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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: Hardboiled

SHINK

November 28, 2013

Posted on December 18, 2025November 24, 2025Categories HardboiledTags switchbladeLeave a comment on SHINK

1940s dame

Pulp Art cover by R&R Giordan, 1940s

Posted on December 18, 2025November 24, 2025Categories crime comic, Hardboiled, pulpTags dame, femme fataleLeave a comment on 1940s dame

a little cold metal

December 06, 2013

Posted on December 18, 2025November 24, 2025Categories crime comic, Hardboiled, pulp, spicyTags dame, lingerie, shoulder holster, woman with a gunLeave a comment on a little cold metal

December 1949 issue ~ cover art by Albert Drake

December 1949 issue

cover art by Albert Drake

better image than previously posted

Posted on December 17, 2025November 24, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags albert drake, dime mystery magazine, francis k. allan, grim reaper, skeletonLeave a comment on December 1949 issue ~ cover art by Albert Drake

August 1939 issue ~ cover art by Stockton Mulford

August 1939

cover art by Stockton Mulford

Posted on December 17, 2025November 24, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags bound, daring detective magazine, stockton mulfordLeave a comment on August 1939 issue ~ cover art by Stockton Mulford

1957 Signet reissue – cover art by Robert Maguire

Robert Maguire (American, 1921-2005)
The Flesh Was Cold paperback cover, 1957 Signet reissue
oil on Masonite, 24 x 16 inches (61.0 x 40.6 cm), not signed

Posted on December 17, 2025November 24, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, original art, paperback, pulpTags bruno fischer, lingerie, oil on masonite, robert maguire, signet paperbackLeave a comment on 1957 Signet reissue – cover art by Robert Maguire

September 1937 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

September 1937

cover art by Delos Palmer

Posted on December 17, 2025April 26, 2026Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags delos palmer, kidnapping, lew merrill, racist imagery, spicy-adventure storiesLeave a comment on September 1937 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

1953 Dell reissue – cover art by Griffith Foxley

1948 Knopf hardcover

1953 Dell reissue

cover art by Griffith Foxley

better image than previously posted

Posted on December 16, 2025November 24, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags dell paperback, george harmon coxe, griffith foxleyLeave a comment on 1953 Dell reissue – cover art by Griffith Foxley

1960 Zenith paperback reissue

pseudonym of Bill S. Ballinger, this is the only title for which he used this pen name

his middle name was Sanborn

1959 Dutton hardcover with the original title The Doom-Maker

1960 Zenith paperback with new title

better image than previously posted

Posted on December 16, 2025November 24, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags b.x. sandborn, bill s. ballinger, zenith paperbackLeave a comment on 1960 Zenith paperback reissue

1962 Lancer paperback original – cover art by Ron Lesser

cover art by Ron Lesser

watercolor or gouache?

1962 Lancer paperback original

pen name of E. Howard Hunt

better image than previously posted

Posted on December 16, 2025November 24, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, original art, paperback, pulpTags dame, e. howard hunt, lancer paperback, robert dietrich, ron lesserLeave a comment on 1962 Lancer paperback original – cover art by Ron Lesser

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