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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: August 4, 2025

1969 Dell paperback original – cover art by Robert McGinnis

1969 Dell paperback original

cover art by Robert McGinnis

June 24, 2017

Posted on August 4, 2025July 13, 2025Categories finest kind, mystery, paperback, pulpTags dame, dell paperback, ellery queen, femme fatale, robert mcginnis, woman with a gunLeave a comment on 1969 Dell paperback original – cover art by Robert McGinnis

November 1949 issue

November 1949

Posted on August 4, 2025July 13, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags famous police cases, pulp illustration, woman with a gunLeave a comment on November 1949 issue

1965 Penguin reissue


1958 Cassell hardcover, this the later Penguin softcover

his first novel, first with Col. Charles Russell of the Security Executive

November 08, 2013

Posted on August 4, 2025July 13, 2025Categories espionage fiction, government agent, paperbackTags penguin paperback, pulp illustration, william haggard, woman with a gunLeave a comment on 1965 Penguin reissue

Fall 1947 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Fall 1947

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

November 07, 2013

Posted on August 4, 2025July 13, 2025Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags cornell woolrich, dame, femme fatale, mystery book magazine, rudolph belarski, smoking, will oursler, william irish, woman with a gunLeave a comment on Fall 1947 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

1959 Gold Medal paperback original – cover art by Barye Phillips

pseudonym of Ken Crossen, who also wrote as M.E. Chaber and Christopher Monig

1959 Gold Medal paperback original

cover art by Barye Phillips

better image than previously posted

Posted on August 4, 2025July 13, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags barye phillips, gold medal paperback, richard foster, woman with a gunLeave a comment on 1959 Gold Medal paperback original – cover art by Barye Phillips

1951 Dell reissue – cover art by Rafael De Soto

pseudonym of Heidi Huberta Freybe Loewengard

1950 Random House hardcover

1951 Dell reissue

cover art by Rafael De Soto

May 31, 2014

Posted on August 4, 2025July 13, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags dell paperback, martha albrand, rafael desoto, woman with a gunLeave a comment on 1951 Dell reissue – cover art by Rafael De Soto

March 1962 issue

March 1962

better image than previously posted

Posted on August 4, 2025July 13, 2025Categories crime fiction, digest, Hardboiled, mystery, pulpTags brett halliday, charles w. runyan, dame, ed lacey, femme fatale, lew lipton, mike shayne mystery magazine, richard hardwick, woman with a gunLeave a comment on March 1962 issue

January 1948 issue

January 1948

Posted on August 4, 2025July 13, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags headquarters detective magazine, woman with a gunLeave a comment on January 1948 issue

sniper

October 30, 2013

Posted on August 4, 2025July 13, 2025Categories HardboiledTags sniper, woman with a gunLeave a comment on sniper

George Petty illustration for Esquire, 1936

November 11, 2013

Posted on August 4, 2025July 13, 2025Categories magazine, pulpTags esquire magazine, george petty, woman with a gunLeave a comment on George Petty illustration for Esquire, 1936

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