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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: October 2024

April 1943 issue

April 1943

Posted on October 28, 2024October 19, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags daring detective magazine, pulp illustration, smoking, women in prisonLeave a comment on April 1943 issue

March 1949 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

March 1949

cover art by George Gross

Posted on October 28, 2024October 19, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicy, true crimeTags dame, femme fatale, geoge gross, women in crime, women in prisonLeave a comment on March 1949 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

May 1931 issue ~ cover art by Gerard C. Delano

May 1931

cover art by Gerard C. Delano

Posted on October 28, 2024October 19, 2024Categories adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags devil's island, george e. walsh, gerald delano, machette, r. coleman dusoe, star magazineLeave a comment on May 1931 issue ~ cover art by Gerard C. Delano

July 1943 issue ~ cover art by Charles Biro

Crime Does Not Pay #28 Mile High Pedigree (Lev Gleason, 1943) CGC NM+ 9.6 White pages. prison riot cover by Charles Biro

Posted on October 28, 2024October 19, 2024Categories Hardboiled, pulp, crime comic, true crimeTags prison break, crime does not pay, charles biroLeave a comment on July 1943 issue ~ cover art by Charles Biro

December 1944 issue

December 1944

better image than previously posted

Posted on October 27, 2024October 19, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags private detective stories, roger torrey, showgirlLeave a comment on December 1944 issue

May 1938 issue

May 1938

Posted on October 27, 2024October 19, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicy, true crimeTags bound, true magazineLeave a comment on May 1938 issue

cover art by Howell Dodd

Gouache on board, 13.25 x 13.5 in. (sight)
Not signed

paperback cover of Free and Easy by Luther Gordon, Ecstasy, 1951.

Posted on October 27, 2024October 19, 2024Categories original art, paperback, pulp, spicyTags dame, ecstasy novel magazine, howell dodd, lurid, luther gordon, sleazy, smokingLeave a comment on cover art by Howell Dodd

United Artists, 1955

Kiss Me Deadly (United Artists, 1955). Very Fine on Paper. Half Sheet (22″ X 28″) Style B.
Starring Ralph Meeker, Albert Dekker, Paul Stewart, Juano Hernandez, Cloris Leachman, Maxine Cooper, Jack Elam, and Strother Martin. Directed by Robert Aldrich.

Posted on October 27, 2024October 19, 2024Categories crime fiction, film noirTags albert dekker, mickey spillane, mike hammer, movie poster, private eye, ralph meeker, robert aldrichLeave a comment on United Artists, 1955

September 1953 Signet paperback

1952 Crown hardcover

September 1953 Signet paperback, 1st print

cover art by James Meese?

2nd with Kansas City private eye Johnny April

Posted on October 27, 2024October 19, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags johnny april, kansas city, mike roscoe, private eye, signet paperbackLeave a comment on September 1953 Signet paperback

July 1946 issue

July 1946

better image than previously posted

Posted on October 27, 2024October 19, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags john ryan, super-detective magazineLeave a comment on July 1946 issue

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