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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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December 1933 issue ~ cover art by Don Hewitt

December 1933

cover art by Don Hewitt

Posted on August 21, 2026August 3, 2026Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags don hewitt, j. allan dunn, parrot, shipwreck, top-notch magazine, treasureLeave a comment on December 1933 issue ~ cover art by Don Hewitt

July 18, 1918 issue ~ cover art by Hibbard V.B. Kline

July 18, 1918

cover art by Hibbard V.B. Kline

Posted on August 21, 2026August 3, 2026Categories action fiction, adventure, finest kind, magazine, maritime fiction, mystery, pulp, western fictionTags hibbard v.b. kline, hugh pendexter, pearl necklace, robert v. carr, south seas, treasure, w.c. tuttleLeave a comment on July 18, 1918 issue ~ cover art by Hibbard V.B. Kline

August 10, 1924 issue ~ cover art by Frank C. Herbst

August 10, 1924

cover art by Frank C. Herbst

Posted on April 14, 2026April 5, 2026Categories action fiction, adventure, magazine, mystery, pulpTags adventure magazine, frank c. herbst, pirate, treasureLeave a comment on August 10, 1924 issue ~ cover art by Frank C. Herbst

1956 Ace paperback original

cover art by Harry Barton

1956 Ace paperback original

Posted on April 14, 2026April 5, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, original art, paperback, pulpTags ace double paperback, robert colby, treasure, woman with a gunLeave a comment on 1956 Ace paperback original

1956 Ace Double reissue ~ cover art by Verne Tossey

cover art by Verne Tossey

1956 Ace Double reissue

pen name of Stephen Marlowe

December 07, 2013

Posted on November 27, 2025November 21, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, maritime fiction, paperback, pulpTags ace double paperback, bikini, c.h. thames, scuba, stephen marlowe, treasure, verne tosseyLeave a comment on 1956 Ace Double reissue ~ cover art by Verne Tossey

January 1937 issue

January 1937

Posted on October 26, 2024October 19, 2024Categories crime fictionTags benton braden, george a. mcdonald, oscar schisgall, snake, thrilling detective magazine, treasureLeave a comment on January 1937 issue

March 10, 1924 issue ~ cover art by A.L. Ripley

March 10, 1924

cover art by A.L. Ripley

Posted on April 26, 2024April 22, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, magazine, pulpTags a.l. ripley, adventure magazine, pickaxe, pirate, shovel, treasureLeave a comment on March 10, 1924 issue ~ cover art by A.L. Ripley

cover art by Harry Barton


gouache on board, 20 x 15 in. (image)
Signed lower right

The Quaking Widow by Robert Colby, Ace Double paperback, 1956.

Posted on April 1, 2024January 18, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, original art, paperbackTags ace double paperback, dame, femme fatale, harry barton, original art, robert colby, treasure, woman with a gunLeave a comment on cover art by Harry Barton

April 1945 issue

April 1945

[updated 5/6/24]

Posted on March 15, 2024May 6, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, maritime fiction, mystery, pulpTags dagger, popular detective magazine, t.w. ford, thomson burtis, treasureLeave a comment on April 1945 issue

March 1948 issue

March 1948

better image than previously posted

first of three published issues – the fourth was never released

[updated 5/3/25]

Posted on January 15, 2024May 4, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags d.l. champion, dagger, frederick c. davis, john d. macdonald, shock magazine, skeleton, treasureLeave a comment on March 1948 issue

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