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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: May 30, 2025

November 1946 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

November 1946

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 30, 2025May 10, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags allan ritner anderson, c. william harrison, daniel gordon, day keene, detective tales magazine, henry norton, talmage powell, william campbell gaultLeave a comment on November 1946 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

1951 Avon reissue

5th in the Lord Peter Wimsey series, originally published in 1930 – this a later reissue and, certainly, ‘pulped up’ and made to appear much more hardboiled. It is also the novel in which Lord Peter first meets the love of his life, mystery writer Harriet Vane

October 09, 2013

Posted on May 30, 2025May 10, 2025Categories mystery, paperback, pulp, whodunnitTags avon paperback, dorothy l. sayers, harriet vane, lord peter wimsey, smokingLeave a comment on 1951 Avon reissue

September 1948 issue ~ cover art by Howard Connolly

September 1948

cover art by Howard Connolly

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 30, 2025May 18, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags bound, d.l. champion, howard connolly, john d. macdonald, new detective magazine, snakeLeave a comment on September 1948 issue ~ cover art by Howard Connolly

February 1945 Canadian issue

February 1945 Canadian issue

Posted on May 30, 2025May 10, 2025Categories canadian pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags day keene, monocle, scorpion, snake, spider, strange detective mysteriesLeave a comment on February 1945 Canadian issue

July 1944 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

July 1944

cover art by H.J. Ward

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 30, 2025May 10, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags h.j. ward, laboratory, roger torrey, speed detective magazineLeave a comment on July 1944 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward
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