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

November 1951 issue ~ cover art by Michael McCann

November 1951

cover art by Michael McCann

better image than previously posted

Posted on August 17, 2026August 3, 2026Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags blackmail, dame, michael mccann, smoking, underworld detective magazineLeave a comment on November 1951 issue ~ cover art by Michael McCann

1952 Crime Yearbook

1952 Crime Yearbook

cover art by George Gross?

Posted on August 17, 2026August 3, 2026Categories Hardboiled, pulp, magazine, true crime, spicyTags dame, garter, fishnets, 1952 Crime Yearbook magazineLeave a comment on 1952 Crime Yearbook

Posted on August 10, 2026August 3, 2026Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags dame, femme fatale, moll, smoking, special detective magazineLeave a comment on December 1952

March 1951 issue

March 1951

December 13, 2015

Posted on August 10, 2026August 3, 2026Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags dame, stockings, true crime cases magazine, woman with a guhLeave a comment on March 1951 issue

March 1947(?) issue

March 1947

Posted on August 10, 2026August 3, 2026Categories magazine, pulp, true crimeTags women in crimeLeave a comment on March 1947(?) issue

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Category: true crime

November 1951 issue ~ cover art by Michael McCann

1952 Crime Yearbook

May 1943 issue

October 1949 issue

December 1952 issue ~ cover art by Michael McCann

October 1938 issue

1964, no. 13

December 1952

March 1951 issue

March 1947(?) issue