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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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May 1937 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

May 1937

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Posted on May 1, 2024April 24, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags anthony rud, dale clark, phantom detective magazine, robert wallace, rudolph belarski, tommygunLeave a comment on May 1937 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

cover art by Ron Lesser

Saint Mudd, paperback cover, 1994
Oil on board, 22-1/2 x 16-3/4 inches (57.2 x 42.5 cm)
Signed lower right

Posted on May 1, 2024April 24, 2024Categories gangster, Hardboiled, original art, pulpTags fedora, oil on board, ron lesser, steve thayer, tommygunLeave a comment on cover art by Ron Lesser

cover art by Ron Lesser

Deadly Dames #3, unpublished painting
Oil on masonite, 24 x 17 in.
Signed lower right

Posted on May 1, 2024April 24, 2024Categories Hardboiled, original art, pulp, spicyTags femme fatale, moll, oil on masonite, ron lesser, smoking, tommygunLeave a comment on cover art by Ron Lesser

February 1947 issue ~ cover art by Irene Endris

February 1947

cover art by Irene Endris

#2, UK Detective Aces, 1950s

[updated 7/19/25]

Posted on April 17, 2024July 19, 2025Categories british pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags c.p. donnel, detective aces magazine, irene endris, prison break, ten detective aces magazine, tommygun, woman with a gunLeave a comment on February 1947 issue ~ cover art by Irene Endris

1934 Loring and Mussey hardcover

1934

“First Edition. Author’s only mystery, one which tells the tale of gangland violence in the American west. The author was a Denver detective.“

[updated 12/27/25]

Posted on April 17, 2024December 27, 2025Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, hardcover, pulp, updatedTags gangland, loring and mussey, rackateer, ray humphreys, tommygunLeave a comment on 1934 Loring and Mussey hardcover

October 1941 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

October 1941

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 16, 2024April 14, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags dagger, donald g. cormack, francis k. allan, pharoah, rafael desoto, sarcophagus, strange detective mysteries, tommygun, woman with a gunLeave a comment on October 1941 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

July 1938 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

July 1938

cover art by Norman Saunders

Posted on April 11, 2024May 5, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags 10-story detective magazine, cliff howe, handcuffs, norman saunders, ralph powers, tommygun, woman with a gunLeave a comment on July 1938 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

June 1932 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

June 1932

cover art by Tom Lovell

Posted on April 7, 2024June 21, 2025Categories crime fiction, gangster, hardcover, magazine, mystery, pulpTags anatole feldman, racketeer and gangland stories, robin hood, seymour rice, tom lovell, tommygun, walt s. dinghall, walter snowLeave a comment on June 1932 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

January-February 1940 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

January-February 1940

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 5, 2024January 18, 2024Categories crime fiction, government agent, magazine, pulpTags ace g-man stories, emile c. tepperman, FBI, feds, harry lee fellinge, rafael desoto, tommygun, trapdoor, woman with a gunLeave a comment on January-February 1940 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

March 1941 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

March 1941

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

Posted on March 31, 2024January 8, 2024Categories crime fiction, government agent, magazine, pulpTags ace g-man stories, casket, edward s. williams, emile c. tepperman, harry lee fellinge, rafael desoto, scar, tommygun, william r. coxLeave a comment on March 1941 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

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