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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 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

February 1935 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

February 1935

cover art by H.J. Ward

better image than previously posted

Posted on June 5, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicyTags ace of spades, cigarette girl, gambling fiction, jerome severs perry, spicy detective magazine, tuxLeave a comment on February 1935 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

cover art by Norman Saunders

May 1942 issue

better image than previously posted

cove art repurposed for September 1949 issue of Ten Detective Aces

Posted on June 4, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, original art, pulpTags 10-story detective magazine, cigarette girl, dagger, g.t. fleming-roberts, night club, norman a. daniels, norman saunders, tuxLeave a comment on cover art by Norman Saunders

May 1939 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

May 1939   

cover art by H.J. Ward

better image than previously posted

Posted on June 4, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicyTags e. hoffmann price, h.j. ward, spicy detective magazine, tuxLeave a comment on May 1939 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

August 1935 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

August 1935

cover art by H.J. Ward

better image than previously posted

Posted on June 4, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicyTags fan dance, finest kind, h.j. ward, laurence donovan, spicy detective stories, tuxLeave a comment on August 1935 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

September-October 1939 issue ~ cover art by John Howitt

September-October 1939

cover art by John Howitt

better image than previously posted

Posted on June 3, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags dagger, donald g. cormack, emile c. tepperman, john howitt, r.s. lerch, russell gray, stilts, strange detective mysteries, tuxLeave a comment on September-October 1939 issue ~ cover art by John Howitt

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