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For the Fans of Hardboiled, Pulp & Gumshoe Art

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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December 1933 issue

December 1933

cover art by Harold Woodbridge?

Posted on April 19, 2026April 5, 2026Categories crime fiction, magazine, mystery, pulpTags albert payson terhune, hulbert footner, mystery magazine, snake, walter rippergerLeave a comment on December 1933 issue

July 5, 1930 issue ~ cover art by John A. Coughlin

July 5, 1930

cover art by John A. Coughlin

Posted on April 19, 2026April 5, 2026Categories crime fiction, magazine, mystery, pulpTags bryan irvine, detective story magazine, donald van riper, john a. coughlin, john d. swain, leslie gordon barnardLeave a comment on July 5, 1930 issue ~ cover art by John A. Coughlin

February 1, 1932 issue ~ cover art by Edgar Franklin Wittmack

February 1, 1932

cover art by Edgar Franklin Wittmack

Posted on April 19, 2026April 5, 2026Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, magazine, mystery, pulpTags edgar franklin wittmack, popular stories magazineLeave a comment on February 1, 1932 issue ~ cover art by Edgar Franklin Wittmack

May 1932 issue

May 1932

cover art by Delos Palmer?

Posted on April 19, 2026April 5, 2026Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags master detective magazineLeave a comment on May 1932 issue

The Beautiful Frame x 2

1953 Simon & Schuster hardcover, an Inner Sanctum Selection

this the later 1954 Pocket paperback

cover art by James Meese

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 18, 2026April 5, 2026Categories Hardboiled, pulp, paperback, crime fiction, hardcoverTags dame, femme fatale, inner sanctum, james meese, pocket paperback, simon and schuster, smoking, william pearson, woman with a gunLeave a comment on The Beautiful Frame x 2

April 1952 issue ~ cover art by Howell Dodd

April 1952

cover art by Howell Dodd

December 18, 2013

Posted on April 18, 2026April 5, 2026Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags all true fact crime cases, howell doddLeave a comment on April 1952 issue ~ cover art by Howell Dodd

1958 Albany Productions

Dorothy Provine as Bonnie Parker in The Bonnie Parker Story

December 24, 2013

Posted on April 18, 2026April 5, 2026Categories film noirTags bonnie parker, dorthuy provine, publicity photo, tommygun, woman with a gunLeave a comment on 1958 Albany Productions

Spring 1949 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

Spring 1949

cover art by George Gross

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 18, 2026April 5, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags detective book magazine, george gross, joseph shallit, woman with a gunLeave a comment on Spring 1949 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

Deported, 1950

Marina Berti in Robert Siodmak’s Deported, 1950

Posted on April 18, 2026April 5, 2026Categories film noir, gangster, movie poster, pulp, spicy, uncategorizedTags dame, femme fatale, marina berti, publicity photo, smoking, woman with a gunLeave a comment on Deported, 1950

June 1948, issue #1

June 1948, issue #1

December 31, 2013

Posted on April 18, 2026April 5, 2026Categories crime comic, HardboiledTags bonnie parker, crimes by women comicLeave a comment on June 1948, issue #1

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