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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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Category: adventure

cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

Spicy Adventure Stories, July 1939
Oil on canvas, 30 x 21 in.
Signed lower left

Posted on May 23, 2024May 13, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, original art, pulpTags h.l. parkhurst, luke terry, oil on canvas, spicy-adventure stories, turban, woman with a gunLeave a comment on cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

October 1936 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

October 1936

cover art by Delos Palmer

Posted on May 22, 2024May 13, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicy, weird fictionTags bound, clint morgan, scimitar, spicy adventure stories magazine, turbanLeave a comment on October 1936 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

June 1936 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

June 1936

cover art by Norman Saunders

Posted on May 21, 2024May 13, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, science fiction, weird fictionTags hamilton washburn, mystery adventure magazine, norman saunders, richard tooker, sam mimsLeave a comment on June 1936 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

July 1937 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

July 1937

cover art by Delos Palmer

Posted on May 20, 2024May 13, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, uncategorized, weird fictionTags arthur wallace, delos palmer, spicy adventure stories magazineLeave a comment on July 1937 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

May 1936 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

May 1936

cover art by Walter M. Baumhofer

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 19, 2024May 13, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags adventure magazine, gordon young, henry herbvert knibbs, james stevens, s. omar barker, shoulder holster, walter baumhofer, wynant davis hubbardLeave a comment on May 1936 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

June 1937 issue

June 1937

Posted on May 18, 2024May 13, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags doc savage, skeletonLeave a comment on June 1937 issue

cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

Night of Action, Spicy Adventure Stories, April 1940
Oil on canvas laid on Masonite, 30 x 20 inches (76.2 x 50.8 cm)
Signed lower right

Posted on May 15, 2024May 13, 2024Categories adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, original art, pulp, spicyTags h.l. parkhurst, hugh speer, oil on canvas, original art, racist imagery, spicy adventure stories magazine, yellow menaceLeave a comment on cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

February 1942 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

February 1942

cover art by H.J. Ward

artist’s “signature” is his initials carved into the bottom log

Posted on May 13, 2024April 24, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicyTags bound, dagger, finest kind, h.j. ward, log cabin, luke terry, northwest, spicy-adventure storiesLeave a comment on February 1942 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

March 4, 1939 issue ~ cover art by George Rozen

March 4, 1939

cover art by George Rozen

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 13, 2024April 24, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, mystery, pulp, western fictionTags allan vaughan elston, argosy magazine, bushwhack, eustace cockrell, frank richardson pierce, george rozen, mardo page, paul ernstLeave a comment on March 4, 1939 issue ~ cover art by George Rozen

April 1943 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

April 1943

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 13, 2024April 24, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, canadian pulp, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags frederick nebel, log cabin, mounties, norman saunders, north-west romances, RCMP, william r. coxLeave a comment on April 1943 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

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