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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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July-August 1939 issue

July-August 1939 issue

better image than previously posted

[image updated 2/10/25]

Posted on July 29, 2024February 10, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, horror fiction, magazine, mystery, pulp, updated, weird fictionTags circus, racist imagery, russell gray, stewart sterling, strange detective mysteries, yellow menaceLeave a comment on July-August 1939 issue

June 1937 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

June 1937

cover art by Norman Saunders

third and last of the title

better image than previously posted

Posted on July 6, 2024July 2, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags dagger, racist imagery, sure-fire detective magazine, woman with a gunLeave a comment on June 1937 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

June 1935 issue

June 1935

better image than previously posted

Posted on July 1, 2024June 15, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags arthur b. reeve, dagger, e. hoffmann price, george a. mcdonald, oscar schisgall, popular detective magazine, racist imagery, robert wallace, spider, yellow menaceLeave a comment on June 1935 issue

August 1934 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Zirm

August 1934

cover art by Rudolph Zirm

Posted on June 25, 2024October 30, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags arthur b. reeve, edward churchill, george a. mcdonald, hatchet, hector gavin grey, james p. olsen, racist imagery, rudolph zirm, staircase, thrilling detective magazine, yellow menaceLeave a comment on August 1934 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Zirm

May 1941 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

May 1941

cover art by Tom Lovell

better image than previously posted

Posted on June 16, 2024May 14, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags kay keene, racist imagery, strange detective mysteries, tom lovell, wayne rogers, yellow menaceLeave a comment on May 1941 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

April 1934 issue

April 1934

Posted on June 16, 2024May 16, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags c.k.m. scanlon, death ray, george harmon coxe, idol, james p. olsen, oscar schisgall, paul ernst, racist imagery, thrilling detective magazine, yellow menaceLeave a comment on April 1934 issue

February 28, 1931 issue

February 28, 1931

Posted on June 2, 2024May 13, 2024Categories magazine, mystery, pulpTags a.e. apple, clews, demon, detective story magazine, racist imagery, yellow menaceLeave a comment on February 28, 1931 issue

cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

Night of Action, Spicy Adventure Stories, April 1940
Oil on canvas laid on Masonite, 30 x 20 inches (76.2 x 50.8 cm)
Signed lower right

Posted on May 15, 2024May 13, 2024Categories adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, original art, pulp, spicyTags h.l. parkhurst, hugh speer, oil on canvas, original art, racist imagery, spicy adventure stories magazine, yellow menaceLeave a comment on cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

March 1936 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

March 1936

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Posted on May 15, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags arthur j. burks, barry perowne, cracksman, dagger, donald g. cooley, racist imagery, raffles, rudolph belarski, thrilling detective magazineLeave a comment on March 1936 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

November-December 1939 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

November-December 1939

cover art by Delos Palmer

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 14, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags dagger, delos palmer, donald g. cormack, noose, racist imagery, russell gray, strange detective mysteries, yellow menaceLeave a comment on November-December 1939 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

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