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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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March 1943 issue

March 1943

cover art attributed to Rudolph Belarski

better image than previously posted

Posted on September 22, 2024September 11, 2024Categories crime fiction, hardcover, magazine, mystery, pulpTags espionage, g.t. fleming-roberts, ghoul, hammer, norman a. daniels, spy, thrilling mystery magazineLeave a comment on March 1943 issue

September 1943 issue ~ cover art by Allen Anderson

September 1943

cover art by Allen Anderson

better image than previously posted

Posted on September 5, 2024August 16, 2024Categories crime fiction, espionage fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags 10-story detective magazine, allen anderson, norman a. daniels, spy fictionLeave a comment on September 1943 issue ~ cover art by Allen Anderson

March 1935 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

March 1935

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

[image updated 10/9/25]

Posted on August 28, 2024October 9, 2025Categories action fiction, espionage fiction, government agent, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags alexis rossoff, arch whitehouse, dame, e. hoffmann price, femme fatale, monocle, norman a. daniels, rafael desoto, spy stories magazineLeave a comment on March 1935 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

November 1947 Canadian issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

November 1947 Canadian issue

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Posted on August 9, 2024July 3, 2024Categories canadian pulp, crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags anthony tompkins, fireman, g-men detective magazine, m.k. dirigo, norman a. daniels, rudolph belarski, william o'sullivan, wyatt blassingameLeave a comment on November 1947 Canadian issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

May 1941 issue

May 1941

better image than previously posted

[images updated 5/2/25]

Posted on August 6, 2024May 2, 2025Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags bullet holes, clifford goodrich, mark harper, mystery magazine, norman a. daniels, phone booth, robert c. blackmon, william g. bogartLeave a comment on May 1941 issue

May 1942 issue

May 1942

better image than previously posted

Posted on August 3, 2024July 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags gary barton, mystery magazine, norman a. daniels, w.t. ballard, wallace brookerLeave a comment on May 1942 issue

Summer 1953 issue ~ cover art by J. George Janes

Summer 1953

cover art by J. George Janes

better image than previously posted

Posted on August 1, 2024July 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags dame, dorothy dunn, femme fatale, j. george janes, norman a. daniels, smoking, thrilling detective magazine, woman with a gunLeave a comment on Summer 1953 issue ~ cover art by J. George Janes

August 1947 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

August 1947

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Posted on July 28, 2024July 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags black book detective, g. wayman jones, norman a. daniels, rudolph belarskiLeave a comment on August 1947 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

May 1945 issue ~ cover art by Ernest Chiriacka

May 1945

cover art by Ernest Chiriacka

Posted on July 23, 2024July 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags ernest chiriacka, jewel thief, norman a. daniels, porthole, ten detective aces magazineLeave a comment on May 1945 issue ~ cover art by Ernest Chiriacka

January 1942 issue

January 1942

Posted on July 23, 2024July 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags mystery magazine, norman a. daniels, robert c. blackmon, theodore a. tinsley, w.t. ballard, william g. bogartLeave a comment on January 1942 issue

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