarskiLeave a comment on December 1945 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

July 27, 1935 issue

July 27, 1935

cover art by Lejaren Hiller?

Posted on April 22, 2024April 21, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags detective fiction weekly, flynn's, john h. knox, lejaren hiller, lugar, ray cummingsLeave a comment on July 27, 1935 issue

September 1941 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

September 1941

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

better image than previously posted

[updated 5/5/25]

Posted on April 17, 2024May 5, 2025Categories aviation fiction, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags benton braden, jewel theft, lugar, nazi spy, rudolph belarski, stewardess, thrilling detective magazine, w.t. ballardLeave a comment on September 1941 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

November 1943 issue ~ cover art by Leo Morey

cover art by Leo Morey

November 1945

[updated 2/26/25 with original art]

Posted on April 12, 2024February 26, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, original art, pulp, updatedTags courtroom, crack detective stories, leo morey, lugar, marvin ryerson, russell gray, t.w. fordLeave a comment on November 1943 issue ~ cover art by Leo Morey

June 1942 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

June 1942

cover art by H.J. Ward

Posted on April 10, 2024February 23, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags h.j. ward, lugar, private detective stories, robert a. garron, trenchcoatLeave a comment on June 1942 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

March 1939 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

March 1939

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

better image than previously posted

[image updated 3/5/25]

Posted on January 26, 2024March 5, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags circus, coulrophobia, d.l. champion, double detective magazine, killer clown, lugar, monkey, richard sale, rudolph belarskiLeave a comment on March 1939 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

October 1942 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

October 1942

cover art by H.J. Ward

better image than previously posted

Posted on January 19, 2024December 17, 2023Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicyTags bathroom, finest kind, h.j. ward, lugar, robert leslie bellem, spicy detective magazine, trenchcoatLeave a comment on October 1942 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

September 1942 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

September 1942

cover art by H.J. Ward

better image than previously posted

Posted on January 17, 2024December 24, 2023Categories action fiction, adventure, espionage fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, war fictionTags bombing, finest kind, h.j. ward, lugar, racist imagery, spicy-adventure stories, spy fiction, WWII fictionLeave a comment on September 1942 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

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