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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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1960 Great Pan reissue

1937 Collins UK hardcover, 1938 US hardcover from Coward McCann

3rd with his tough-guy G-Man Lemmy Caution

cover art by Sam Peffer

October 29, 2013

Posted on July 27, 2025July 13, 2025Categories british pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, mystery, paperback, pulpTags dame, great pan paperback, peter cheyney, sam peffer, telephoneLeave a comment on 1960 Great Pan reissue

September 1943 issue

September 1943

Posted on July 13, 2025June 8, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags human detective magazine, spy, telephone, WWIILeave a comment on September 1943 issue

January 1943 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

January 1943

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Posted on July 3, 2025June 7, 2025Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, paperbackTags d.l. champion, dagger, day keene, detective tales magazine, eric provost, frederick c. davis, joel townsley rogers, john lawrence, kenneth fowler, philip ketchum, rafael desoto, telephoneLeave a comment on January 1943 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

September 1949 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

September 1949

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Posted on June 28, 2025June 6, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags fredric brown, john d. macdonald, new detective magazine, rafael desoto, telephoneLeave a comment on September 1949 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

November 1942 issue ~ cover art by Peter Driben

November 1942

cover art by Peter Driben

October 25, 2013

Posted on June 26, 2025June 6, 2025Categories magazine, pulp, true crimeTags exclusive detective magazine, peter driben, telephoneLeave a comment on November 1942 issue ~ cover art by Peter Driben

February 1952 issue

February 1952

better image than previously posted

Posted on June 17, 2025May 18, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags dan gordon, detective tales magazine, don james, francis k. allan, handcuffs, telephone, william campbell gaultLeave a comment on February 1952 issue

January 1944 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

January 1944

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Posted on June 16, 2025May 18, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags day keene, detective tales magazine, edward j. donovan, f. orlin tremaine, frederick c. davis, harry widmer, rafael desoto, robert turner, telephone, windowLeave a comment on January 1944 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

June 1939 issue ~ cover art by E.K. Bergey

June 1939 issue

cover art by E.K. Bergey

September 26, 2013

Posted on June 10, 2025May 18, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags earle k. bergey, lingerie, real detective magazine, telephoneLeave a comment on June 1939 issue ~ cover art by E.K. Bergey

January 1936 issue ~ cover art by Stockton Mulford

January 1936

cover art by Stockton Mulford

Posted on April 30, 2025April 14, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags pearl necklace, startling detective adventures, stockton mulford, telephone, woman with a gunLeave a comment on January 1936 issue ~ cover art by Stockton Mulford

August 1936 issue ~ cover art by Dalton Stevens

Oil on stretched canvas, 15 x 11 in., not signed

August 1936 issue

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 30, 2025April 14, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, original art, pulp, true crimeTags dalton stevens, oil on canvas, telephone, true detective mysteriesLeave a comment on August 1936 issue ~ cover art by Dalton Stevens

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