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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 18, 2025

August 1952 issue


August 1952

Posted on September 18, 2025August 27, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags famous police cases, pulp illustrationLeave a comment on August 1952 issue

January 1938 issue ~ cover art by Dalton Stevens

cover art by Dalton Stevens

January 1938

better image than previously posted

Posted on September 18, 2025August 27, 2025Categories magazine, original art, pulp, true crimeTags dalton stevens, magnifying glass, master detective magazineLeave a comment on January 1938 issue ~ cover art by Dalton Stevens

November 1946 issue ~ cover art by Ozni Brown

November 1946

cover art by Ozni Brown

Posted on September 18, 2025August 27, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags ozni brown, pulp illustration, true detective magazineLeave a comment on November 1946 issue ~ cover art by Ozni Brown

1922 Hodder & Stoughton hardcover

pseudonym of Herman Cyril McNeile

1922 UK hardcover from Hodder & Stoughton, published the same year in the US by Doran

2nd book with Captain Hugh “Bulldog” Drummond

November 24, 2013

Posted on September 18, 2025August 27, 2025Categories action fiction, adventure, british pulp, crime comic, hardcover, pulpTags bulldog drummond, hodder & stoughton, sapperLeave a comment on 1922 Hodder & Stoughton hardcover

November 1939 issue ~ cover art by Emery Clarke

November 1939

cover art by Emery Clarke

Posted on September 18, 2025August 27, 2025Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags doc savage, emery clarkeLeave a comment on November 1939 issue ~ cover art by Emery Clarke

1950 Popular Library reissue – cover art by Rudolph Belarski

1950 Popular Library reissue

better cover than previously posted

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

cover repurposed from Summer 1949

Posted on September 18, 2025August 27, 2025Categories crime fiction, mystery, paperbackTags mignon g. eberhart, mystery book magazine, popular library, rudolph belarskiLeave a comment on 1950 Popular Library reissue – cover art by Rudolph Belarski

February 1958 issue ~ cover art by Carl Pfeuffer

February 1958

cover art by Carl Pfeuffer

Posted on September 18, 2025August 27, 2025Categories crime fiction, digest, Hardboiled, original art, paperbackTags art crockett, carl pfeuffer, george wilson, joe dunn, sure fire detective storiesLeave a comment on February 1958 issue ~ cover art by Carl Pfeuffer
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