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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: January 8, 2026

January 1939 issue

January 1939

better image than previously posted

Posted on January 8, 2026January 5, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, horror fiction, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags beheaded, dagger, ghoul, joe archibald, john clemons, thrilling mystery magazineLeave a comment on January 1939 issue

November 1939 issue

November 1939

Posted on January 8, 2026January 5, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags cleve f. adams, double detective magazine, erle stanley gardner, racist imagery, richard sale, tux, walter rippergerLeave a comment on November 1939 issue

May 1939 issue

May 1939 issue

better image than previously posted

Posted on January 8, 2026January 5, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags chained, dagger, g.t. fleming-roberts, henry kuttner, thrilling mystery magazineLeave a comment on May 1939 issue

May 1936 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

May 1936

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

Posted on January 8, 2026January 5, 2026Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicyTags anita delglyn, marie hoyt, norman saunders, saucy romantic adventures, stever fisher, woman with a gunLeave a comment on May 1936 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

July 1937 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

July 1937

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

Posted on January 8, 2026January 5, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags benton braden, charles marquis warren, george harmon coxe, rafael desoto, richard essex, thrilling detective magazine, tommygunLeave a comment on July 1937 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

January 1940 issue ~ cover art by David Berger

January 1940

cover art by David Berger

better image than previously posted

Posted on January 8, 2026January 5, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, horror fiction, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags branding, dane gregory, david berger, dime mystery magazine, hooded, willard d'arcyLeave a comment on January 1940 issue ~ cover art by David Berger

September 29, 1928 issue ~ cover art by LeJaren Hiller

September 29, 1928

cover art by LeJaren Hiller

Posted on January 8, 2026January 5, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags detective fiction magazine, fingerprints, flynn's, lejaren hiller, owen fox jeromeLeave a comment on September 29, 1928 issue ~ cover art by LeJaren Hiller

September 1939 issue

December 15, 2013

Posted on January 8, 2026January 5, 2026Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags poison, true magazineLeave a comment on September 1939 issue
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