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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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November 1940 issue

November 1940

cover art attributed to Norman Saunders

Posted on July 21, 2024July 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags 10-story detective magazine, bound, radio, ronald flagg, tommygun, william a. langford, window ledgeLeave a comment on November 1940 issue

April 1939 issue

April 1939

Posted on May 18, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags dagger, phantom detective magazine, radio, skeleton, tuxLeave a comment on April 1939 issue

January 1942 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

January 1942

cover art by Norman Saunders

Posted on May 2, 2024April 24, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags 10-story detective magazine, norman a. daniels, norman saunders, radio, robert turnerLeave a comment on January 1942 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

April 20, 1935 issue

April 20, 1935

cover art by C. Calvert (c.c. beall)?

Posted on April 27, 2024May 6, 2024Categories action fiction, crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags c. calvert, c.c. beall, detective fiction weekly, flynn's, fred macisaac, radio, skeleton, tuxLeave a comment on April 20, 1935 issue

November 1951 issue

November 1951

cover art attributed to Albert Drake

better image than previously posted

Posted on November 14, 2023April 29, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazineTags cemetery, dagger, daniel r. gilgannon, famous detective stories, femme fatale, graveyard, Hardboiled, james maccreigh, pulp art, radio, spyLeave a comment on November 1951 issue
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