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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: finest kind

1969 Dell paperback original – cover art by Robert McGinnis

1969 Dell paperback original

cover art by Robert McGinnis

June 24, 2017

Posted on August 4, 2025July 13, 2025Categories finest kind, mystery, paperback, pulpTags dame, dell paperback, ellery queen, femme fatale, robert mcginnis, woman with a gunLeave a comment on 1969 Dell paperback original – cover art by Robert McGinnis

Fall 1947 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Fall 1947

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

November 07, 2013

[original art added 3/1/26]

Posted on August 4, 2025March 1, 2026Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, original art, pulp, updatedTags cornell woolrich, dame, femme fatale, mystery book magazine, rudolph belarski, smoking, will oursler, william irish, woman with a gunLeave a comment on Fall 1947 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

December 1934 issue ~ cover art by Dalton Stevens

December 1934

cover art by Dalton Stevens

Posted on August 1, 2025July 13, 2025Categories finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags cigarette holder, dalton stevens, eye patch, smoking, true detective mysteries, tuxLeave a comment on December 1934 issue ~ cover art by Dalton Stevens

cover art by H.J. Ward

cover art by H.J. Ward

April 1944 issue

better image than previously posted

Posted on August 1, 2025July 13, 2025Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, original art, pulpTags black mask, bound, h.j. ward, private detective stories, roger torreyLeave a comment on cover art by H.J. Ward

Universal Truths

The Godfather III

April 21, 2017

Sam Jaffe as “Doc” Erwin Riefenschneider

1950, The Asphalt Jungle

Louis Calhern as Alonzo Emmerich

Posted on July 30, 2025July 13, 2025Categories film noir, finest kind, gangsterTags al pacino, asphalt jungle, louis calhern, marlon brando, michael corleone, sam jaffe, the godfather, vito corleoneLeave a comment on Universal Truths

May 1950 issue ~ cover art by Robert Maguire

May 1950

cover art by Robert Maguire

better image than previously posted

Posted on July 26, 2025July 13, 2025Categories crime comic, crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags clint murdock, robert maguire, smoking, super-detective magazineLeave a comment on May 1950 issue ~ cover art by Robert Maguire

The Price of Murder x 3

1953 Dell paperback original

cover art by Victor Kalin

better image than previously posted

1965 Fawcett reissue

better image than previously posted

1972 Fawcett reissue

cover art by Dick Shelton

[updated 9/22/25]

Posted on July 23, 2025September 22, 2025Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, paperback, pulp, updatedTags dell paperback, dick shelton, fawcett paperback, john d. macdonald, victor kalinLeave a comment on The Price of Murder x 3

1962 Bantam reissue – cover art by Mitchell Hooks

1960 Mill hardcover, this the later 1962 Bantam paperback issue

cover art by Mitchell Hooks

Posted on July 22, 2025July 13, 2025Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags bantam paperback, ben benson, mitchell hooksLeave a comment on 1962 Bantam reissue – cover art by Mitchell Hooks

January 1942 issue

January 1942

better image than previously posted

Posted on July 12, 2025June 8, 2025Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags dagger, frederick c. davis, new detective magazine, robert sidney bowen, w.t. ballard, william r. coxLeave a comment on January 1942 issue

January 1943 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

January 1943

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Posted on July 3, 2025June 7, 2025Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, paperbackTags d.l. champion, dagger, day keene, detective tales magazine, eric provost, frederick c. davis, joel townsley rogers, john lawrence, kenneth fowler, philip ketchum, rafael desoto, telephoneLeave a comment on January 1943 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

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