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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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September 15th, 1934 issue ~ cover art by George Rozen

September 15th, 1934

cover art by George Rozen

Posted on November 30, 2023November 27, 2023Categories action fiction, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags george rozen, maxwell grant, pulp art, the shadow magazine, walter b. gibsonLeave a comment on September 15th, 1934 issue ~ cover art by George Rozen

October 1, 1935 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

October 1, 1935

cover art by Walter Baumhofer

Posted on November 30, 2023November 27, 2023Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, maritime fiction, mystery, pulp, western fictionTags adventure magazine, hashknife hartley, luke short, max brand, monkey, pulp art, talbot mundy, w.c. tuttle, walter baumhoferLeave a comment on October 1, 1935 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

September 1942 issue ~ cover art by John A. Coughlin

Format ImagePosted on November 30, 2023November 27, 2023Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags flashlight, mystery magazine, pulp art, trenchcoatLeave a comment on September 1942 issue ~ cover art by John A. Coughlin

March 1954 issue

March 1954 issue

better image than previously posted

cover art by James Meese?

Posted on November 30, 2023June 21, 2025Categories crime fiction, digest, Hardboiled, mystery, pulpTags charles beckman, ed mcbain, evan hunter, f.t. carroll, h. wieand bowman, h.a. derosso, jonathan craig, pulp art, pursuit detective story magazine, robert carlton, robert turner, william vanceLeave a comment on March 1954 issue

Summer 1940 issue

Format ImagePosted on November 30, 2023November 27, 2023Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, espionage fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, maritime fiction, mystery, pulpTags dagger, kerry mcroberts, porthole, pulp art, thrilling spy stories, william l. hopsonLeave a comment on Summer 1940 issue

March 1, 1935 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

March 1, 1935

cover art by Walter Baumhofer

Posted on November 29, 2023August 24, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, maritime fiction, pulpTags adventure magazine, hashknife hartley, hugh pendexter, monkey, pulp art, w.c. tuttle, walter baumhoferLeave a comment on March 1, 1935 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

June 1941 issue ~ cover art by Roland Patenaude

June 1941

cover art by Roland Patenaude

Posted on November 29, 2023November 28, 2023Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, western fictionTags ben foster, miles hudson, pulp art, roland patenaude, stirring detective and western storiesLeave a comment on June 1941 issue ~ cover art by Roland Patenaude

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

October 1938

cover art by H.J. Ward

Posted on November 29, 2023November 28, 2023Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicy, western fictionTags h.j. ward, james a. lawson, pulp art, spicy western magazineLeave a comment on October 1938 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

September 1930 issue ~ cover art by Frederick Blakeslee

September 1930

cover art by Frederick Blakeslee

Posted on November 29, 2023November 26, 2023Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, maritime fiction, war fictionTags deep sea diver, frederick blakeslee, knife fight, pulp art, submarine stories magazineLeave a comment on September 1930 issue ~ cover art by Frederick Blakeslee

September 1936 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

September 1936

better image than previously posted

[cover upgraded 11/20/25]

Posted on November 29, 2023November 20, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicy, updatedTags bound, delos palmer, lew merrill, pulp art, spicy mystery storiesLeave a comment on September 1936 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

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