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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: Hardboiled

Headline Comics #23 Ohio Pedigree (Prize, 1947)

Headline Comics #23 Ohio Pedigree (Prize, 1947) Women in prison, bondage cover. Jack Kirby and Joe Simon story, cover, and art.

Posted on September 25, 2024September 11, 2024Categories crime comic, Hardboiled, pulp, true crimeTags bound, escaped con, headline comics, jack kirby, joe simon, woman with a gunLeave a comment on Headline Comics #23 Ohio Pedigree (Prize, 1947)

September 1939 issue ~ cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

September 1939

cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

better image than previously posted

Posted on September 25, 2024September 11, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicyTags dale boyd, h.l. parkhurst, lingerie, spicy detective magazine, woman with a gunLeave a comment on September 1939 issue ~ cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

February 4, 1939 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

February 4, 1939

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

better image than previously posted

Posted on September 24, 2024September 11, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, science fiction, western fictionTags argosy magazine, cleve f. adams, cornell woolrich, edgar rice burroughs, robert carse, rudolph belarskiLeave a comment on February 4, 1939 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

February 1939 issue

February 1939

better image than previously posted

[original art added 8/13/25]

Posted on September 24, 2024August 14, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, original art, pulp, true crime, updatedTags crime detective magazine, stockings, telephoneLeave a comment on February 1939 issue

1958 Pyramid edition ~ cover art by Robert Maguire

1958 Pyramid paperback original

cover art by Robert Maguire

better image than previously posted

Posted on September 24, 2024September 11, 2024Categories finest kind, Hardboiled, paperback, pulp, true crimeTags pyramid paperback, robert maguire, wenzell brown, women in prisonLeave a comment on 1958 Pyramid edition ~ cover art by Robert Maguire

Three Day Pass x 2

1955 Berkley reissue

1958 Berkley reissue

cover art by Paul Rader

better image than previously posted

Posted on September 24, 2024September 11, 2024Categories espionage fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags berkley paperback, cold war fiction, edward grace, j.w. burke, paul rader, woman with a gunLeave a comment on Three Day Pass x 2

December 1948 UK edition

December 1948 UK edition

Posted on September 24, 2024September 11, 2024Categories british pulp, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags black mask magazine, british pulp, h.h. stinsonLeave a comment on December 1948 UK edition

1966 Avon reissue ~ cover art by Ron Lesser

1963 Doubleday hardcover

1966 Avon reissue

cover art by Ron Lesser

basis for the movie Bullitt

Posted on September 24, 2024September 11, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, hardcover, paperback, pulpTags ace of diamonds, avon paperback, bullitt, crime club selection, doubleday hardcover, movie poster, police procedural, robert l. pike, steve mcqueenLeave a comment on 1966 Avon reissue ~ cover art by Ron Lesser

Sin in their Blood x 2

1952 Eton paperback original

2nd book, also published as Death in Passing by Boardman in the UK in 1959

better image than previously posted

1966 McFadden reissue

better image than previously posted

Posted on September 24, 2024September 11, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags ed lacy, eton paperback, macfadden paperback, private eyeLeave a comment on Sin in their Blood x 2

January 1947 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

January 1947

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Posted on September 23, 2024September 11, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags charles beckman, dame, day keene, femme fatale, new detective magazine, rafael desoto, robert turner, top hat, tux, w.t. ballardLeave a comment on January 1947 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

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