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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: September 16, 2025

Blonde Ice x 2

Blonde Ice (1948)

directed by Jack Bernard

Posted on September 16, 2025August 27, 2025Categories film noir, movie posterTags dame, femme fatale, leslie brooks, woman with a gunLeave a comment on Blonde Ice x 2

McGinnis to Gasparri

1959 Gold Medal paperback original

cover art by Robert McGinnis

movie poster – The Girl Who Knew Too Much – Nov 1969

pulp illustration by Rodolfo Gasparri

Posted on September 16, 2025August 27, 2025Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, movie poster, original art, paperback, pulpTags day keene, gold medal paperback, italian pulp, robert mcginnis, rodolfo gasparriLeave a comment on McGinnis to Gasparri

1960 Ace Double paperback original

1960 Ace Double paperback original

Bloodline for Murder

In at the Kill

better images than previously posted

Posted on September 16, 2025August 27, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags ace double paperback, bound, dame, emmett mcdowell, stockings, woman with a gunLeave a comment on 1960 Ace Double paperback original

1950 Signet reissue

published in 1949 by Rinehart as The Leather Duke

1950 Signet reissue

10th with sleuths Johnny Fletcher and Sam Cragg

better image than previously posted

Posted on September 16, 2025August 27, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags frank gruber, private eye, signet paperback, staircaseLeave a comment on 1950 Signet reissue

February 1957 issue ~ cover art by Will Husley

February 1957

cover art by Will Husley

Posted on September 16, 2025August 27, 2025Categories crime fiction, digest, Hardboiled, mystery, pulpTags bound, day keene, harlan ellison, mal manors, terror detective story magazine, will hulsey, woman with a gunLeave a comment on February 1957 issue ~ cover art by Will Husley

1931 Paramount Pictures

Sylvia Sidney as Nan Cooley

1931 Paramount Pictures

story by Dashiell Hammett

Posted on September 16, 2025August 27, 2025Categories movie poster, pulpTags dashiell hammett, gary cooper, sylvia sidney, woman with a gunLeave a comment on 1931 Paramount Pictures

Saunders & Hilkert

cover art by Norman Saunders

September 1949

better image than previously posted

10-Story Detective, September 1942 Canadian edition – cover art by John Hilkert.

Posted on September 16, 2025August 27, 2025Categories canadian pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, original art, pulpTags 10-story detective magazine, cigarette girl, dagger, john hilkert, night club, norman saunders, robinson maclean, ten detective aces magazine, tuxLeave a comment on Saunders & Hilkert

Emmett McDowell x 2

1958 Ace Double reissues

all feature Jonathan Knox

Three for the Gallows contains three novellas:

“All She Wants is Money”, “Bloodfeud”, and “Set-Up for Murder”

Posted on September 16, 2025August 27, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags ace double paperback, emmett mcdowell, woman with a gunLeave a comment on Emmett McDowell x 2
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