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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 1938 issue ~ cover art by Emery Clarke

December 1938

cover art by Emery Clarke

[updated 12/31/25]

Posted on July 24, 2024December 31, 2025Categories adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags casket, doc savage, emery clarke, flashlight, tuxLeave a comment on December 1938 issue ~ cover art by Emery Clarke

May 1938 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

May 1938

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

Posted on July 18, 2024July 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags brent north, complete detective magazine, garter, grim reaper, skull, stockings, tux, wayne rogersLeave a comment on May 1938 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

December 1941 issue ~ cover art by Darcy (Ernest Chiriacka)

December 1941

cover art by Darcy (Ernest Chiriacka)

Posted on July 13, 2024July 3, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags diplomat, monocle, phantom detective magazine, tuxLeave a comment on December 1941 issue ~ cover art by Darcy (Ernest Chiriacka)

November 1953 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

November 1953

cover art by Norman Saunders

Posted on June 30, 2024June 15, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags camera, famous detective stories, night club, richard deming, tuxLeave a comment on November 1953 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

cover art by Norman Saunders

June 1938

better image than previously posted

[cover updated 10/28/25]

Posted on June 28, 2024October 28, 2025Categories crime fiction, government agent, Hardboiled, magazine, original art, pulp, updatedTags brant house, norman saunders, original art, secret agent x detective mysteries, shoulder holster, tux, william benton johnstonLeave a comment on cover art by Norman Saunders

December 1939 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

December 1939

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Posted on June 26, 2024June 15, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags dame, detective novels magazine, femme fatale, fireplace, john l. benton, norman a. daniels, rafael desoto, staircase, tux, woman with a gunLeave a comment on December 1939 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

April 11, 1936 issue ~ cover art by Lejaren Hiller

April 11, 1936

cover art by Lejaren Hiller

better image than previously posted

Posted on June 26, 2024June 15, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags anthony rud, bruno hauptman, con man, detective fiction weekly, donald ross, flynn's, joseph mulvaney, lejaren hiller, lindbergh kidnapping, maxwell hawkins, ray cummings, top hat, tuxLeave a comment on April 11, 1936 issue ~ cover art by Lejaren Hiller

1945, #14 issue – cover art by Ruben Moreira

1945, #14

cover art by Ruben Moreira

Posted on June 17, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime comic, crime fiction, pulpTags punch comics, thug, tuxLeave a comment on 1945, #14 issue – cover art by Ruben Moreira

November 1941 issue

November 1941

better image than previously posted

Posted on June 11, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags black book detective, g. wayman jones, skull, tuxLeave a comment on November 1941 issue

March 1939 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

March 1939

cover art by Norman Saunders

[cover updated 11/18/25]

Posted on June 7, 2024November 18, 2025Categories adventure, espionage fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, original art, pulp, updatedTags branding, brant house, original art, secret agent x detective mysteries, tuxLeave a comment on March 1939 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

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