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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 29, 2025

1966 Dell paperback original – cover art by Victor Livoti


1966 Dell paperback original

cover art by Victor Livoti

his 28th with private eye Johnny Liddell

Posted on September 29, 2025September 25, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags bikini, dell paperback, frank kane, johnny liddell, private eye, victor livoti, woman with a gunLeave a comment on 1966 Dell paperback original – cover art by Victor Livoti

1957 Gold Medal paperback original – cover art by Mitchell Hooks

1957 Gold Medal paperback original

8th with private eye Ed Noon

cover art by Mitchell Hooks

better image than previously posted

November 24, 2013

Posted on September 29, 2025September 25, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags ed noon, mike avallone, mitchell hooks, private eye, voodooLeave a comment on 1957 Gold Medal paperback original – cover art by Mitchell Hooks

1960 Belmont reissue – cover art by Robert Maguire

1960 Belmont

cover art by Robert Maguire

1959 Grove edition in the US

Posted on September 29, 2025September 25, 2025Categories finest kind, hardcover, paperback, pulp, spicyTags belmont paperback, grove hardcover, philippe sollers, robert maguireLeave a comment on 1960 Belmont reissue – cover art by Robert Maguire

January 1965 issue

January 1965

better image than previously posted

Posted on September 29, 2025September 25, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags dame, pulp illustration, true detective magazine, woman with a gunLeave a comment on January 1965 issue

1952 Dell paperback – cover art by Mike Ludlow

pseudonym of Zenith Brown, who also wrote as Brenda Conrad and David Frome

1952 Scribner hardcover, this the later 1952 Dell paperback

cover art by Mike Ludlow

better image than previously posted

Posted on September 29, 2025September 25, 2025Categories maritime fiction, mystery, paperback, pulpTags dell paperback, leslie ford, mike ludlowLeave a comment on 1952 Dell paperback – cover art by Mike Ludlow

May 1954 issue

May 1954

Posted on September 29, 2025September 25, 2025Categories magazine, true crimeTags dame, pulp illustration, women in crimeLeave a comment on May 1954 issue

1959 Monarch paperback original – cover art by Robert Maguire

1959 Monarch paperback original

cover art by Robert Maguire

Posted on September 29, 2025September 25, 2025Categories finest kind, paperback, pulp, spicyTags dame, lurid, monarch paperback, robert maguire, whitman chambersLeave a comment on 1959 Monarch paperback original – cover art by Robert Maguire
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