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: maritime fiction

cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

Oil on canvas
29.75 x 20.75 in.
Signed lower left

October 1941 issue

image updated 12/6/23

Posted on November 24, 2023April 26, 2026Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, maritime fiction, original art, pulp, spicyTags h.l. parkhurst, jose vaca, oil on canvas, original art, south seas, spicy-adventure storiesLeave a comment on cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

January 1937 & April 1942 issues

January 1937 – cover art by Rudolph Berlaski

cover art reworked for April 1942

[post updated 6/1/26]

Posted on November 20, 2023June 1, 2026Categories action fiction, adventure, espionage fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, maritime fiction, pulp, updated, war fictionTags frederick c. painton, g.h. teed, henry kuttner, jack kofoed, pulp art, rudolph belarski, sea captain, south seas fiction, thrilling adventures magazine, WWII fictionLeave a comment on January 1937 & April 1942 issues

February 6, 1932 issue ~ cover art by Paul Stahr

February 6, 1932

Posted on November 19, 2023April 3, 2024Categories adventure, magazine, maritime fiction, pulp, sports fictionTags argosy magazine, boxing fiction, george f. worts, gold, paul stahr, prirate, pulp art, richard howells watkins, robert carseLeave a comment on February 6, 1932 issue ~ cover art by Paul Stahr

March 1936 issue ~ cover art by Jerome Rozen

March 1936

cover art by Jerome Rozen

better image than previously posted

[updated 4/30/24, 5/2/24]

Posted on November 18, 2023May 2, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, maritime fiction, mystery, pulp, updatedTags boat, jerome rozen, laurence donovan, nick carter magazineLeave a comment on March 1936 issue ~ cover art by Jerome Rozen

March-April 1934 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

March-April 1934

cover art by Delos Palmer

Posted on November 17, 2023April 3, 2024Categories adventure, maritime fictionTags action stories magazine, albert richard wetjen, delos palmer, franklin h. martin, sailing fiction, theodore roscoeLeave a comment on March-April 1934 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

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