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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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January 1941 issue

January 1947

Posted on April 15, 2024April 14, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags crack detective stories, dagger, dummy, finest kind, magician, robert c. dennis, top hat, tuxLeave a comment on January 1941 issue

May 1931 issue

Oil on canvas, 40 x 28 in.
Initialed lower right

May 1931 issue

Posted on April 14, 2024March 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, magazine, mystery, original art, pulpTags oil on canvas, scotland yard, telephone, tux, william reusswigLeave a comment on May 1931 issue

June 1945 issue ~ cover art by Ernest Chiriacka

June 1945

cover art by Ernest Chiriacka

better image than previously posted

[image updated 5/7/24]

Posted on April 9, 2024May 7, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags 10-story detective magazine, ernest chiriacka, tux, woman with a gunLeave a comment on June 1945 issue ~ cover art by Ernest Chiriacka

Spring (Dec.- Feb.) 1948 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

Spring (Dec.- Feb.) 1948

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 8, 2024February 24, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags crime novel, dame, detective book magazine, mystery novel, norman saunders, tux, vera caspary, woman with a gunLeave a comment on Spring (Dec.- Feb.) 1948 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

February 1940 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

February 1940

cover art by H.J. Ward

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 7, 2024February 24, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicyTags arthur wallace, kidnap, spicy detective magazine, stockings, tuxLeave a comment on February 1940 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

Summer 1940 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

Summer 1940

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

Posted on March 31, 2024January 11, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags blueprint, ghost super-detective magazine, rafael desoto, tuxLeave a comment on Summer 1940 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

April 1946 issue ~ cover art by Ernest Chiriacka

April 1946

cover art by Ernest Chiriacka

Posted on March 30, 2024January 11, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags 10-story detective magazine, dame, ernest chiriacka, femme fatale, glenn low, lipstick, tuxLeave a comment on April 1946 issue ~ cover art by Ernest Chiriacka

April 1938 issue ~ cover art by A. Leslie Ross

April 1938

cover art by A. Leslie Ross

better image than previously posted

Posted on March 20, 2024January 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, raymond chandlerTags a. leslie ross, dalton gang, double-action gang magazine, margie harris, mat rand, night club, pierson bryan, tuxLeave a comment on April 1938 issue ~ cover art by A. Leslie Ross

October 1930 issue ~ cover art by Arnold Lorne Hicks

October 1930

cover art by Arnold Lorne Hicks

Hersey swastika: “The Symbol of Good Reading – A Hersey Magazine”

Posted on March 17, 2024January 3, 2024Categories gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags arnold lorne hicks, cigarette girl, detective dragnet magazine, eugene a. clancy, jack compton, james w poling, joe archibald, night club, smoking, tuxLeave a comment on October 1930 issue ~ cover art by Arnold Lorne Hicks

May 1938 issue ~ cover art by Dalton Stevens

May 1938

cover art by Dalton Stevens

better image than previously posted

[images updated 7/17/25]

Posted on March 15, 2024July 17, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crime, updatedTags dalton stevens, kitty schaftner, master detective magazine, poison, tuxLeave a comment on May 1938 issue ~ cover art by Dalton Stevens

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