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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 1939 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

August 1939

cover art by H.J. Ward

Posted on December 19, 2024February 21, 2025Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags circus, clown, coulrophobia, h.j. ward, private detective stories, robert a garron, top hat, woman with a gunLeave a comment on August 1939 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

cover art by Creig Flessel

Detective Comics #15, Signed by Joe Shuster & Jerry Siegel (DC, 1938) CGC Apparent VG- 3.5 Slight (C-1) Cream to off-white pages. The front cover interior has a full-page ad for Action Comics #1. Creig Flessel cover.

Posted on November 24, 2024November 12, 2024Categories crime comic, Hardboiled, pulpTags detective comics, greig flessel, jewel thief, mirror, pearl necklace, top hatLeave a comment on cover art by Creig Flessel

April 1936 issue

April 1936

cover art by Dalton Stevens?

better image than previously posted

Posted on November 24, 2024November 12, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags handcuffs, startling detective adventures, stockton mulford, top hat, tuxLeave a comment on April 1936 issue

July 2, 1938 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

July 2, 1938

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Posted on November 24, 2024November 12, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags detective fiction weekly, flynn's, judson p. philips, rudolph belarski, smoking, tommygun, top hat, tuxLeave a comment on July 2, 1938 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

May 1930 issue ~ cover art by R.C. Wardell

May 1930

cover art by R.C. Wardell

Posted on November 24, 2024November 12, 2024Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags d.b. mccandless, e. parke levy, e.v. burkholder, r.c. wardell, rackateer stories, top hat, tux, wanted posterLeave a comment on May 1930 issue ~ cover art by R.C. Wardell

September 21, 1940 issue ~ cover art by Emmett Watson

September 21, 1940

cover art by Emmett Watson

Posted on November 5, 2024June 9, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags detective fiction weekly, election fiction, flynn's, frank gruber, joseph fulling fishman, radio microphone, top hatLeave a comment on September 21, 1940 issue ~ cover art by Emmett Watson

October 1912 issue ~ cover art by Jay Hambidge

October 1912

cover art by Jay Hambidge

included “Excess Baggage” by Rex T. Stout – his 4th published story

Posted on October 21, 2024October 19, 2024Categories magazine, mystery, pulpTags rex stout, short stories magazine, smoking, top hat, tuxLeave a comment on October 1912 issue ~ cover art by Jay Hambidge

November 1952 issue

November 1952

better image than previously posted

Posted on October 6, 2024September 12, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags bloody gloves, craig rice, detective story magazine, john j. malone, top hatLeave a comment on November 1952 issue

January 1947 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

January 1947

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Posted on September 23, 2024September 11, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags charles beckman, dame, day keene, femme fatale, new detective magazine, rafael desoto, robert turner, top hat, tux, w.t. ballardLeave a comment on January 1947 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

May 23, 1931 issue ~ cover art by John A. Coughlin

May 23, 1931

cover art by John A. Coughlin

Posted on August 14, 2024July 3, 2024Categories magazine, mystery, pulpTags a.e. apple, blood, detective story magazine, john a. coughlin, top hat, yellow menaceLeave a comment on May 23, 1931 issue ~ cover art by John A. Coughlin

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