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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

July 1940 issue

September 25, 2013

Posted on March 20, 2025February 23, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags bound, real detective magazineLeave a comment on July 1940 issue

March 19, 1923

Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp, on his 75th birthday, in LA

said by those around him that he never showed fear, his first choice in a fight was to calm the situation with conversation or with his fists

he was never touched by a bullet

and was never able to escape the notoriety of October 26, 1881

Posted on March 19, 2025November 13, 2024Categories true crimeTags wyatt earpLeave a comment on March 19, 1923

1948 Authentic Police Cases #3

1948 Authentic Police Cases #3

cover art credited top Nick Cardy

Posted on March 18, 2025February 23, 2025Categories crime comic, Hardboiled, pulp, true crimeTags authentic police cases comic, bound, jewel thief, nick cardy, rooftopLeave a comment on 1948 Authentic Police Cases #3

July 1951 issue

July 1951

Posted on March 16, 2025February 23, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicy, true crimeTags dame, femme fatale, garter, moll, smoking, stockings, women in crimeLeave a comment on July 1951 issue

July 1935 issue ~ cover art by A. Seguso

July 1935

cover art by A. Seguso

Posted on March 14, 2025February 23, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags a. seguso, inside detective magazine, lanternLeave a comment on July 1935 issue ~ cover art by A. Seguso

1973 Paramount Pictures

Format ImagePosted on March 13, 2025February 22, 2025Categories true crimeTags al pacino, movie poster, municipal corruption, paramount picture, peter maas, serpico, sidney lumetLeave a comment on 1973 Paramount Pictures

October 1953 issue

October 1953

Posted on March 12, 2025February 22, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags dame, front page detective, handcuffs, pulp illustration, smokingLeave a comment on October 1953 issue

March 1937 issue ~ cover art by Harwood Forsgren

March 1937

cover art by Harwood Forsgren

[original art added 8/11/25]

Posted on March 12, 2025August 11, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, original art, pulp, true crime, updatedTags harwood forsgren, inside detective magazine, shackledLeave a comment on March 1937 issue ~ cover art by Harwood Forsgren

1952 Crime Annual ~ cover art by Howell Dodd

1952 Crime Annual

cover art by Howell Dodd

Posted on March 12, 2025February 22, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags bound, crime annual, howell doddLeave a comment on 1952 Crime Annual ~ cover art by Howell Dodd

May 1962 issue ~ cover art by George Ziel

May 1962

cover art by George Ziel

better image than previously posted

Posted on March 11, 2025February 22, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags bound, george ziel, true detective magazineLeave a comment on May 1962 issue ~ cover art by George Ziel

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