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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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Tag: rafael desoto

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

Oil on stretched canvas, 18 x 14 in.
Not signed

September 1945 issue

Posted on June 25, 2024June 15, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, original art, pulpTags cyril plunkett, day keene, detective tales magazine, footprints, oil on canvas, rafael desoto, w.t. ballard, william r. coxLeave a comment on cover art by Rafael DeSoto

September 1935 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

September 1935

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Posted on June 22, 2024May 14, 2024Categories crime fiction, hardcover, magazine, mystery, pulpTags arthur j. burks, dagger, fedora, george a. mcdonald, gunnison steele, rafael desoto, skeleton, thrilling detective magazineLeave a comment on September 1935 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

March 1934 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

March 1934

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

Posted on June 22, 2024May 14, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags c.k.m. scanlon, dagger, phantom detective magazine, rafael desoto, robert wallace, tick-tack-toeLeave a comment on March 1934 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

June 1933 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

June 1933

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Posted on June 22, 2024May 14, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags anatole feldman, dagger, g. wayman jones, grandfather clock, john hopper, joseph ivers lawrence, maxwell smith, rafael desoto, thrilling detective magazineLeave a comment on June 1933 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

February 1940 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

February 1940

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

Posted on June 16, 2024May 26, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags camera, detective novels magazine, john l. benton, johnston mcculley, rafael desoto, telephone, windowLeave a comment on February 1940 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

May-June 1939 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

May-June 1939

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Posted on June 10, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, horror fiction, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags edith and ejler jacobson, nat schachner, rafael desoto, skeleton, strange detective mysteries, trenchcoatLeave a comment on May-June 1939 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

July 1949 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

July 1949

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Posted on June 10, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags joel townsley rogers, johanas l. bouma, john d. macdonald, new detective magazine, rafael desoto, sarcophagusLeave a comment on July 1949 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

June 1937 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

June 1937

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

Posted on June 7, 2024May 15, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags bound, dagger, demon, joe archibald, john h. knox, rafael desoto, shackled, thrilling mystery magazineLeave a comment on June 1937 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

June 1935 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

June 1935

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Posted on June 6, 2024May 13, 2024Categories action fiction, espionage fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags rafael desoto, sabotage, spy novels magazine, Washington DC, woman with a gunLeave a comment on June 1935 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

July 1943 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

July 1943

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Posted on June 6, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags benton braden, monocle, nazi spy, rafael desoto, thrilling detective magazine, verne chuteLeave a comment on July 1943 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

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