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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: February 29, 2024

February 1938 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

February 1938

cover art by H.J. Ward

Posted on February 29, 2024December 21, 2023Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicyTags bound, h.j. ward, logger, northwest, spicy-adventure stories, wyreck brentLeave a comment on February 1938 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

September 1938 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

oil on canvas, 21″ by 30″

far from romantic but typically great brushwork

Posted on February 29, 2024December 31, 2023Categories finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, original art, pulp, western fictionTags e. hoffmann price, finest kind, h.j. ward, original art, romantic western magazine, woman with a gunLeave a comment on September 1938 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

cover art by Griffith Foxley

1952 Morrow hardcover

1954 Dell reissue

13th with private eyes Bertha Cool and Donald Lam

cover art by Griffith Foxley

better image than previously posted

Posted on February 29, 2024January 2, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, mystery, paperbackTags a.a. fair, bertha cool, dell paperback, donald lam, erle stanley gardner, griffith foxley, private eyeLeave a comment on cover art by Griffith Foxley

1947 Random House hardcover

1949 Bantam reissue

cover art by Robert Skemp

basis for the 1956 film noir and Humphrey Bogart’s last movie

better image than previously posted

Posted on February 29, 2024January 2, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags bantam paperback, boxing fiction, bud schulberg, dame, film noir, humphrey bogart, robert skempLeave a comment on

July 1936 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

July 1936

cover art by H.J. Ward

[image updated 11/1/25]

Posted on February 29, 2024November 1, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, horror fiction, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicy, updatedTags h.j. ward, lingerie, monster, morgan lafay, pulp art, spicy mystery storiesLeave a comment on July 1936 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

June 1932 issue

June 1932

cover art attributed to “Crair”?

Posted on February 29, 2024December 21, 2023Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags crair, h.l. gates, p.p. sheehan, thrilling detective magazine, wall safeLeave a comment on June 1932 issue
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