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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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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

February 1937 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

February 1937

cover art by Robert DeSoto

better image than previously posted

[updated 10/29/25]

Posted on April 16, 2024October 29, 2025Categories action fiction, adventure, espionage fiction, government agent, mystery, pulp, updatedTags brant house, bride, coffin, don cameron, g-men, rafael desoto, secret agent x detective mysteries, skeleton, tuxLeave a comment on February 1937 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

August 1940 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Zirm

August 1940

cover art by Rudolph Zirm

cover art repurposed from Thrilling Detective, December 1934

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 10, 2024January 21, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags dagger, frederick c. painton, joe archibald, lantern, popular detective magazine, rudolph zirm, skeleton, william l. hopsonLeave a comment on August 1940 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Zirm

September 1935 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

September 1935

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 4, 2024May 12, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags bloody gloves, ed lybeck, madeleine sharps buchanan, popular detective magazine, rafael desoto, skeletonLeave a comment on September 1935 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

August 1934 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

August 1934

cover art buy Rafael DeSoto

Posted on March 27, 2024April 4, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags blood money, c.k.m. scanlon, grim reaper, phantom detective magazine, rafael desoto, robert wallace, skeletonLeave a comment on August 1934 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

July 15, 1942 issue ~ cover art by George Rozen

July 15, 1942

cover art by George Rozen

better image than previously posted

[updated 2/24/25]

Posted on March 16, 2024February 24, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags george rozen, grim reaper, maxwell grant, skeleton, the shadow magazine, top hat, walter b. gibsonLeave a comment on July 15, 1942 issue ~ cover art by George Rozen

August 1935 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

August 1935

cover art by H.J. Ward

Posted on March 14, 2024December 17, 2023Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicy, weird fictionTags bound, h.j. ward, pulp art, robert leslie bellem, skeleton, skull, spicy mystery storiesLeave a comment on August 1935 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

December 1936 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

December 1936

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Posted on March 7, 2024January 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, horror fiction, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags casket, cemetery, charles green, g.t. fleming-roberts, gorilla, gravestone, graveyard, harry lee fellinge, john h. knox, lantern, rudolph belarski, skeleton, thrilling mystery magazineLeave a comment on December 1936 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

May 1933 issue ~ cover art by Jerome Rozen

May 1933

cover art by Jerome Rozen

better image than previously posted

[updated 5/1/24]

Posted on March 6, 2024May 1, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags hatchet, jewels, nick carter magazine, shoulder holster, skeletonLeave a comment on May 1933 issue ~ cover art by Jerome Rozen

October 1948 issue ~ cover art by Albert Drake

October 1948

cover art by Albert Drake

better image than previously posted

Posted on February 19, 2024December 28, 2023Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags albert drake, dime mystery magazine, dorothy dunn, francis k. allan, frederick c. davis, grim reaper, jules archer, poison, robert jay arthur, skeleton, william campbell gaultLeave a comment on October 1948 issue ~ cover art by Albert Drake

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