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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: magazine

January 1938 issue

January 1938

Posted on November 14, 2023April 20, 2024Categories government agent, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags feds, g.t. fleming-roberts, Hardboiled, lawrence g. blochman, mardi gras, pulp art, thrilling detective magazineLeave a comment on January 1938 issue

August 1938 issue ~ cover art by Richard Lyon

August 1938

cover art by Richard Lyon

Posted on November 14, 2023May 5, 2025Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags crawford sullivan, dagger, flashlight, frederick c. painton, Hardboiled, mummy, pulp art, richard lyon, thrilling adventures magazine, tom curry, treasureLeave a comment on August 1938 issue ~ cover art by Richard Lyon

November 1951 issue

November 1951

cover art attributed to Albert Drake

better image than previously posted

Posted on November 14, 2023April 29, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazineTags cemetery, dagger, daniel r. gilgannon, famous detective stories, femme fatale, graveyard, Hardboiled, james maccreigh, pulp art, radio, spyLeave a comment on November 1951 issue

August 25, 1917 issue ~ cover art by Modest Stein

August 25, 1917

cover art by Modest Stein

Posted on November 14, 2023November 13, 2023Categories magazineTags frank l. packard, george allan england, modest stein, octavus roy cohen, people's favorite magazine, pulp art, shovelLeave a comment on August 25, 1917 issue ~ cover art by Modest Stein

January 1943 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

January 1943

better image than previously posted

cover art by Norman Saunders

Posted on November 13, 2023May 7, 2024Categories adventure, Hardboiled, magazineTags emile c. tepperman, Hardboiled, norman saunders, pulp art, telephone, ten detective aces magazineLeave a comment on January 1943 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

June 1952 issue

June 1952

better image than previously posted

Posted on November 13, 2023April 3, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazineTags carroll john daly, grenade, private eye, pulp art, race williams, shoulder holster, smashing detective stories, staircaseLeave a comment on June 1952 issue

February 1941

February 1941

Posted on November 13, 2023November 13, 2023Categories magazine, true crimeTags crime detective magazine, Hardboiled, pulp art, true crimeLeave a comment on February 1941

March 1938 issue ~ cover art by Stockton Mulford

March 1938 issue

cover art by Stockton Mulford

better image than previously posted

Posted on November 12, 2023November 12, 2023Categories magazine, true crimeTags pulp art, startling detective adventures, stockton mulford, top hat, true crimeLeave a comment on March 1938 issue ~ cover art by Stockton Mulford

March 31, 1934 issue

March 31, 1934

cover art by Lejaren Hiller?

Posted on November 12, 2023April 4, 2024Categories magazine, pulpTags detective fiction weekly, flynn's, lejaren hiller, masquerade, max brand, milo ray phelps, pulp art, t.t. flynn, victor maxwell, woman with a gunLeave a comment on March 31, 1934 issue

October 1953 issue

October 1953

Posted on November 12, 2023Categories magazineTags dame, pulp illustration, secretsLeave a comment on October 1953 issue

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