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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

cover art by Lyman Anderson

Underworld Magazine, December 1933
Oil on canvas, 21.5 x 20.5 in.
Signed center left

Posted on May 6, 2024April 23, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, original art, pulpTags alfred i. tooke, charles m. martin, fedora, james d. sayers, lyman anderson, oil on canvas, underworld magazineLeave a comment on cover art by Lyman Anderson

cover art by Ron Lesser

Saint Mudd, paperback cover, 1994
Oil on board, 22-1/2 x 16-3/4 inches (57.2 x 42.5 cm)
Signed lower right

Posted on May 1, 2024April 24, 2024Categories gangster, Hardboiled, original art, pulpTags fedora, oil on board, ron lesser, steve thayer, tommygunLeave a comment on cover art by Ron Lesser

September 1936 issue ~ cover art by Walter Darr

September 1936

cover art by Walter Darr

Posted on April 28, 2024April 23, 2024Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, true crimeTags grant milton, public enemies, ralph milne farley, true gang life, walter darrLeave a comment on September 1936 issue ~ cover art by Walter Darr

June-July 1930 issue ~ cover art by W.C. Brigham

June-July 1930

cover art by W.C. Brigham

Posted on April 23, 2024April 29, 2024Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags c. rutherford, gangsters, mobs magazine, perley poore sheehan, rackateer, underworld crimeLeave a comment on June-July 1930 issue ~ cover art by W.C. Brigham

October 1937 issue ~ cover art by Walter Darr

October 1937

cover art by Walter Darr

Posted on April 19, 2024April 14, 2024Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags denslow m. dade, don allison, flashlight, james h. dudley, r.d. barrett, true gang life, walter darrLeave a comment on October 1937 issue ~ cover art by Walter Darr

1934 Loring and Mussey hardcover

1934

“First Edition. Author’s only mystery, one which tells the tale of gangland violence in the American west. The author was a Denver detective.“

[updated 12/27/25]

Posted on April 17, 2024December 27, 2025Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, hardcover, pulp, updatedTags gangland, loring and mussey, rackateer, ray humphreys, tommygunLeave a comment on 1934 Loring and Mussey hardcover

June 1932 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

June 1932

cover art by Tom Lovell

Posted on April 7, 2024June 21, 2025Categories crime fiction, gangster, hardcover, magazine, mystery, pulpTags anatole feldman, racketeer and gangland stories, robin hood, seymour rice, tom lovell, tommygun, walt s. dinghall, walter snowLeave a comment on June 1932 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

1930 Grosset and Dunlap reissue – cover art by Mach Tey

1930 Grosset and Dunlap

cover art by Mach Tey

Posted on April 6, 2024February 23, 2024Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, hardcover, pulpTags charles francis coe, gangster, grosset & dunlap, mach tey, rackateerLeave a comment on 1930 Grosset and Dunlap reissue – cover art by Mach Tey

August 1936 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

August 1936

cover art by Delos Palmer

Posted on April 4, 2024January 18, 2024Categories gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags all detective fact cases, alvin karpis, dagger, delos palmerLeave a comment on August 1936 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

July 1939 issue ~ cover art by J.W. Scott

July 1939

cover art by J.W. Scott

better image than previously posted

[images updated 4/30/25]

Posted on April 4, 2024April 30, 2025Categories crime fiction, gangster, government agent, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags blood trail, bound, c.k.m. scanlon, dagger, feds, g-men magazine, j.w. scott, lee fredericksLeave a comment on July 1939 issue ~ cover art by J.W. Scott

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