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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: gangster

1953 Realistic Comics

1953 Realistic Comics – first and only issue

“A Realistic Reprint” – of what??

Posted on October 10, 2024October 3, 2024Categories crime comic, gangster, Hardboiled, pulpTags realistic comic, women to loveLeave a comment on 1953 Realistic Comics

October 1930 – premiere issue ~ cover art by Don Hewitt

October 1930 – premiere issue

cover art by Don Hewitt

better image than previously posted

Posted on September 29, 2024September 10, 2024Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags don hewitt, erle stanley gardner, gang world magazine, paul pry, thug, william h. stueberLeave a comment on October 1930 – premiere issue ~ cover art by Don Hewitt

March 1939 issue

March 1939

better image than previously posted

Posted on September 22, 2024September 11, 2024Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags bruce bryan, charles boswell, ten story gang magazine, vaultLeave a comment on March 1939 issue

June 1932 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

June 1932

cover art by Tom Lovell

Posted on September 16, 2024September 10, 2024Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags anatole feldman, e. clarke levy, gangster stories magazine, margie harris, tom lovell, walt s. dinghallLeave a comment on June 1932 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

1927 Paramount Picture

Paramount, 1927, very fine on linen. one sheet (27″ X 41″)

Posted on September 14, 2024September 10, 2024Categories gangster, pulpTags ben hecht, josef von sternberg, movie poster, paramount pictureLeave a comment on 1927 Paramount Picture

Hollywood’s Bonnie

Faye Dunaway as Bonnie Parker

1967, Bonnie and Clyde

Posted on September 13, 2024September 9, 2024Categories gangster, HardboiledTags bonnie and clyde, faye dunaway, movie promoLeave a comment on Hollywood’s Bonnie

July-August 1931 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

July-August 1931

cover art by Walter Baumhofer

better image than previously posted

Posted on September 13, 2024September 9, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags c.b. yorke, gangland stories magazine, george allan moffatt, shoulder holster, thug, walter baumhoferLeave a comment on July-August 1931 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

cover art by Syd Shores

Gangsters and Gun Molls #4 (Avon, 1952) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white pages. The sole highest-graded CGC copy! Last issue of the title. Syd Shores cover and art.

painting @dickeydesign

Posted on September 11, 2024September 9, 2024Categories crime comic, finest kind, gangster, Hardboiled, true crimeTags gangsters and gun molls comic, motorcycle cop, syd shores, woman with a gunLeave a comment on cover art by Syd Shores

1973 Columbia Pictures

1973 Columbia Pictures

[his Sten machine gun needs a clip…]

Posted on September 10, 2024September 9, 2024Categories gangster, Hardboiled, pulpTags britt ekland, columbia pictures, crime film, gena rowlands, john cassavetes, machine gun, movie poster, peter faultLeave a comment on 1973 Columbia Pictures

October 1953 issue ~ cover art by Marvin Stein

October 1953

cover art by Marvin Stein

Posted on September 5, 2024August 16, 2024Categories crime comic, gangster, Hardboiled, pulp, true crimeTags justice traps the guilty, marvin steinLeave a comment on October 1953 issue ~ cover art by Marvin Stein

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