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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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Day: November 12, 2023

October 1956 issue

Atlas Comics, October 1956, #11 issue

cover art by Bill Everett

Posted on November 12, 2023November 12, 2023Categories crime comicTags bill everett, crime comic, pulp art, strange stories of suspense, vaultLeave a comment on October 1956 issue

March 1938 issue ~ cover art by Stockton Mulford

March 1938 issue

cover art by Stockton Mulford

better image than previously posted

Posted on November 12, 2023November 12, 2023Categories magazine, true crimeTags pulp art, startling detective adventures, stockton mulford, top hat, true crimeLeave a comment on March 1938 issue ~ cover art by Stockton Mulford

cover art by Peter Driben

1942 Lippencott hardcover

1944 Atlas paperback reissue

cover art by Peter Driben

4th and last with sleuth Alan Ford

Posted on November 12, 2023November 12, 2023Categories paperback, whodunnitTags alan ford, atlas paperback, carolyn wells, grim reaper, murder mystery, peter driben, skeleton, skull, whodunnitLeave a comment on cover art by Peter Driben

March 31, 1934 issue

March 31, 1934

cover art by Lejaren Hiller?

Posted on November 12, 2023April 4, 2024Categories magazine, pulpTags detective fiction weekly, flynn's, lejaren hiller, masquerade, max brand, milo ray phelps, pulp art, t.t. flynn, victor maxwell, woman with a gunLeave a comment on March 31, 1934 issue

Winter (March) 1947 issue

March 1947

cover first used for 1944 Detective Yearbook

Posted on November 12, 2023November 13, 2023Categories true crimeTags certified detective magazine, dame, detective year book, pulp illustration, true crime, woman with a gunLeave a comment on Winter (March) 1947 issue

October 1953 issue

October 1953

Posted on November 12, 2023Categories magazineTags dame, pulp illustration, secretsLeave a comment on October 1953 issue
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