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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: mystery

cover art by Norman Saunders

cover art by Norman Saunders

April 1937 issue

better image than previously posted

Posted on October 10, 2024October 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, original art, pulpTags black book detective, bound, buried alive, norman saundersLeave a comment on cover art by Norman Saunders

January 1939 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

January 1939 – premiere and only issue!

cover art by Norman Saunders

Posted on October 10, 2024October 3, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags 10 action adventures, e. hoffmann price, norman saunders, scimitarLeave a comment on January 1939 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

May 1957 issue ~ cover art by O.G. Brabbins

May 1957

cover art by O.G. Brabbins

better image than previously posted

Posted on October 10, 2024October 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, digest, Hardboiled, mystery, pulpTags gil brewer, henry kane, manhunt magazine, oliver brabbins, talmage powellLeave a comment on May 1957 issue ~ cover art by O.G. Brabbins

November 1945 issue ~ cover art by Richard R. Epperley

November 1945

cover art by Richard R. Epperley

better image than previously posted

Posted on October 10, 2024October 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags buddha, david wright o'brien, mammoth detective magazine, richard e. epperley, william brengleLeave a comment on November 1945 issue ~ cover art by Richard R. Epperley

July 1942 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

July 1942

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Posted on October 10, 2024October 3, 2024Categories crime comic, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags g.t. fleming-roberts, laboratory, leo hoban, mad scientist, norman a. daniels, rafael desoto, skull, thrilling mystery magazineLeave a comment on July 1942 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

November/December 1939 issue

November/December 1939 issue

better image than previously posted

Posted on October 10, 2024October 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, horror fiction, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags dagger, donald g. cormack, racist imagery, russel gray, strange detective mysteries, yellow menaceLeave a comment on November/December 1939 issue

February 1951 issue ~ cover art by Charles Wood

February 1951

cover art by Charles Wood

Posted on October 10, 2024October 3, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, western fictionTags binoculars, charles wood, john d. macdonald, short stories magazine, skull and crossbonesLeave a comment on February 1951 issue ~ cover art by Charles Wood

1957 Avon reissue ~ cover art by Art Sussman

1957 Avon reissue

cover art by Art Sussman

first published as Sinister Errand, Collins UK hardcover, 1945

Posted on October 10, 2024October 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, mystery, paperback, pulpTags art sussman, avon paperback, peter cheyneyLeave a comment on 1957 Avon reissue ~ cover art by Art Sussman

1951 Dell reissue ~ cover art by Victor Kalin

1951 Dell reissue

cover art by Victor Kalin

better image than previously posted

a book praised by Raymond Chandler

Posted on October 10, 2024November 27, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, mystery, paperback, pulp, raymond chandlerTags dell paperback, richard hallas, victor kalinLeave a comment on 1951 Dell reissue ~ cover art by Victor Kalin

March 1942 issue ~ cover art by Allen Anderson

March 1942

cover art by Allen Anderson

better image than previously posted

Posted on October 9, 2024October 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags allen anderson, private eye stories, roger torreyLeave a comment on March 1942 issue ~ cover art by Allen Anderson

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