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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 1932 issue ~ cover art by Leonard Whitney

July 1932

cover art by Leonard Whitney

Posted on September 14, 2024September 10, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags kidnapping, leonard whitney, master detective magazineLeave a comment on July 1932 issue ~ cover art by Leonard Whitney

November 1924 issue

November 1924 issue

one of the few times a Continental Op story by Dashiell Hammett was not in a copy of Black Mask Magazine: “Who Killed Bob Teal?”

Posted on September 14, 2024September 10, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags continental op, dashiell hammett, true detective mysteriesLeave a comment on November 1924 issue

March 1957 issue

March 1957

Posted on September 13, 2024September 9, 2024Categories magazine, true crimeTags police dragnet cases, pulp illustration, switchbladeLeave a comment on March 1957 issue

True Crime

Bonnie & Clyde – true crime, not Hollywood

riddled with gunfire May 23, 1934

Posted on September 13, 2024September 9, 2024Categories true crimeTags bonnie and clydeLeave a comment on True Crime

March 1937 issue

March 1937

Posted on September 12, 2024September 9, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags g-men, real detective magazineLeave a comment on March 1937 issue

cover art by Syd Shores

Gangsters and Gun Molls #4 (Avon, 1952) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white pages. The sole highest-graded CGC copy! Last issue of the title. Syd Shores cover and art.

painting @dickeydesign

Posted on September 11, 2024September 9, 2024Categories crime comic, finest kind, gangster, Hardboiled, true crimeTags gangsters and gun molls comic, motorcycle cop, syd shores, woman with a gunLeave a comment on cover art by Syd Shores

May 1953 issue

May 1953

better image than previously posted

Posted on September 11, 2024September 9, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags dame, mafia, pulp illustration, vital detective casesLeave a comment on May 1953 issue

May 1941 issue

May 1941

Posted on September 11, 2024September 9, 2024Categories magazine, true crimeTags complete detective cases, pulp illustration, woman with a gunLeave a comment on May 1941 issue

November 1938 issue ~ cover art by J. George Janes

November 1938

cover art by J. George Janes

Posted on September 11, 2024September 9, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags american detective fact cases, j. george janes, woman with a gunLeave a comment on November 1938 issue ~ cover art by J. George Janes

Double Trouble

February 1950 issue

better image than previously posted

Winter 1950 issue

Posted on September 11, 2024September 9, 2024Categories magazine, true crimeTags amazing detective cases, dame, femme fatale, woman with a gunLeave a comment on Double Trouble

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