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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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4 Little Sisters

1952 Gold Medal paperback original

1954 Gold Medal reissue

reissues normally do not use a different version from the same photo shoot

1954 Phantom edition from Australia

`1957 Gold Medal reissue

Posted on November 16, 2025November 3, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags australian pulp, dame, gold medal paperback, phantom paperback, pulp illustration, smokingLeave a comment on 4 Little Sisters

December 1947 issue

December 1947

better image than previously posted

Posted on November 6, 2025November 2, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags handcuffs, human detective magazine, pulp illustrationLeave a comment on December 1947 issue

December 1938 issue

December 1938

Posted on November 5, 2025November 2, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mysteryTags crime busters magazine, pulp illustration, robert c. blackmon, swordLeave a comment on December 1938 issue

June 1951 issue

June 1951

Posted on November 2, 2025November 1, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags dame, front page detective, pulp illustrationLeave a comment on June 1951 issue

Tomorrow is Murder x 4

1960 Horwitz

1960 Signet paperback original in the US

cover art by Barye Phillips

1962 Horwitz reprint

1968 Signet reissue

cover art by Ron Lesser

Posted on October 13, 2025October 12, 2025Categories australian pulp, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags barye phillips, carter brown, horwitz paperback, pulp illustration, ron lesser, signet paperbackLeave a comment on Tomorrow is Murder x 4

June 1945 issue

June 1945

better image than previously posted

Posted on October 8, 2025September 25, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags dame, femme fatale, inside detective magazine, poison, pulp illustrationLeave a comment on June 1945 issue

November 1949 issue

November 1949 issue, Marvel/Atlas

better image than previously posted

Posted on October 3, 2025September 25, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags all-true crime, marvel, pulp illustration, wall safeLeave a comment on November 1949 issue

January 1965 issue

January 1965

better image than previously posted

Posted on September 29, 2025September 25, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags dame, pulp illustration, true detective magazine, woman with a gunLeave a comment on January 1965 issue

May 1954 issue

May 1954

Posted on September 29, 2025September 25, 2025Categories magazine, true crimeTags dame, pulp illustration, women in crimeLeave a comment on May 1954 issue

1952, Issue #3 ~ cover by Pagano

1952, Issue #3

cover by Pagano

Posted on September 26, 2025September 23, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags pagano, pulp illustration, star detective casesLeave a comment on 1952, Issue #3 ~ cover by Pagano

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