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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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May 1939 issue ~ cover art by J.W. Scott

May 1939

cover art by J.W. Scott

Posted on November 23, 2024November 12, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags bound, complete detective magazine, dagger, edward s. ronns, eric howard, eugene cunningham, hook, j.w. scott, red circle magazine, robert w. thompson, woman with a gunLeave a comment on May 1939 issue ~ cover art by J.W. Scott

1941 Dodd Mead first edition

1941 Dodd Mead first edition, Red Badge Prize Mystery

cover art by Manso

Posted on November 18, 2024November 12, 2024Categories hardcover, mystery, pulpTags dodd mead, manso, susannah shane, woman with a gunLeave a comment on 1941 Dodd Mead first edition

April 1943 issue

April 1943

Posted on November 14, 2024November 12, 2024Categories magazine, true crimeTags expose detective magazine, pulp illustration, woman with a gunLeave a comment on April 1943 issue

July 1929 issue ~ cover art by O.K. Uzzell

July 1929

cover art by O.K. Uzzell

Hersey swastika: “The Symbol of Good Reading – A Hersey Magazine”

Posted on November 13, 2024November 7, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags h.c. thomas, harold ward, murder mysteries magazine, o.k. uzzell, pearl necklace, randolph j. prescott, wall safe, woman with a gunLeave a comment on July 1929 issue ~ cover art by O.K. Uzzell

Headline Comics #26 (Prize, 1947)

Headline Comics #26 (Prize, 1947) Jack Kirby and Joe Simon story, cover, and art.

Posted on November 13, 2024Categories crime comic, Hardboiled, pulp, true crimeTags dame, headline comics, jack kirby, joe simon, jukebox, moll, woman with a gunLeave a comment on Headline Comics #26 (Prize, 1947)

1969 Houghton & Stoughton UK edition

1969 Houghton & Stoughton UK edition

cover illustration by Craig Dodd

second of his Alan Grofield novels, offshoots from the Parker series

Posted on November 12, 2024October 19, 2024Categories british pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, hardcover, pulpTags alan grofield, craig dodd, dame, donald e. westlake, professional thief, richard stark, woman with a gunLeave a comment on 1969 Houghton & Stoughton UK edition

March 1952 issue

March 1952

cover art by Ann Cantor

Art taken from paperback Murder Mystery Monthly #48 (1950),“Murder in Her Big Blue Eyes” by Julius Long

Posted on November 9, 2024October 19, 2024Categories crime comic, crime fiction, digest, gangster, mystery, pulpTags ann cantor, avon digest, julius long, murder mystery monthly, murderous gangsters, woman with a gunLeave a comment on March 1952 issue

October 1943 issue

October 1943

Posted on November 3, 2024October 19, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags crime detective magazine, woman with a gunLeave a comment on October 1943 issue

1954 Crime Mysteries #13 ~ cover art by A.C. Hollingsworth

1954 Crime Mysteries #13

cover art by A.C. Hollingsworth

Posted on October 31, 2024September 24, 2024Categories crime comic, horror fiction, weird fictionTags a.c. hollingsworth, crime mysteries comic, femme fatale, grim reaper, woman with a gunLeave a comment on 1954 Crime Mysteries #13 ~ cover art by A.C. Hollingsworth

January 1949 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

January 1949

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Posted on October 30, 2024October 19, 2024Categories crime fiction, government agent, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags arthur j. burks, dagger, g-men detective magazine, jackson hite, norman a. daniels, o.b. myers, robert leslie bellem, rudolph belarski, telephone booth, william degenhard, woman with a gunLeave a comment on January 1949 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

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