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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 24, 2025

Rohde x 2

first published by Gold Medal in 1951 as High Red for Dead, and re-titled for this second printing in ‘57. cover art attributed to Barye Phillips

better image than previously posted

Posted on August 24, 2025July 13, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags gold medal paperback, william l. rohdeLeave a comment on Rohde x 2

Cancelled Redhead x 2

pseudonym of E(dgar) Hoffman Price

1952 Falcon paperback original

cover art by Howell Dodd

1954 Phantom reissue from Australia with “copied” cover art

Posted on August 24, 2025July 13, 2025Categories australian pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags dame, e. hoffmann price, falcon digest, hamlin daly, phantom paperback, smokingLeave a comment on Cancelled Redhead x 2
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