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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

March 1931 issue ~ cover art by Chris Schaare

March 1931

cover art by Chris Schaare

Posted on May 30, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags anatole feldman, chris schaare, cobra, gangster, gun molls magazine, underworldLeave a comment on March 1931 issue ~ cover art by Chris Schaare

June 1936 issue ~ cover art by Richard Lyon

June 1936

cover art by Richard Lyon

Posted on May 26, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, gangster, government agent, magazine, mystery, pulpTags feds, g-men magazine, motorcycle copLeave a comment on June 1936 issue ~ cover art by Richard Lyon

November 1932 issue ~ cover by Lyman Anderson

November 1932

cover by Lyman Anderson

better image than previously posted

[updated 10/27/24]

Posted on May 13, 2024October 27, 2024Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, updatedTags c.b. mccray, h.f. caskey, lyman anderson, underworld magazineLeave a comment on November 1932 issue ~ cover by Lyman Anderson

November 1937 issue ~ cover art by William F. Soare

November 1937

cover art by William F. Soare

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 9, 2024April 24, 2024Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicyTags motorcycle cop, robert leslie bellem, spicy detective stories, stockings, william f. soareLeave a comment on November 1937 issue ~ cover art by William F. Soare

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

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