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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

cover art by Norman Saunders

Seven Skulls of Kali, Black Book Detective, October 1936
Oil on canvas, 35 x 24 inches

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 15, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, original art, pulp, true crimeTags black book detective, norman saunders, oil on canvas, original art, richard b. sale, skull, turbanLeave a comment on cover art by Norman Saunders

Fall 1952 issue ~ cover art by Samuel Cherry

Fall 1952

cover art by Samuel Cherry

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 15, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags handcuffs, marty holland, samuel cherry, thrilling detective magazine, woman with a gunLeave a comment on Fall 1952 issue ~ cover art by Samuel Cherry

February 1936 issue ~ cover art by Fred Charles Rodewald

February 1936

cover art by Fred Charles Rodewald

Posted on May 14, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, maritime fiction, mystery, pulpTags barry perowne, cracksman, dagger, fred rodewald, john l. tiernan, kenneth macnichol, raffles, safe crack, thrilling detective magazine, top hatLeave a comment on February 1936 issue ~ cover art by Fred Charles Rodewald

August 1937 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

August 1937

cover art by Norman Saunders

Posted on May 14, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, horror fiction, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags chained, eerie stories, fiend, lingerie, norman saunders, shackledLeave a comment on August 1937 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

February 1944 issue

February 1944

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 14, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags berkeley gray, circus fiction, coulrophobia, detective novels magazine, gorilla, john l. benton, killer clownLeave a comment on February 1944 issue

May 1953 issue

May 1953

cover art by Willard Downes?

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 14, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, digest, Hardboiled, mystery, pulpTags craig rice, ed mcbain, evan hunter, harold q. masur, james m. cain, john j. malone, lew archer, manhunt detective story monthly, private eye, ross macdonald, smoking, steve frazee, william p. mcgivern, woman with a gunLeave a comment on May 1953 issue

December 1947 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

December 1947

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 14, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags carol g. hodges, carroll john daly, curtiss t. gardner, grim reaper, horseshoe, louis l'amour, private eye, race williams, rudolph belarski, thrilling detective magazine, william o'sullivanLeave a comment on December 1947 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

November 1945 issue ~ cover art by Irene Endris

November 1945

cover art by Irene Endris

better image than previously posted

[updated 2/10/25]

Posted on May 14, 2024February 10, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, original art, pulpTags crack detective stories, grant lane, irene endris, original artLeave a comment on November 1945 issue ~ cover art by Irene Endris

June 1946 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

June 1946

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Posted on May 14, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags hypodermic, medical fiction, phantom detective magazine, robert wallace, rudolph belarskiLeave a comment on June 1946 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

cover art by Dalton Stevens

Man Blindfolded, original illustration for True Detective Magazine, October, 1934
Oil on canvas, 16-1/2 x 11-1/2in.
Signed with initials lower left

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 14, 2024May 13, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, original art, pulp, true crimeTags bound, dalton stevens, true detective magazineLeave a comment on cover art by Dalton Stevens

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