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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

cover art by Fred Rodewald

cover art by Fred Rodewald, gouache on board. 17 x 13 in, signed under her elbow

July 1949 issue

Posted on October 28, 2024October 19, 2024Categories finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags dame, femme fatale, fred rodewald, true crime cases magazine, women in prisonLeave a comment on cover art by Fred Rodewald

April 1943 issue

April 1943

Posted on October 28, 2024October 19, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags daring detective magazine, pulp illustration, smoking, women in prisonLeave a comment on April 1943 issue

March 1949 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

March 1949

cover art by George Gross

Posted on October 28, 2024October 19, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicy, true crimeTags dame, femme fatale, geoge gross, women in crime, women in prisonLeave a comment on March 1949 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

July 1943 issue ~ cover art by Charles Biro

Crime Does Not Pay #28 Mile High Pedigree (Lev Gleason, 1943) CGC NM+ 9.6 White pages. prison riot cover by Charles Biro

Posted on October 28, 2024October 19, 2024Categories crime comic, Hardboiled, pulp, true crimeTags charles biro, crime does not pay, prison breakLeave a comment on July 1943 issue ~ cover art by Charles Biro

May 1938 issue

May 1938

Posted on October 27, 2024October 19, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicy, true crimeTags bound, true magazineLeave a comment on May 1938 issue

February 1963 issue

February 1963

Posted on October 26, 2024October 19, 2024Categories true crimeTags pulp illustration, vice squad detective magazineLeave a comment on February 1963 issue

April 1943 issue

April 1943

Posted on October 24, 2024October 19, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags headquarters detective magazineLeave a comment on April 1943 issue

February 1951 issue

February 1951

Posted on October 24, 2024October 19, 2024Categories magazine, true crimeTags dame, pulp illustration, real detective magazineLeave a comment on February 1951 issue

February 1947 issue

February 1947

Posted on October 23, 2024October 19, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags newest detective magazineLeave a comment on February 1947 issue

November 1940 issue ~ cover art by Victor Tchetchet

November 1940

cover art by Victor Tchetchet

Posted on October 23, 2024October 19, 2024Categories magazine, pulp, true crimeTags boxing, gambling, true detective mysteries, victor tchetchetLeave a comment on November 1940 issue ~ cover art by Victor Tchetchet

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