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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: April 4, 2025

Summer 1944 UK edition

Summer 1944 UK issue

Posted on April 4, 2025March 15, 2025Categories british pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags darkroom, g-men detective magazine, joe archibald, map, norman a. danielsLeave a comment on Summer 1944 UK edition

cover art by Art Gates

Crime Mysteries #9 (Ribage Publishing, 1953) Art Gates art. Bullet-in-head cover, an homage to the cover of the November 1937 issue of Spicy Mystery Stories by H.J. Ward

Posted on April 4, 2025March 15, 2025Categories crime comic, Hardboiled, pulpTags art gates, c.a.m. donne, crime mysteries comic, diplomat, h.j. ward, spicy mystery stories, woman with a gunLeave a comment on cover art by Art Gates

July 1942 issue

July 1942

Posted on April 4, 2025March 15, 2025Categories crime fiction, government agent, Hardboiled, pulp, war fictionTags fucking nazis, g-men detective magazine, jean francis webb, laurence donovan, lugarLeave a comment on July 1942 issue

Fall 1939 issue – premiere issue

Fall 1939

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 4, 2025March 15, 2025Categories espionage fiction, government agent, magazine, pulpTags blueprint, dagger, monocle, nazi spy, thrilling spy stories, woman with a gunLeave a comment on Fall 1939 issue – premiere issue

November 1940 issue ~ cover art by V.E. Pyles

November 1940

cover art by V.E. Pyles

Posted on April 4, 2025March 15, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags black book detective, fucking nazis, v.e. pylesLeave a comment on November 1940 issue ~ cover art by V.E. Pyles
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