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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: historical fiction

September 1, 1919 issue ~ cover art by James Reynolds

September 1, 1919

cover art by James Reynolds

Posted on November 28, 2023November 27, 2023Categories action fiction, adventure, historical fiction, magazine, western fictionTags clyde broadwell, francisco curtiss, james reynolds, murray leinster, pulp art, rothvin wallace, smoking, sombrero, thrill bookLeave a comment on September 1, 1919 issue ~ cover art by James Reynolds

November 1928 issue ~ cover art by Charles L. Wrenn

November 1928

cover art by Charles L. Wrenn

Posted on November 28, 2023November 26, 2023Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, historical fiction, magazine, maritime fictionTags bertram w. williams, charles l. wrenn, dagger, danger trail magazine, deep sea diver, knife fight, pulp artLeave a comment on November 1928 issue ~ cover art by Charles L. Wrenn

September 10, 1933 issue ~ cover art by William Reusswig

Format ImagePosted on November 27, 2023April 4, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, historical fiction, mystery, pulp, war fictionTags b.m. bower, foreign legion, j.d. newsom, pulp art, r.e. pinkerton, short stories magazine, van wyck mason, william reusswigLeave a comment on September 10, 1933 issue ~ cover art by William Reusswig

March 1931 issue ~ cover art by William Reusswig

March 1931

cover art by William Reusswig

Posted on November 27, 2023November 26, 2023Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, historical fiction, magazine, maritime fiction, pulpTags all-fiction magazine, carl ogilvie, crusades, dagger, malcolm wheeler-nicholson, pirate, pulp art, william reusswigLeave a comment on March 1931 issue ~ cover art by William Reusswig

December 5, 1936 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

December 5, 1936

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Posted on November 27, 2023November 26, 2023Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, historical fiction, magazine, maritime fiction, pulp, western fictionTags argosy magazine, demon, devil, hades, lester dent, pulp art, rudolph belarskiLeave a comment on December 5, 1936 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

July 1930 issue ~ cover art by Jerome Rozen

July 1930 issue

cover art by Jerome Rozen

Posted on November 17, 2023November 15, 2023Categories historical fiction, magazine, pulpTags excitement magazine, jerome rozen, pulp art, thomas h. raddallLeave a comment on July 1930 issue ~ cover art by Jerome Rozen

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