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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 1939 issue ~ cover art by Graves Gladney

March 1939

cover art by Graves Gladney

Posted on February 1, 2025January 28, 2025Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags graves gladney, harold cruckshank, pith helmet, ray mullholland, rolland lynchLeave a comment on March 1939 issue ~ cover art by Graves Gladney

May-June 1935 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

May-June 1935

cover art by H.J. Ward

Posted on November 1, 2024October 19, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, hardcover, magazine, mystery, pulpTags alligator, h.j. ward, jungle fiction, mystery adventures magazine, pith helmet, shackledLeave a comment on May-June 1935 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

July 1, 1931 issue ~ cover art by Modest Stein

July 1, 1931

cover art by Modest Stein

Posted on November 1, 2024October 19, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, magazine, mystery, pulpTags bernard breslauer, complete stories magazine, hal dunning, lawrence g. blochman, modest stein, pith helmetLeave a comment on July 1, 1931 issue ~ cover art by Modest Stein

May 1, 1929 issue ~ cover art by Hubert Rogers

May 1, 1929

cover art by Hubert Rogers

Posted on September 21, 2024September 11, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, magazine, mystery, pulpTags adventure magazine, arthur o. friel, hubert rogers, pith helmet, tommygunLeave a comment on May 1, 1929 issue ~ cover art by Hubert Rogers

October 1, 1930 issue ~ cover art by Hubert Rogers

October 1, 1930

cover art by Hubert Rogers

Posted on June 30, 2024June 15, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags adventure magazine, arthur o. friel, f.r. buckley, h. bedford-jones, hubert rogers, hugh pendexter, l. patrick greene, pith helmet, r.v. geryLeave a comment on October 1, 1930 issue ~ cover art by Hubert Rogers

December 1935 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

December 1935

cover art by Delos Palmer

Posted on April 25, 2024April 22, 2024Categories adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags black panther, clint morgan, pith helmet, spicy adventure stories magazineLeave a comment on December 1935 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

September 1938 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

September 1938

cover art by H.J. Ward

Posted on March 5, 2024December 21, 2023Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicyTags dagger, e. hoffmann price, h.j. ward, pith helmet, south seas, spicy-adventure stories, surfLeave a comment on September 1938 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

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

October 1939

cover art by H.J. Ward

better image than previously posted

Posted on March 3, 2024February 23, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicyTags h.j. ward, lew merrill, pith helmet, rubies, spicy-adventure stories, whipLeave a comment on October 1939 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

September 1938 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

September 1938

cover art by Norman Saunders

Posted on February 15, 2024December 24, 2023Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, maritime fiction, mystery, pulp, western fictionTags baseball fiction, jungle fiction, mounties, pith helmet, RCMP, sports fiction, whipLeave a comment on September 1938 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

August 1934 issue ~ cover art by Henry J. Soulen

August 1934

cover art by Henry J. Soulen

Posted on November 25, 2023November 24, 2023Categories action fiction, adventure, magazine, mystery, pulpTags beatrice grimshaw, blue book magazine, dagger, henry j. soulen, horatio winslow, pith helmet, pulp art, s. andrew wood, william makinLeave a comment on August 1934 issue ~ cover art by Henry J. Soulen
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