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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Posted on May 20, 2025May 10, 2025Categories uncategorizedLeave a comment on September 1945 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

October 1942 Canadian issue

October 1942 Canadian issue

stories mentioned on the cover are from the April 1942 US edition

no corresponding US cover art

Posted on May 16, 2025May 13, 2025Categories canadian pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, uncategorized, war fictionTags dime detective magazine, monocle, nazi spy, peter paige, silencer, t.t. flynn, top hat, wall safe, woman with a gun, WWII fictionLeave a comment on October 1942 Canadian issue

Posted on April 29, 2025April 14, 2025Categories uncategorizedLeave a comment on December 1941 issue ~ cover art by Albert Fisher

June 1947 issue ~ cover art by Arnold Kohn

June 1947

cover art by Arnold Kohn

Posted on April 28, 2025April 6, 2025Categories uncategorizedLeave a comment on June 1947 issue ~ cover art by Arnold Kohn

May 1945 issue

May 1945

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 25, 2025April 14, 2025Categories uncategorizedTags dame, king of spades, smoking, vital detective casesLeave a comment on May 1945 issue

November 1935 issue

November 1935

[cover updated 4/25/26]

Posted on April 18, 2025April 25, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, uncategorized, updatedTags beheaded, marge harris, maxwell hawkins, popular detective magazine, sword, theodore tinsleyLeave a comment on November 1935 issue

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cover art by George Gross

The Joker

September 1945 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

October 1942 Canadian issue

1954 Beacon paperback original

April 13, 1929 issue

December 1941 issue ~ cover art by Albert Fisher

June 1947 issue ~ cover art by Arnold Kohn

May 1945 issue

November 1935 issue