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: October 2, 2026

November 1937 issue

November 1937

better image than previously posted

Posted on October 2, 2026September 22, 2026Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags charlie chan, popular detective magazine, robert sidney bowen, t.t. flynnLeave a comment on November 1937 issue

July 1935 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

July 1935

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Posted on October 2, 2026September 22, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags c.k.m. scanlon, e. hoffmann price, phantom detective magazine, robert wallaceLeave a comment on July 1935 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

1946 Black Knight Mystery digest

1946 Black Knight Mystery reissue, No. 18

Robert Leslie Goldman – deaf, diabetic and a polio survivor, he became a radio and magazine writer

Posted on October 2, 2026September 22, 2026Categories digest, mystery, pulpTags chess, r.l. goldman, radioLeave a comment on 1946 Black Knight Mystery digest

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