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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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1945 – first and only issue

1945

Posted on April 27, 2024April 23, 2024Categories crime comic, Hardboiled, pulpTags dame, detective parade comic, femme fatale, moll, pearl necklace, woman with a gunLeave a comment on 1945 – first and only issue

September 1947 Canadian edition

September 1947 Canadian edition

cover art by Norman Saunders

cover from the May 1947 US edition, the only difference being the month listed at the top

Posted on April 22, 2024April 21, 2024Categories canadian pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags 10-story detective magazine, handcuffs, moll, norman saunders, robert c. dennisLeave a comment on September 1947 Canadian edition

December 1947 issue

December 1947 issue

the only issue published

Posted on April 10, 2024February 23, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags best detective magazine, dame, moll, woman with a gunLeave a comment on December 1947 issue

July 1947 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

July 1947

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Posted on March 31, 2024May 9, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags dame, femme fatale, moll, phantom detective magazine, robert wallace, rudolph belarski, safe crack, woman with a gun, yeggLeave a comment on July 1947 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

January 1930 issue

January 1930

better image than previously posted

Posted on March 29, 2024January 6, 2024Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags maxwell a. hawkinds, moll, tyne van tyne, underworld magazine, v.m. montagu, william beyer, woman with a gunLeave a comment on January 1930 issue

May 1927 debut issue

May 1927

Posted on March 20, 2024June 29, 2024Categories crime fiction, gangster, magazine, mystery, pulpTags dame, donn byrne, edwin balmer, frank o'brien, henry leverage, j.s. fletcher, john d. swain, louis joseph vance, moll, underworld magazineLeave a comment on May 1927 debut issue

United Artists, 1955

Killer’s Kiss (United Artists, 1955). Half Sheet (22″ X 28″). Film Noir. Starring Frank Silvera, Jamie Smith, Irene Kane, Ruth Sobotka, Mike Dana, Felice Orlandi, Ralph Roberts and Phil Stevenson. Directed by Stanley Kubrick.

Posted on March 15, 2024March 13, 2024Categories film noir, gangster, HardboiledTags film noir, mobster, moll, movie poster, stanley kubrick, united artistsLeave a comment on United Artists, 1955

June 1931 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

June 1931

cover art by Tom Lovell

Posted on March 12, 2024January 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags anatole feldman, finest kind, gangster stories magazine, margie harris, moll, rackateer, tom lovellLeave a comment on June 1931 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

cover art by William Reusswig

Gang World magazine, November 1930
Oil on canvas
30 x 30 in.
Initialed lower right

Posted on March 4, 2024April 5, 2024Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags dame, earl and marion scott, erle stanley gardner, gang world magazine, j. lane linklater, moll, oil on canvas, paul pry, william h. stueber, william reusswig, woman with a gunLeave a comment on cover art by William Reusswig

October 1930 issue ~ cover by R. C. Wardell

October 1930

cover by R. C. Wardell

better image than previously posted

Posted on March 2, 2024December 23, 2023Categories crime fiction, gangster, magazineTags anatole feldman, arthur j. burks, d.b. mccandless, gangland stories magazine, gangster, margie harris, moll, r.c. wardell, seymour rice, tuxLeave a comment on October 1930 issue ~ cover by R. C. Wardell

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