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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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November 1943 issue

November 1943

Posted on November 17, 2024November 12, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags headline detective magazine, pulp magazine, wanted posterLeave a comment on November 1943 issue

June 25, 1946 issue ~ cover art by Benton Clark

June 25, 1946

cover art by Benton Clark

Posted on October 17, 2024October 3, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, mystery, pulp, western fictionTags a.a. caffrey, benton clark, short stories magazine, smoking, t.t. flynn, w.c. tuttle, wanted posterLeave a comment on June 25, 1946 issue ~ cover art by Benton Clark

February 1925 issue

February 1925

Posted on August 18, 2024July 4, 2024Categories magazine, true crimeTags fingerprints, pulp illustration, wanted posterLeave a comment on February 1925 issue

March 1943 issue

March 1943

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 6, 2024April 23, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags donald g. cormack, francis k. allan, invisible man, strange detective mysteries, wanted posterLeave a comment on March 1943 issue

1957 Perma Books paperback original

1957 Perma Book

Posted on May 1, 2024April 24, 2024Categories Hardboiled, paperback, true crimeTags handcuffs, joseph f. dinneen, perma paperback, tommygun, underworld usa, wanted posterLeave a comment on 1957 Perma Books paperback original

November 1947 issue ~ cover art by Samuel Cherry

November 1947

cover art by Samuel Cherry

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 12, 2024February 23, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags bruno fischer, detective tales magazine, roderick lull, samuel cherry, shad collins, talmage powell, thug, wanted poster, william r. coxLeave a comment on November 1947 issue ~ cover art by Samuel Cherry

August 1928 issue ~ cover art by Earle K. Bergey

August 1928

cover art by Earle K. Bergey

Posted on January 16, 2024December 17, 2023Categories action fiction, adventure, aviation fiction, magazine, pulp, western fictionTags brief stories magazine, claude u. rister, earle k. bergey, pulp art, six gun, sombrero, wanted posterLeave a comment on August 1928 issue ~ cover art by Earle K. Bergey

September 1934 issue ~ cover art by J. George Janes

September 1934

cover art by J. George Janes

better image than previously posted

[image updated 6/28/24]

Posted on January 14, 2024June 28, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags carl mckinnon saunders, dagger, district attorney, frederick c. davis, ten detective aces magazine, wanted posterLeave a comment on September 1934 issue ~ cover art by J. George Janes

January 1933 issue ~ cover art by Joseph Doolin

January 1933

cover art by Joseph Doolin

better image than previously posted

Posted on January 5, 2024May 6, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags forensics, johnston mcculley, joseph doolin, rapid-fire detective stories, wanted posterLeave a comment on January 1933 issue ~ cover art by Joseph Doolin

February 1939 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

February 1939

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Posted on December 4, 2023December 2, 2023Categories crime fiction, government agent, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags dame, george a. mcdonald, moll, popular detective magazine, pulp art, rafael desoto, wanted poster, westmoreland grayLeave a comment on February 1939 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

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