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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

1953 Lion paperback original

1953 Lion paperback original

better image than previously posted

Posted on August 31, 2025August 8, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags dagger, dame, femme fatale, lingerie, lion paperback, richard mathesonLeave a comment on 1953 Lion paperback original

cover art by Reginald Heade

cover art by Reginald Heade

1953 Harborough hardcover

better image than previously posted

Posted on August 31, 2025August 8, 2025Categories british pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, original art, paperback, uncategorizedTags dame, graveyard, harborough paperback, michael storme, reginald heade, woman with a gunLeave a comment on cover art by Reginald Heade

November 1967 paperback original – cover art by Robert Bonfils

November 1967 Adult Books paperback original

cover art by Robert Bonfils

November 17, 2013

Posted on August 31, 2025August 8, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags adult books paperback, dagger, john dexter, lurid, robert bonfils, sleazeLeave a comment on November 1967 paperback original – cover art by Robert Bonfils

1950 Quality comic – cover art by Will Eisner

1950 Quality comic

cover art by Will Eisner

Posted on August 31, 2025August 8, 2025Categories crime comic, HardboiledTags dagger, dame, femme fatale, the spirit, will eisnerLeave a comment on 1950 Quality comic – cover art by Will Eisner

Where’s There a Way…

1940 Farrar & Rinehart hardcover

1946 Avon reprint

cover art by Darcy (Ernest Chiriacka)

8th in the Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin series

Posted on August 30, 2025August 8, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, original art, paperback, pulpTags archie goodwin, avon paperback, dame, darcy, ernest chiriacka, nero wolfe, rex stoutLeave a comment on Where’s There a Way…

1958 Dell reissue – cover art by Victor Kalin

1956 Simon & Schuster hardcover

1958 Dell reissue

cover art by Victor Kalin

6th with attorney/sleuth Scott Jordan

better image than previously posted

Posted on August 30, 2025August 8, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags dell paperback, hal masur, victor kalinLeave a comment on 1958 Dell reissue – cover art by Victor Kalin

1952 Dell reissue – cover art by James Meese

1947 Knopf hardcover, this the later 1952 Dell reissue

cover art by James Meese

9th with newspaper photographer Kent Murdock

better image than previously posted

Posted on August 30, 2025August 8, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags camera, dell paperback, george harmon coxe, james meese, journalism fiction, kent murdockLeave a comment on 1952 Dell reissue – cover art by James Meese

June 1961 issue ~ cover art by Don Sutton

June 1961

cover art by Don Sutton

better image than previously posted

Posted on August 30, 2025August 8, 2025Categories crime fiction, digest, Hardboiled, mystery, pulpTags david dwyer, don sutton, don tothe, herbert kastle, lugar, manhunt magazine, martin suto, robert page jones, woman with a gunLeave a comment on June 1961 issue ~ cover art by Don Sutton

March 1947 issue ~ cover art by Will Hulsey

March 1957

cover art by Will Hulsey

better image than previously posted

Posted on August 30, 2025August 8, 2025Categories crime fiction, digest, Hardboiled, mystery, original art, pulpTags guilty detective story magazine, harlan ellison, norman struber, robert turner, will hulseyLeave a comment on March 1947 issue ~ cover art by Will Hulsey

September 1948 issue

September 1948

cover art attributed to Albert Drake

better image than previously posted

Posted on August 30, 2025August 8, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags albert drake, day keene, detective tales magazine, francis k. allan, john d. macdonald, peter paigeLeave a comment on September 1948 issue

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