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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 20, 2023

February 1951 issue

February 1951

better image than previously posted

Posted on November 20, 2023May 26, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mysteryTags detective tales magazine, hugh b. cave, john d. macdonald, pulp art, richard wormser, veil, william campbell gault, woman with a gunLeave a comment on February 1951 issue

November 1937 issue

November 1937

better image than previously posted

Posted on November 20, 2023November 19, 2023Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags dagger, norbert davis, paul ernst, philip ketchum, pulp art, strange detective mysteries, wayne rogers, woman with a gun, wyatt blassingameLeave a comment on November 1937 issue

August 5, 1939 issue ~ cover art by Emmett Watson

August 5, 1939

cover art by Emmett Watson

Posted on November 20, 2023November 19, 2023Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, mystery, pulpTags detective fiction weekly, emmett watson, graves gladney, hugh b. cave, philip ketchum, pulp art, thug, trenchcoatLeave a comment on August 5, 1939 issue ~ cover art by Emmett Watson

July 1947 issue

July 1947

cover art by Arnold Kohn?

better image than previously posted

Posted on November 20, 2023November 19, 2023Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags arnold kohn, frank gruber, mammoth detective magazine, pulp art, trench coatLeave a comment on July 1947 issue

February 1944 Canadian issue

February 1944

Posted on November 20, 2023November 19, 2023Categories canadian pulp, Hardboiled, magazine, paperbackTags canadian pulp, detective tales magazine, edward s. williams, pulp art, woman with a gunLeave a comment on February 1944 Canadian issue

December 1943 issue

December 1943

Posted on November 20, 2023November 19, 2023Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, horror fiction, magazine, mysteryTags pulp art, the shadow magazine, werewolfLeave a comment on December 1943 issue

June-July 1937 issue ~ cover art by William F. Soare

June-July 1937

cover art by William F. Soare

[post updated 6/6/24]

Posted on November 20, 2023June 6, 2024Categories Hardboiled, horror fiction, magazine, pulp, weird fictionTags chained, horror stories magazine, laboratory, mad scientist, paul ernst, pulp art, wayne rogers, william f. soareLeave a comment on June-July 1937 issue ~ cover art by William F. Soare

April 1945 issue

April 1945

better image than previously posted

Posted on November 20, 2023November 19, 2023Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags cornell woolrich, dagger, dame, detective novel magazine, femme fatale, pulp artLeave a comment on April 1945 issue

September 1951 issue

September 1951

Posted on November 20, 2023November 19, 2023Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags d.a. kyle, net, pulp art, sim albert, smashing detective stories, t.w. fordLeave a comment on September 1951 issue

January 1941 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

January 1941

Posted on November 20, 2023April 3, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, magazineTags e. hoffmann price, h.j. ward, pulp art, red star adventures magazine, south seas fiction, title waveLeave a comment on January 1941 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

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