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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: spicy

January 1937 issue ~ cover art by Blaine

January 1937

cover art by Blaine (Norman Saunders)

Posted on December 31, 2025October 28, 2025Categories magazine, pulp, spicyTags blaine, frank e. marks, garters, lurid, new year's, norman saunders, saucy movie tales, stockingsLeave a comment on January 1937 issue ~ cover art by Blaine

October 1952 issue

October 1952

Posted on December 27, 2025December 9, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicy, true crimeTags dame, moll, underworld detective magazineLeave a comment on October 1952 issue

June 1949 issue ~ cover art by Fred Rodewald

June 1949

cover art by Fred Rodewald

better image than previously posted

Posted on December 27, 2025December 9, 2025Categories finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicy, true crimeTags dame, femme fatale, fred rodewald, garter, line-up, police detective cases, stockingsLeave a comment on June 1949 issue ~ cover art by Fred Rodewald

December 1951 issue

December 1951

cover art by Howell Dodd?

better image than previously posted

Posted on December 26, 2025December 9, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicy, true crimeTags dame, hooker, police detective cases, smokingLeave a comment on December 1951 issue

May 1956 issue

May 1956

December 10, 2013

Posted on December 26, 2025December 9, 2025Categories magazine, spicy, true crimeTags lingerie, pulp illustration, women in crimeLeave a comment on May 1956 issue

June 1968 Companion paperback original – cover art by Robert Bonfils

June 1968 Companion paperback original

cover art by Robert Bonfils

better image than previously posted

Posted on December 26, 2025December 9, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulp, spicyTags companion paperback, john dexter, lurid, robert bonfils, slezeLeave a comment on June 1968 Companion paperback original – cover art by Robert Bonfils

1961 Gold Medal paperback original

1961 Gold Medal paperback original

better image than previously posted

Posted on December 26, 2025December 9, 2025Categories Hardboiled, paperback, pulp, spicyTags con man, dame, femme fatale, frank bonham, gold medal paperbackLeave a comment on 1961 Gold Medal paperback original

September 1936 issue ~ cover art by Hans W. Wessolowski

September 1936

cover art by Hans W. Wessolowski

Posted on December 22, 2025December 9, 2025Categories Hardboiled, pulp, spicy, true crimeTags american detective fact cases, dame, femme fatale, hans w. wessolowski, poisonLeave a comment on September 1936 issue ~ cover art by Hans W. Wessolowski

a little cold metal

December 06, 2013

Posted on December 18, 2025November 24, 2025Categories crime comic, Hardboiled, pulp, spicyTags dame, lingerie, shoulder holster, woman with a gunLeave a comment on a little cold metal

January 1936 issue ~ cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

January 1936

cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

Posted on December 6, 2025November 22, 2025Categories pulp, spicy, western fictionTags h.l. parkhurst, lew merrill, spicy-adventure storiesLeave a comment on January 1936 issue ~ cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

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