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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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July 25, 1936 issue

July 25, 1936

Posted on August 28, 2024August 16, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags detective fiction weekly, flynn's, fred macisaac, max brand, tux, woman with a gunLeave a comment on July 25, 1936 issue

March 1948 issue

May 1948

Posted on August 28, 2024August 16, 2024Categories crime comic, Hardboiled, true crimeTags dagger, super-mystery comics, tuxLeave a comment on March 1948 issue

June 1, 1933 issue ~ cover art by H.W. Scott

June 1, 1933

cover art by H.W. Scott

Posted on August 28, 2024August 16, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags bullet, complete stories magazine, frederick c. painton, h.w. scott, tuxLeave a comment on June 1, 1933 issue ~ cover art by H.W. Scott

June-July 1931 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

June-July 1931

cover art by Walter Baumhofer

better image than previously posted

Posted on July 29, 2024July 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags c.b. yorke, george allan moffatt, speakeasy stories magazine, tommygun, tux, walter baumhoferLeave a comment on June-July 1931 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

June 15, 1940 issue ~ cover art by Emmett Watson

June 15, 1940

cover by Emmett Watson

better image than previously posted

[post updated 4/26/25]

Posted on July 29, 2024April 26, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags detective fiction weekly, flynn's, lawrence treat, robert sneddon, tommygun, tuxLeave a comment on June 15, 1940 issue ~ cover art by Emmett Watson

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

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