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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 2, 2025

December 1, 1933 issue

December 1, 1933

Posted on February 2, 2025January 28, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags maxwell grant, the shadow magazine, walter b. gibsonLeave a comment on December 1, 1933 issue

February 1948 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

February 1948

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

Posted on February 2, 2025January 28, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags 10-story detective magazine, horse stables, norman saunders, talmage powellLeave a comment on February 1948 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

The Kiss-off x 3

1951 Simon & Schuster, and Inner Sanctum Mystery

1951 Signet mass market release

also published as Goodbye Stranger in England, 1952

cover art by Carl Bobertz

1956 Signet reissue

cover art by Art Sussman

Posted on February 2, 2025January 28, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, hardcover, paperback, pulpTags art sussman, carl bobertz, douglas heyes, inner sanctum, signet paperback, simon and schusterLeave a comment on The Kiss-off x 3

February 1944 issue ~ cover art by Allen Anderson

February 1944

cover art by Allen Anderson

better image than previously posted

Posted on February 2, 2025January 28, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags allen anderson, hollywood detective magazine, robert leslie bellem, showgirlLeave a comment on February 1944 issue ~ cover art by Allen Anderson
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