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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 14, 2023

January 1938 issue

January 1938

Posted on November 14, 2023April 20, 2024Categories government agent, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags feds, g.t. fleming-roberts, Hardboiled, lawrence g. blochman, mardi gras, pulp art, thrilling detective magazineLeave a comment on January 1938 issue

August 1938 issue ~ cover art by Richard Lyon

August 1938

cover art by Richard Lyon

Posted on November 14, 2023May 5, 2025Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags crawford sullivan, dagger, flashlight, frederick c. painton, Hardboiled, mummy, pulp art, richard lyon, thrilling adventures magazine, tom curry, treasureLeave a comment on August 1938 issue ~ cover art by Richard Lyon

1944 French Canadian issue

Canadian issue, November 15, 1944

Posted on November 14, 2023November 13, 2023Categories canadian pulpTags agatha christie, arthur conan doyle, mounties, RCMP, rufus king, sherlock holmes, superintendent battleLeave a comment on 1944 French Canadian issue

November 1951 issue

November 1951

cover art attributed to Albert Drake

better image than previously posted

Posted on November 14, 2023April 29, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazineTags cemetery, dagger, daniel r. gilgannon, famous detective stories, femme fatale, graveyard, Hardboiled, james maccreigh, pulp art, radio, spyLeave a comment on November 1951 issue

August 25, 1917 issue ~ cover art by Modest Stein

August 25, 1917

cover art by Modest Stein

Posted on November 14, 2023November 13, 2023Categories magazineTags frank l. packard, george allan england, modest stein, octavus roy cohen, people's favorite magazine, pulp art, shovelLeave a comment on August 25, 1917 issue ~ cover art by Modest Stein
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