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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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Month: September 2024

September 1941 issue

September 1941

Posted on September 25, 2024September 11, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags inside detective magazine, pulp illustration, women in prisonLeave a comment on September 1941 issue

March 1951 issue ~ cover art by Earle K. Bergey

Startling Stories #67 March 1951 Roy G. Krenkel Pedigree (Standard) Earle K. Bergey cover.

Posted on September 25, 2024September 11, 2024Categories magazine, pulp, science fictionTags dame, earle k. bergey, leigh brackett, startling storiesLeave a comment on March 1951 issue ~ cover art by Earle K. Bergey

Winter 1951 issue ~ cover art by Allen Anderson

Detective Book Magazine #64 Winter 1951 (Fiction House) Allen Anderson cover.

better image than previously posted

Posted on September 25, 2024September 11, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags a.e. van vogt, allen anderson, dagger, dame, detective book magazine, monkeyLeave a comment on Winter 1951 issue ~ cover art by Allen Anderson

December 1950 issue

December 1950

cover art by Howell Dodd?

Posted on September 25, 2024September 11, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicy, true crimeTags best true fact detective, dame, femme fatale, howell dodd, stockingsLeave a comment on December 1950 issue

August 1946 issue

August 1946

Posted on September 25, 2024September 11, 2024Categories magazine, true crimeTags cigarette holder, dame, femme fatale, front page detective, pulp illustration, smokingLeave a comment on August 1946 issue

Headline Comics #23 Ohio Pedigree (Prize, 1947)

Headline Comics #23 Ohio Pedigree (Prize, 1947) Women in prison, bondage cover. Jack Kirby and Joe Simon story, cover, and art.

Posted on September 25, 2024September 11, 2024Categories crime comic, Hardboiled, pulp, true crimeTags bound, escaped con, headline comics, jack kirby, joe simon, woman with a gunLeave a comment on Headline Comics #23 Ohio Pedigree (Prize, 1947)

September 1939 issue ~ cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

September 1939

cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

better image than previously posted

Posted on September 25, 2024September 11, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicyTags dale boyd, h.l. parkhurst, lingerie, spicy detective magazine, woman with a gunLeave a comment on September 1939 issue ~ cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

February 4, 1939 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

February 4, 1939

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

better image than previously posted

Posted on September 24, 2024September 11, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, science fiction, western fictionTags argosy magazine, cleve f. adams, cornell woolrich, edgar rice burroughs, robert carse, rudolph belarskiLeave a comment on February 4, 1939 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

February 1939 issue

February 1939

better image than previously posted

[original art added 8/13/25]

Posted on September 24, 2024August 14, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, original art, pulp, true crime, updatedTags crime detective magazine, stockings, telephoneLeave a comment on February 1939 issue

1958 Pyramid edition ~ cover art by Robert Maguire

1958 Pyramid paperback original

cover art by Robert Maguire

better image than previously posted

Posted on September 24, 2024September 11, 2024Categories finest kind, Hardboiled, paperback, pulp, true crimeTags pyramid paperback, robert maguire, wenzell brown, women in prisonLeave a comment on 1958 Pyramid edition ~ cover art by Robert Maguire

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