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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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June 1948 issue

June 1948

Posted on May 4, 2025April 14, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags front page detective, interrogation, pulp illustrationLeave a comment on June 1948 issue

February 1953 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

February 1953

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 4, 2025April 26, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags detective tales magazine, larry holden, line-up, norman saundersLeave a comment on February 1953 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

June 22, 1940 issue ~ cover art by Emmett Watson

June 22, 1940

cover art by Emmett Watson

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 4, 2025April 20, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags c.v. tench, cornell woolrich, detective fiction weekly, emmett watson, flynn'sLeave a comment on June 22, 1940 issue ~ cover art by Emmett Watson

January 1945 issue

January 1945

Posted on May 4, 2025April 14, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags human detective magazine, pulp illustrationLeave a comment on January 1945 issue

February 1944 issue

February 1944

Posted on May 4, 2025April 14, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags dame, fingerprints, inside detective magazine, smokingLeave a comment on February 1944 issue

August 1937 issue ~ cover art by Stockton Mulford

August 1937

cover art by Stockton Mulford

Posted on May 4, 2025April 14, 2025Categories magazine, pulp, true crimeTags daring detective magazine, stockton mulfordLeave a comment on August 1937 issue ~ cover art by Stockton Mulford

November 1939 issue ~ cover art by Albert Fisher

November 1939

cover art by Albert Fisher

Posted on May 4, 2025April 14, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags albert fisher, inside detective magazineLeave a comment on November 1939 issue ~ cover art by Albert Fisher

1957 Gold Medal paperback original – cover art by Barye Phillips

1957 Gold Medal paperback original

cover art by Barye Phillips

October 04, 2013

Posted on May 3, 2025April 19, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags gold medal paperback, p.j. reed-marr, women in prisonLeave a comment on 1957 Gold Medal paperback original – cover art by Barye Phillips

`1950 Retort Press

Cantine, Holley, and Dachine Rainer (eds.):
PRISON ETIQUETTE: THE CONVICT’S COMPENDIUM OF USEFUL INFORMATION
Retort Press, Bearsville, NY, 1950.

October 07, 2013

Posted on May 3, 2025April 20, 2025Categories paperback, true crimeTags convicts, inmates, prison, retort pressLeave a comment on `1950 Retort Press

Winter 1948 issue

Winter 1948

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 3, 2025April 26, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags detective mystery novel magazine, will oursler, women in prisonLeave a comment on Winter 1948 issue

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