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: true crime

July 1943 issue

July 1943

Posted on June 30, 2026June 12, 2026Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags all-fact detective magazine, dame, femme fatale, pay phone, pulp illustration, smoking, telephoneLeave a comment on July 1943 issue

March 1936 issue ~ cover art by Stockton Mulford

March 1936

cover art by Stockton Mulford

Posted on June 30, 2026June 12, 2026Categories magazine, pulp, true crimeTags startling detective adventures, stockton mulford, telephoneLeave a comment on March 1936 issue ~ cover art by Stockton Mulford

Posted on June 28, 2026June 12, 2026Categories magazine, pulp, true crimeTags amazing detective cases, hookersLeave a comment on October 1958 issue

May 1950 issue

May 1950 issue

cover art by Howell Dodd?

December 14, 2015

Posted on June 28, 2026June 12, 2026Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags dame, true crime cases magazineLeave a comment on May 1950 issue

1945, issue no. 39 – cover art by Charles Biro

1945, issue no. 39

cover art by Charles Biro

Posted on June 27, 2026June 12, 2026Categories crime comic, true crimeTags blood trail, charles biro, crime does not payLeave a comment on 1945, issue no. 39 – cover art by Charles Biro

July 1942 issue

July 1942

Posted on June 24, 2026June 12, 2026Categories magazine, pulp, true crimeTags headquarters detective magazine, woman with a gunLeave a comment on July 1942 issue

May 1924 issue

May 1924

Posted on June 24, 2026June 12, 2026Categories magazine, pulp, true crimeTags true detective mysteries, woman with a gunLeave a comment on May 1924 issue

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Category: true crime

July 1943 issue

March 1936 issue ~ cover art by Stockton Mulford

November 1939 issue

November 1942 issue

October 1950, issue No. 16

October 1958 issue

May 1950 issue

1945, issue no. 39 – cover art by Charles Biro

July 1942 issue

May 1924 issue