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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: original art

cover art by Jerome Rozen

cover art by Jerome Rozen

oil on canvas, 20 x 18 inches

August 1943 issue

[cover image updated 6/28/24]

Posted on June 18, 2024June 28, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, original art, pulpTags bank robbery, jerome rozen, joe archibald, maurice phillips, robert turner, ten detective aces magazineLeave a comment on cover art by Jerome Rozen

cover art by George Gross

Daughter of Satan, Women in Crime pulp digest cover, March 1948
Oil on canvas, 20 x 15 in.
Signed lower right

Posted on June 17, 2024May 13, 2024Categories finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, original art, pulp, spicy, true crimeTags dame, femme fatale, george gross, oil on canvas, woman with a gun, women in crimeLeave a comment on cover art by George Gross

cover art by Edmond Gray

Oil on board, 22 x 15 in.
Signed lower left

Posted on June 17, 2024May 13, 2024Categories Hardboiled, original art, pulpTags edmond gray, mollLeave a comment on cover art by Edmond Gray

November 1939 issue

November 1939

Posted on June 13, 2024May 17, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, original art, pulpTags double-action detective magazine, laboratory, mad scientist, ray cummings, scalpel, stewart sterling, wilbur s. peacockLeave a comment on November 1939 issue

March 1939 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

March 1939

cover art by Norman Saunders

[cover updated 11/18/25]

Posted on June 7, 2024November 18, 2025Categories adventure, espionage fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, original art, pulp, updatedTags branding, brant house, original art, secret agent x detective mysteries, tuxLeave a comment on March 1939 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

cover art by Norman Saunders

May 1942 issue

better image than previously posted

cove art repurposed for September 1949 issue of Ten Detective Aces

Posted on June 4, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, original art, pulpTags 10-story detective magazine, cigarette girl, dagger, g.t. fleming-roberts, night club, norman a. daniels, norman saunders, tuxLeave a comment on cover art by Norman Saunders

August 15, 1933 issue ~ cover art by William Reusswig

August 15, 1933

cover art by William Reusswig

better image than previously posted

Posted on June 2, 2024November 12, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, original art, pulp, updatedTags cardigan, dime detective magazine, frederick nebel, ghoul, j. paul suter, private eye, t.t. flynn, william reusswigLeave a comment on August 15, 1933 issue ~ cover art by William Reusswig

cover art by Norman Saunders

May 1941 issue

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 29, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, maritime fiction, mystery, original art, pulpTags 10-story detective magazine, finest kind, kidnap, norman saunders, original art, robert turner, ronald flaggLeave a comment on cover art by Norman Saunders

cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

Spicy Adventure Stories, July 1939
Oil on canvas, 30 x 21 in.
Signed lower left

Posted on May 23, 2024May 13, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, original art, pulpTags h.l. parkhurst, luke terry, oil on canvas, spicy-adventure stories, turban, woman with a gunLeave a comment on cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

Night of Action, Spicy Adventure Stories, April 1940
Oil on canvas laid on Masonite, 30 x 20 inches (76.2 x 50.8 cm)
Signed lower right

Posted on May 15, 2024April 26, 2026Categories adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, original art, pulp, spicyTags h.l. parkhurst, hugh speer, oil on canvas, original art, racist imagery, spicy-adventure stories, yellow menaceLeave a comment on cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

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