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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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Parole Breakers #1 (Avon, 1951)

Parole Breakers #1 (Avon, 1951)

1948 Morrow hardcover as Dead Level

1950 Avon paperback reissue with new title

Posted on September 27, 2024September 12, 2024Categories crime comic, crime fiction, Hardboiled, pulp, true crimeTags avon paperback, hollywood fiction, moll, parole breakers, russell gordon, woman with a gunLeave a comment on Parole Breakers #1 (Avon, 1951)

September 1941 issue

September 1941

Posted on September 26, 2024September 12, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags brink's robbery, femme fatale, official detective stories, porthole, woman with a gunLeave a comment on September 1941 issue

Headline Comics #23 Ohio Pedigree (Prize, 1947)

Headline Comics #23 Ohio Pedigree (Prize, 1947) Women in prison, bondage cover. Jack Kirby and Joe Simon story, cover, and art.

Posted on September 25, 2024September 11, 2024Categories crime comic, Hardboiled, pulp, true crimeTags bound, escaped con, headline comics, jack kirby, joe simon, woman with a gunLeave a comment on Headline Comics #23 Ohio Pedigree (Prize, 1947)

September 1939 issue ~ cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

September 1939

cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

better image than previously posted

Posted on September 25, 2024September 11, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicyTags dale boyd, h.l. parkhurst, lingerie, spicy detective magazine, woman with a gunLeave a comment on September 1939 issue ~ cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

Three Day Pass x 2

1955 Berkley reissue

1958 Berkley reissue

cover art by Paul Rader

better image than previously posted

Posted on September 24, 2024September 11, 2024Categories espionage fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags berkley paperback, cold war fiction, edward grace, j.w. burke, paul rader, woman with a gunLeave a comment on Three Day Pass x 2

cover art by Robert Maguire

August 1958 Signet reissue, first printing

cover art by Robert Maguire

better image than previously posted

ONE OF THE FINEST COVERS EVER

Posted on September 23, 2024September 11, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags dame, femme fatale, jack webb, robert maguire, signet paperback, woman with a gunLeave a comment on cover art by Robert Maguire

May 1938 issue ~ cover art by Emmett Watson

May 1938

cover art by Emmett Watson

better image than previously posted

Posted on September 23, 2024September 11, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags cleve f. adams, dale clark, diamond, double detective magazine, emmett watson, hugh b. cave, letters, richard sale, woman with a gunLeave a comment on May 1938 issue ~ cover art by Emmett Watson

1963 Pocket reissue ~ cover art by James Neil Boyle

1963 Pocket

cover art by James Neil Boyle

Posted on September 23, 2024September 11, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulp, raymond chandlerTags farewell my lovely, philip marlowe, pocket paperback, private eye, raymond chandler, woman with a gunLeave a comment on 1963 Pocket reissue ~ cover art by James Neil Boyle

October 1950 issue

October 1950

Posted on September 23, 2024September 11, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags dagger, dan gordon, detective tales magazine, frances beck, francis k. allan, john reese, woman with a gunLeave a comment on October 1950 issue

1952 New Fiction Press

1952 New Fiction Press

cover art by Reginald Heade

Posted on September 23, 2024September 11, 2024Categories british pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags dame, femme fatale, hank janson, new fiction paperback, reginald heade, woman with a gunLeave a comment on 1952 New Fiction Press

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