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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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August 1942 British edition

August 1942 British edition

Posted on March 8, 2025February 22, 2025Categories british pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags black mask magazine, c.g. tahney, john lawrence, lantern, tommygunLeave a comment on August 1942 British edition

March 16, 1929 issue ~ cover art by John A. Coughlin

March 16, 1929

cover art by John A. Coughlin

Posted on March 6, 2025February 10, 2025Categories crime fiction, magazine, mystery, pulpTags arthur mallory, austin j. small, detective story magazine, heist, herman landon, john a. coughlin, roy w. hinds, tommygunLeave a comment on March 16, 1929 issue ~ cover art by John A. Coughlin

1954, Down Three Dark Streets

Broderick Crawford and Ruth Roman in a publicity still for Down Three Dark Streets (1954)

September 18, 2013

Posted on February 23, 2025February 4, 2025Categories film noirTags broderick crawford, film noir, ruth roman, tommygunLeave a comment on 1954, Down Three Dark Streets

June 1932 issue ~ cover art by William Reusswig

June 1932

cover art by William Reusswig

Posted on February 12, 2025January 28, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags clues magazine, erle stanley gardner, madeleine sharps buchanan, safe, t.t. flynn, tommygun, william reusswigLeave a comment on June 1932 issue ~ cover art by William Reusswig

Dillinger’s armory

September 18, 2013

Posted on February 12, 2025January 28, 2025Categories gangster, true crimeTags john dillinger, tommygunLeave a comment on Dillinger’s armory

February 1952 issue ~ cover art by Howell Dodd

February 1952

cover art by Howell Dodd

Posted on February 9, 2025January 28, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags dame, howell dodd, moll, special detective magazine, tommygunLeave a comment on February 1952 issue ~ cover art by Howell Dodd

March 1936 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

March 1936

cover art by Rafael De Soto

better image than previously posted

Posted on February 6, 2025January 28, 2025Categories crime fiction, government agent, magazine, mystery, pulpTags bullet holes, clark aiken, frederick c. painton, gold seal detective, rafael desoto, tommygunLeave a comment on March 1936 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

August 1935 issue

August 1935

better image than previously posted

Posted on February 1, 2025January 28, 2025Categories magazine, mystery, pulp, spicyTags saucy, sizzling detective mysteries, tommygunLeave a comment on August 1935 issue

1957, ‘Guns Don’t Argue’

Jeanne Carmen

three episodes of the ’50s crime show, “Gangbusters”, edited together for a feature film

Posted on January 26, 2025January 21, 2025Categories film noir, gangsterTags dame, jeanne carmen, tommygunLeave a comment on 1957, ‘Guns Don’t Argue’

December 1951, issue #2

December 1951, issue #2

Posted on January 17, 2025January 2, 2025Categories crime comic, pulp, true crimeTags bonnie parker, gangsters and gun molls comic, smoking, tommygunLeave a comment on December 1951, issue #2

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