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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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Winter 1952 issue

Winter 1952

Posted on April 3, 2024January 18, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags 5 detective novels magazine, benton braden, david x. manners, donn mullally, paul chadwick, ted stratton, w.t. ballard, woman with a gunLeave a comment on Winter 1952 issue

cover art by Harry Barton


gouache on board, 20 x 15 in. (image)
Signed lower right

The Quaking Widow by Robert Colby, Ace Double paperback, 1956.

Posted on April 1, 2024January 18, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, original art, paperbackTags ace double paperback, dame, femme fatale, harry barton, original art, robert colby, treasure, woman with a gunLeave a comment on cover art by Harry Barton

November 1935 issue ~ cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

November 1935

cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

Posted on April 1, 2024January 18, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, western fictionTags bandito, dagger, h.l. parkhurst, racist imagery, sombrero, spicy-adventure stories, woman with a gunLeave a comment on November 1935 issue ~ cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

July 1947 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

July 1947

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Posted on March 31, 2024May 9, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags dame, femme fatale, moll, phantom detective magazine, robert wallace, rudolph belarski, safe crack, woman with a gun, yeggLeave a comment on July 1947 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

May 1937 ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

May 1937

cover art by H.J. Ward

better image than previously posted

Posted on March 30, 2024January 29, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicyTags arthur wallace, cat fight, finest kind, h.j. ward, spicy detective stories, thug, woman with a gunLeave a comment on May 1937 ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

January 1930 issue

January 1930

better image than previously posted

Posted on March 29, 2024January 6, 2024Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags maxwell a. hawkinds, moll, tyne van tyne, underworld magazine, v.m. montagu, william beyer, woman with a gunLeave a comment on January 1930 issue

September 1941 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

September 1941

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

Posted on March 16, 2024January 6, 2024Categories action fiction, crime fiction, government agent, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags ace g-man stories, day keene, emile c. tepperman, rafael desoto, tommygun, woman with a gun, wyatt blassingameLeave a comment on September 1941 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

March 1930 issue ~ cover art by Dalton Stevens

March 1930

cover art by Dalton Stevens

better image than previously posted

Posted on March 14, 2024March 13, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags dalton stevens, true detective mysteries, woman with a gunLeave a comment on March 1930 issue ~ cover art by Dalton Stevens

February 1932 issue ~ cover art by C.E. Dameron

February 1932

cover art by C.E. Dameron

Posted on March 13, 2024January 6, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags anatole feldman, c.e. dameron, gun molls magazine, perry paul, robert sproule, stuart palmer, taxi, woman with a gunLeave a comment on February 1932 issue ~ cover art by C.E. Dameron

December 1963 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

December 1963

cover art by George Gross

Posted on March 12, 2024August 24, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, magazine, men's magazine, pulpTags adventure magazine, george gross, woman with a gunLeave a comment on December 1963 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

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