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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

July 1938 issue ~ cover art by William F. Soare

July 1938 issue

cover art by William F. Soare

better image than previously posted

Posted on October 27, 2024October 19, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicyTags bound, dagger, j.s. perry, spicy detective magazine, staircase, william f. soareLeave a comment on July 1938 issue ~ cover art by William F. Soare

March 1937 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

March 1937

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Posted on October 27, 2024October 19, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags g.t. fleming-roberts, lawrence g. blochman, phantom detective magazine, robert wallace, rudolph belarskiLeave a comment on March 1937 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

March 1946 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

March 1946

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

better image than previously posted

July 1946 UK edition

Belarski’s signature removed

[updated 2/15/25]

Posted on October 27, 2024February 15, 2025Categories british pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags h. ralph goller, rudolph belarski, thrilling detective magazine, william roughLeave a comment on March 1946 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

May 30, 1931 issue ~ cover art by John A. Coughlin

May 30, 1931

cover art by John A. Coughlin

Posted on October 27, 2024October 3, 2024Categories magazine, mystery, pulpTags charlotte dockstader, detective story magazine, dogger, jewel, john a. coughlin, ruby, turbanLeave a comment on May 30, 1931 issue ~ cover art by John A. Coughlin

July 1945 issue

July 1945

better image than previously posted

cover art by H.J. Ward, altered version of May 1942 issue of Spicy Adventure

Posted on October 27, 2024October 19, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags edwin truett, h.j. ward, speed adventure storiesLeave a comment on July 1945 issue

August 1944 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

August 1944

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

[updated 8/1/25]

Posted on October 26, 2024August 1, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags phantom detective magazine, robert wallace, rudolph belarskiLeave a comment on August 1944 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

1960s playing cards

1960s novelty playing cards

Posted on October 26, 2024October 19, 2024Categories men's magazineTags 007, james bond, playing cardsLeave a comment on 1960s playing cards

1951 Popular Library reissue

published in 1948 by Macmillan, this a later 1951 Popular Library reissue

Posted on October 26, 2024October 19, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags cigarette girl, dame, femme fatale, octavus roy cohen, popular library, veilLeave a comment on 1951 Popular Library reissue

February 1963 issue

February 1963

Posted on October 26, 2024October 19, 2024Categories true crimeTags pulp illustration, vice squad detective magazineLeave a comment on February 1963 issue

1952 Metro Goldwyn Mayer

1952 Metro Goldwyn Mayer

Posted on October 26, 2024October 19, 2024Categories film noir, HardboiledTags armored car, coleen gray, heist, jack elam, john payne, kansas city fiction, lee van cleef, metro goldwyn mayer movie, smokingLeave a comment on 1952 Metro Goldwyn Mayer

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