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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 25, 1936 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Zirm

October 25, 1936

cover art by Rudolph Zirm

Posted on August 27, 2025August 8, 2025Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags bertrand w. sinclair, lugar, racist imagery, rudolph zirm, short stories magazine, walter c. brown, yellow menaceLeave a comment on October 25, 1936 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Zirm

September 1936 issue

September 1936

Posted on August 26, 2025August 8, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags cleve f. adams, clues detective stories, racist imagery, torture, yellow menaceLeave a comment on September 1936 issue

August 1938 issue

August 1938

cover art attributed to John A. Coughlin

Posted on July 25, 2025July 13, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags b.b. fowler, dagger, denslow m. dade, detective tales magazine, edward s. williams, frederick c. davis, george armin shaftel, john d. swaine, racist imagery, ray cummings, russell gray, tux, yellow menaceLeave a comment on August 1938 issue

September 1938 – premiere issue ~ cover art by J.W. Scott

September 1938

cover art by J.W. Scott

better image than previously posted

Posted on June 26, 2025June 6, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags arthur j. burks, bound, dagger, j.w. scott, norman a. daniels, orlando riggoni, racist imagery, top-notch detective magazine, trap door, william edward hayes, yellow menaceLeave a comment on September 1938 – premiere issue ~ cover art by J.W. Scott

March 1936 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

March 1936

cover art by Tom Lovell

better image than previously posted

Posted on March 5, 2025February 10, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags dagger, detective tales magazine, eric taylor, george shaftel, norvell w. page, paul ernst, racist imagery, tom lovell, tux, woman with a gun, yellow menaceLeave a comment on March 1936 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

May 1941 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

May 1941

cover art by Tom Lovell

better image than previously posted

Posted on January 29, 2025January 28, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags day keene, jade, racist imagery, strange detective mysteries, tom lovell, wayne rogers, yellow menaceLeave a comment on May 1941 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

December 1930 issue ~ cover art by William Reusswig

December 1930

cover art by William Reusswig

Posted on December 19, 2024December 12, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags bound, detective action stories, dungeon, erle stanley gardner, racist imagery, van wyck mason, william reusswig, yellow menaceLeave a comment on December 1930 issue ~ cover art by William Reusswig

August 1936 issue ~ cover art by Malvin Singer

August 1936

cover art by Malvin Singer

better image than previously posted

Posted on November 15, 2024November 12, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags ace-high detective, bound, chained, dagger, fred macisaac, malvin singer, racist imagery, shackled, thomas walsh, william e. barrett, wyatt blassingame, yellow menaceLeave a comment on August 1936 issue ~ cover art by Malvin Singer

January 31, 1931 issue ~ cover art by John A. Coughlin

January 31, 1931

cover art by John A. Coughlin

Posted on October 16, 2024October 3, 2024Categories magazine, mystery, pulpTags a.e. apple, dagger, detective story magazine, john a. coughlin, racist imagery, yellow menaceLeave a comment on January 31, 1931 issue ~ cover art by John A. Coughlin

November/December 1939 issue

November/December 1939 issue

better image than previously posted

Posted on October 10, 2024October 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, horror fiction, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags dagger, donald g. cormack, racist imagery, russel gray, strange detective mysteries, yellow menaceLeave a comment on November/December 1939 issue

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