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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: December 10, 2023

April 1936 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

April 1936

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

Posted on December 10, 2023December 6, 2023Categories adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicyTags bedford rohmer, bound, dagger, fiend, lingerie, mystery adventures magazine, norman saundersLeave a comment on April 1936 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

May 1953 issue

May 1953

Posted on December 10, 2023December 6, 2023Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags bound, detective world magazine, pulp art, torture, true crimeLeave a comment on May 1953 issue

November 1936 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

cover art by Norman Saunders

[image updated 2/28/25, 10/28/25]

Posted on December 10, 2023October 28, 2025Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicy, updatedTags dagger, finest kind, hollywood, lars anderson, mirror, nelson kent, saucy movie tales, showgirl, thompson toddLeave a comment on November 1936 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

October 1934 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

October 1934

cover art by H.J. Ward

better image than previously posted

his first cover for any of the Spicy magazines

[image updated 1/29/24]

Posted on December 10, 2023April 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicyTags bound, h.j. ward, ken cooper, spicy detective storiesLeave a comment on October 1934 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

June 15, 1938 issue

June 15, 1938

Posted on December 10, 2023December 6, 2023Categories action fiction, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mysteryTags maxwell grant, pulp art, the shadow magazine, walter b. gibsonLeave a comment on June 15, 1938 issue

March 1940 issue

March 1940

Posted on December 10, 2023December 6, 2023Categories Hardboiled, horror fiction, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags charles boswell, donald dale, laboratory, mad scientist, mermaid, russell gray, terror tales magazine, wayne robbinsLeave a comment on March 1940 issue

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