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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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October 1935 issue ~ cover art by Harry T. Fisk

October 1935

cover art by Harry T. Fisk

Posted on August 11, 2024July 3, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags bound, daring detective magazine, dillinger, harry t. fisk, kansas city crimeLeave a comment on October 1935 issue ~ cover art by Harry T. Fisk

December 1935 issue

December 1935

better image than previously posted

Posted on August 11, 2024July 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, government agent, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags bound, feds, g-men magazine, propagandaLeave a comment on December 1935 issue

June 1939 issue ~ cover art by Modest Stein

June 1939

cover art by Modest Stein

better image than previously posted

Posted on August 10, 2024July 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags carl clausen, circus, detective story magazine, modest stein, trapeze, walter rippergerLeave a comment on June 1939 issue ~ cover art by Modest Stein

August 30, 1930 issue

August 30, 1930

better image than previously posted

Posted on August 10, 2024June 21, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags detective fiction weekly, flynn's, harold de polo, j. allan dunn, madeleine sharps buchanan, murray leinster, robert h. rohde, t.t. flynnLeave a comment on August 30, 1930 issue

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

pseudonym of Charles Fulton Oursler

published by Covici, 1932, as About the Murder of a Circus Queen

published as The Murder of the Circus Queen, 1933, in London by Collins

1948 Popular Library reissue

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Posted on August 10, 2024July 12, 2024Categories mystery, paperback, pulpTags anthony abbot, circus, popular libraryLeave a comment on cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Summer 1948 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Summer 1948

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Posted on August 9, 2024July 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, magazine, mystery, pulpTags detective mystery novel magazine, devil, john dickson carrLeave a comment on Summer 1948 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

cover art by Charles Binger

February 1954 Bantam 1st printing of this 1937 chiller

Posted on August 9, 2024July 12, 2024Categories uncategorizedTags bantam paperback, charles binger, dame, femme fatale, john dickson carr, skullLeave a comment on cover art by Charles Binger

November 1938 issue ~ cover art by Albert Fisher

November 1938

cover art by Albert Fisher

better image than previously posted

Posted on August 9, 2024July 3, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags albert fisher, fireplace, inside detective magazineLeave a comment on November 1938 issue ~ cover art by Albert Fisher

December 1948 issue ~ cover art by Fred Rodewald

December 1948

cover art by Fred Rodewald

better image than previously posted

Posted on August 9, 2024July 6, 2024Categories magazine, pulp, true crimeTags arson, best true fact detective, fred rodewaldLeave a comment on December 1948 issue ~ cover art by Fred Rodewald

July 1941 issue ~ cover art by Allen Anderson

July 1941

cover art by Allen Anderson

better image than previously posted

Posted on August 9, 2024July 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicyTags allen anderson, bound, garter, justin case, lingerie, spicy detective magazine, stockingsLeave a comment on July 1941 issue ~ cover art by Allen Anderson

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