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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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cover art by Howard Chaykin

1988 Vortex comics, an erotic crime series written and drawn by Chaykin

August 17, 2013

Posted on December 2, 2024Categories crime comic, Hardboiled, pulp, spicyTags howard chaykin, saucyLeave a comment on cover art by Howard Chaykin

August 1938 issue

August 1938

better image than previously posted

Posted on December 2, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicy, true crimeTags garter, poison, real detective magazine, stockings, women in prisonLeave a comment on August 1938 issue

July 1937 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

July 1937

cover art by Norman Saunders

[updated 10/28/25]

Posted on November 28, 2024October 28, 2025Categories finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicyTags frank e. marks, hollywood fiction, norman saunders, paddy wagon, saucy movie tales, showgirlLeave a comment on July 1937 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

January 1936 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

January 1936

cover art by H.J. Ward

better image than previously posted

Posted on November 25, 2024November 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicyTags arthur wallace, bound, h.j. ward, shackled, spicy detective stories, stockingsLeave a comment on January 1936 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

April 1948 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

April 1948

cover art by George Gross

better image than previously posted

Posted on November 15, 2024November 4, 2025Categories finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicy, true crimeTags best true fact detective, bound, dame, george gross, lingerie, stockingsLeave a comment on April 1948 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

cover art by Margaret Brundage

Weird Tales #173 June 1938 (Popular Fiction) cover by Margaret Brundage.

Posted on November 15, 2024November 12, 2024Categories magazine, mystery, pulp, science fiction, spicy, weird fictionTags bound, margaret brundage, robert bloch, seabury quinn, spiderweb, weird tales magazineLeave a comment on cover art by Margaret Brundage

July 1935 issue ~ cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

July 1935

cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

better image than previously posted

cover altered/updated for May 1939 issue of Private Detective Stories

Posted on November 15, 2024April 27, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicyTags calvin l. boswell, h.l. parkhurst, lingerie, private detective stories, private eye, roger torrey, spicy detective storiesLeave a comment on July 1935 issue ~ cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

cover art by Darcy (Ernest Chiriacka)

Gouache on illustration board with an image area of 12.5″ x 20.5″.

1959 Beacon paperback original

Posted on November 15, 2024November 12, 2024Categories Hardboiled, original art, paperback, pulp, spicyTags darcy, ernest chiriacka, gouache on board, lon williams, lurid, sleazeLeave a comment on cover art by Darcy (Ernest Chiriacka)

May 28, 1973 issue

May 28, 1973 issue

Jackie Brown and Foxy Brown, to name just two memorable roles

Posted on November 12, 2024October 19, 2024Categories magazine, spicyTags pam grier, soul magazineLeave a comment on May 28, 1973 issue

August 1941 issue ~ cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

August 1941

cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

better image than previously posted

Posted on November 3, 2024October 19, 2024Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicyTags h.l. parkhurst, kidnap, robert a. garron, spicy detective magazineLeave a comment on August 1941 issue ~ cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

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