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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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1951 Dell reissue – cover art by Rafael De Soto

pseudonym of Heidi Huberta Freybe Loewengard

1950 Random House hardcover

1951 Dell reissue

cover art by Rafael De Soto

May 31, 2014

Posted on August 4, 2025July 13, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags dell paperback, martha albrand, rafael desoto, woman with a gunLeave a comment on 1951 Dell reissue – cover art by Rafael De Soto

March 1962 issue

March 1962

better image than previously posted

Posted on August 4, 2025July 13, 2025Categories crime fiction, digest, Hardboiled, mystery, pulpTags brett halliday, charles w. runyan, dame, ed lacey, femme fatale, lew lipton, mike shayne mystery magazine, richard hardwick, woman with a gunLeave a comment on March 1962 issue

January 1948 issue

January 1948

Posted on August 4, 2025July 13, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags headquarters detective magazine, woman with a gunLeave a comment on January 1948 issue

sniper

October 30, 2013

Posted on August 4, 2025July 13, 2025Categories HardboiledTags sniper, woman with a gunLeave a comment on sniper

George Petty illustration for Esquire, 1936

November 11, 2013

Posted on August 4, 2025July 13, 2025Categories magazine, pulpTags esquire magazine, george petty, woman with a gunLeave a comment on George Petty illustration for Esquire, 1936

photo by Irving Klaw

Barbara Pauline

November 03, 2013

Posted on August 4, 2025July 13, 2025Categories HardboiledTags cheesecake, garter, irving klaw, lurid, stockings, woman with a gunLeave a comment on photo by Irving Klaw

1957 Ace Double paperback original

1957 Ace Double paperback original

better image than previously posted

cover art attributed to both Rudy Nappi and Harry Bennett

Posted on August 4, 2025July 13, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags ace double paperback, harry giddings, woman with a gunLeave a comment on 1957 Ace Double paperback original

1958 Signet reissue – cover art by Barye Phillips

1958 Signet reissue

cover art by Barye Phillips

November 15, 2013

Posted on August 4, 2025July 13, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags barye phillips, mickey spillane, mike hammer, signet paperback, woman with a gunLeave a comment on 1958 Signet reissue – cover art by Barye Phillips

August 1941 issue

August 1941

Posted on August 4, 2025July 13, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags pulp illustration, real detective magazine, woman with a gunLeave a comment on August 1941 issue

Dr No

Spanish poster painted by Macario Gomez

September 28, 2013

Posted on August 3, 2025July 13, 2025Categories espionage fiction, pulpTags 007, ian fleming, jack lord, james bond, macario gomez, sean conneryLeave a comment on Dr No

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