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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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October 1958 issue

October 1958

better image than previously posted

Posted on July 25, 2025July 13, 2025Categories crime fiction, digest, Hardboiled, pulpTags bullet hole, ridchard watson, trapped detective story magazine, woman with a gunLeave a comment on October 1958 issue

August 1938 issue

August 1938

cover art attributed to John A. Coughlin

Posted on July 25, 2025July 13, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags b.b. fowler, dagger, denslow m. dade, detective tales magazine, edward s. williams, frederick c. davis, george armin shaftel, john d. swaine, racist imagery, ray cummings, russell gray, tux, yellow menaceLeave a comment on August 1938 issue

a “Scarlet Pimpernel” novel

Emma Magdalena Rosalia Maria Josefa Barbara Orczy

1917 published in Britain by Hodder and Stoughton and Doran in NYC, this the later 1960 Australian softcover from Horwitz

a “Scarlet Pimpernel” novel

October 11, 2013

Posted on July 25, 2025July 13, 2025Categories action fiction, adventure, australian pulp, paperback, pulpTags baroness orzcy, guillotine, horwitz paperback, scarlet pimpernelLeave a comment on a “Scarlet Pimpernel” novel

February 1932 issue

February 1932

Posted on July 25, 2025July 13, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags douglas allen, perley poore sheehan, thrilling detective magazineLeave a comment on February 1932 issue

February 1953 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

February 1953

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

Posted on July 25, 2025July 13, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags fireplace, john d. macdonald, new detective magazine, norman saundersLeave a comment on February 1953 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

Kitten with a Whip x 4

1960 Gold Medal Book UK – No. 434

originally published in the US by GM Books # s845, 1959

movie tie-in edition to the 1964 film

reissue from Stark House Press, 2013

Posted on July 24, 2025July 13, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, movie poster, paperback, spicyTags ann-margaret, gold medal paperback, movie poster, stark house press, wade millerLeave a comment on Kitten with a Whip x 4

The Price of Murder x 3

1953 Dell paperback original

cover art by Victor Kalin

better image than previously posted

1965 Fawcett reissue

better image than previously posted

1972 Fawcett reissue

cover art by Dick Shelton

[updated 9/22/25]

Posted on July 23, 2025September 22, 2025Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, paperback, pulp, updatedTags dell paperback, dick shelton, fawcett paperback, john d. macdonald, victor kalinLeave a comment on The Price of Murder x 3

December 1947 issue

December 1947

Posted on July 23, 2025July 13, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags crime detective magazine, rooftopLeave a comment on December 1947 issue

1951 Gold Medal paperback original – cover art by Barye Phillips

1951 Gold Medal paperback original

cover art by Barye Phillips

November 14, 2013

Posted on July 23, 2025July 13, 2025Categories Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags barye phillips, dame, gold medal paperback, john d. macdonald, noir, thrillerLeave a comment on 1951 Gold Medal paperback original – cover art by Barye Phillips

December 1939 issue

December 1939

Posted on July 23, 2025July 13, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, TVTags daring detective magazineLeave a comment on December 1939 issue

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