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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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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

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

March 1938 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

March 1938

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

better image than previously posted

Posted on March 14, 2024January 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags cornell woolrich, double detective magazine, paul ernst, richard sale, roger torrey, rudolph belarski, top hat, tux, walter rippergerLeave a comment on March 1938 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

October 1934 issue ~ cover art by Jerome Rozen

October 1934

cover art by Jerome Rozen

Posted on March 12, 2024January 6, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags idol, jerome rozen, nick carter magazine, ruby, tuxLeave a comment on October 1934 issue ~ cover art by Jerome Rozen

Spring 1934 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Zirm

Spring 1934

cover art by Rudolph Zirm

better image than previously posted

Posted on March 8, 2024April 3, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, magazine, mystery, pulpTags charles g. booth, dagger, edison marshall, grim reaper, midnight, philip macdonald, rudolph zirm, star novels magazine, tuxLeave a comment on Spring 1934 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Zirm

June 1938 issue

June 1938

better image than previously posted

Posted on March 8, 2024January 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, maritime fiction, mystery, pulpTags clues detective stories, john jay chichester, tuxLeave a comment on June 1938 issue

October 1944 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

October 1944

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

Posted on March 3, 2024February 23, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, original art, pulpTags 10-story detective magazine, norman a. daniels, norman saunders, original art, tuxLeave a comment on October 1944 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

October 1930 issue ~ cover by R. C. Wardell

October 1930

cover by R. C. Wardell

better image than previously posted

Posted on March 2, 2024December 23, 2023Categories crime fiction, gangster, magazineTags anatole feldman, arthur j. burks, d.b. mccandless, gangland stories magazine, gangster, margie harris, moll, r.c. wardell, seymour rice, tuxLeave a comment on October 1930 issue ~ cover by R. C. Wardell

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