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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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October 1949 issue ~ cover art by Fred Rodewald

October 1949

cover art by Fred Rodewald

September 27, 2013

Posted on April 21, 2025March 15, 2025Categories hardcover, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags fred rodewald, moll, police detective cases, woman with a gunLeave a comment on October 1949 issue ~ cover art by Fred Rodewald

October 1947 issue

October 1947

September 17, 2014

Posted on April 18, 2025March 15, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags andrew holt, detective tales magazine, g.t. fleming-roberts, mirror, woman with a gunLeave a comment on October 1947 issue

pulp art by Joe McDermott

September 26, 2013

Posted on April 17, 2025March 15, 2025Categories pulpTags joe mcdermott, woman with a gunLeave a comment on pulp art by Joe McDermott

Hang Up, Dear

September 28, 2013

Posted on April 17, 2025March 15, 2025Categories HardboiledTags telephone, woman with a gunLeave a comment on Hang Up, Dear

May 1949 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

May 1949

cover art by George Gross

Posted on April 15, 2025March 15, 2025Categories finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags garter, george gross, special detective magazine, stockings, telephone, woman with a gunLeave a comment on May 1949 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

June 1946 issue

June 1946

Posted on April 15, 2025April 9, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags dame, headquarters detective magazine, pulp illustration, telephone, woman with a gunLeave a comment on June 1946 issue

June Palmer

September 26, 2013

Posted on April 12, 2025March 15, 2025Categories true crimeTags june palmer, woman with a gunLeave a comment on June Palmer

Pam Grier

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September 26, 2013

Posted on April 12, 2025March 15, 2025Categories crime fictionTags pam grier, woman with a gunLeave a comment on Pam Grier

December 30, 1939 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

December 30, 1939

cover by Rudolph Belarski

Posted on April 7, 2025March 15, 2025Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, maritime fiction, mystery, pulpTags allan vaughan elston, argosy magazine, eustace l. adams, frank richardson pierce, louis c. goldsmith, rudolph belarski, woman with a gunLeave a comment on December 30, 1939 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

cover art by Art Gates

Crime Mysteries #9 (Ribage Publishing, 1953) Art Gates art. Bullet-in-head cover, an homage to the cover of the November 1937 issue of Spicy Mystery Stories by H.J. Ward

Posted on April 4, 2025March 15, 2025Categories crime comic, Hardboiled, pulpTags art gates, c.a.m. donne, crime mysteries comic, diplomat, h.j. ward, spicy mystery stories, woman with a gunLeave a comment on cover art by Art Gates

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