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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: true crime

June 1948 issue

June 1948

Posted on May 4, 2025April 14, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags front page detective, interrogation, pulp illustrationLeave a comment on June 1948 issue

January 1945 issue

January 1945

Posted on May 4, 2025April 14, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags human detective magazine, pulp illustrationLeave a comment on January 1945 issue

February 1944 issue

February 1944

Posted on May 4, 2025April 14, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags dame, fingerprints, inside detective magazine, smokingLeave a comment on February 1944 issue

August 1937 issue ~ cover art by Stockton Mulford

August 1937

cover art by Stockton Mulford

Posted on May 4, 2025April 14, 2025Categories magazine, pulp, true crimeTags daring detective magazine, stockton mulfordLeave a comment on August 1937 issue ~ cover art by Stockton Mulford

November 1939 issue ~ cover art by Albert Fisher

November 1939

cover art by Albert Fisher

Posted on May 4, 2025April 14, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags albert fisher, inside detective magazineLeave a comment on November 1939 issue ~ cover art by Albert Fisher

`1950 Retort Press

Cantine, Holley, and Dachine Rainer (eds.):
PRISON ETIQUETTE: THE CONVICT’S COMPENDIUM OF USEFUL INFORMATION
Retort Press, Bearsville, NY, 1950.

October 07, 2013

Posted on May 3, 2025April 20, 2025Categories paperback, true crimeTags convicts, inmates, prison, retort pressLeave a comment on `1950 Retort Press

1942 inaugural issue

1942 inaugural issue

Posted on May 3, 2025April 14, 2025Categories magazine, true crimeTags big detective cases magazine, dame, smoking, women in prisonLeave a comment on 1942 inaugural issue

September 1944 issue

September 1944

Posted on May 3, 2025April 14, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags dame, front page detective, pulp illustration, women in prisonLeave a comment on September 1944 issue

March 1953 issue ~ cover art by Howell Dodd

March 1953

cover art by Howell Dodd

[updated 9/16/25]

Posted on May 3, 2025September 16, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crime, updatedTags dame, howell dodd, smoking, women in crime, women in prisonLeave a comment on March 1953 issue ~ cover art by Howell Dodd

Canadian true crime, undated

Canadian true crime, undated – take off of US issue most likely 40s

1942 inaugural issue

Posted on May 3, 2025April 15, 2025Categories canadian pulp, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags daring crime cases, smoking, women in prisonLeave a comment on Canadian true crime, undated

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