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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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Fall 1931 issue

Fall 1931

better image than previously posted

Posted on December 14, 2025November 24, 2025Categories crime fiction, magazine, mystery, pulpTags edgar wallace, ghoul, john esteven, star novels magazine, voodoo, william macleod raineLeave a comment on Fall 1931 issue

September 1939 issue ~ cover art by Wesley Neff

September 1939

cover art by Wesley Neff

Posted on November 17, 2025November 2, 2025Categories uncategorizedTags crime busters magazine, frank gruber, kenneth robeson, maxwell grant, sword, theodore a. tinsley, voodoo, wesley neffLeave a comment on September 1939 issue ~ cover art by Wesley Neff

1957 Gold Medal paperback original – cover art by Mitchell Hooks

1957 Gold Medal paperback original

8th with private eye Ed Noon

cover art by Mitchell Hooks

better image than previously posted

November 24, 2013

Posted on September 29, 2025September 25, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags ed noon, mike avallone, mitchell hooks, private eye, voodooLeave a comment on 1957 Gold Medal paperback original – cover art by Mitchell Hooks

Evil Under the Sun x 2

1945 Pocket reissue

cover art by Paul Galdone

February 1957 Pocket reissue, 6th printing

cover painting by James Meese

better image than previously posted

Posted on August 27, 2024August 16, 2024Categories finest kind, mystery, paperback, pulp, whodunnitTags agatha christie, beach, hercule poirot, james meese, paul galdone, pocket paperback, voodooLeave a comment on Evil Under the Sun x 2

Spring 1944 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Spring 1944

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Posted on July 1, 2024June 15, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags black book detective, g. wayman jones, john l. benton, rudolph belarski, voodoo, witchLeave a comment on Spring 1944 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

May 1933 issue

May 1933

third issue

Posted on June 11, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags dagger, g. wayman jones, george allan moffatt, phantom detective magazine, preston grady, voodooLeave a comment on May 1933 issue

December 1, 1934 issue ~ cover art by C. Calvert

December 1, 1934

cover art by C. Calvert (aka C.C. Beall)

Posted on March 2, 2024April 4, 2024Categories adventure, anthology, crime fiction, Hardboiled, horror fiction, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags argosy magazine, black magic, c. calvert, c.c. beall, theodore roscoe, voodooLeave a comment on December 1, 1934 issue ~ cover art by C. Calvert

May 1938 issue ~ cover art by H. J. Ward  

May 1938

cover art by H. J. Ward  

better image than previously posted

Posted on December 29, 2023December 17, 2023Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, horror fiction, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicyTags corpse, h.j. ward, lew merrill, pulp art, spicy mystery magazine, voodooLeave a comment on May 1938 issue ~ cover art by H. J. Ward  
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