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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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1944 RKO poster

adaptation of Raymond Chandler’s 1940 novel Farewell, My Lovely, his second novel with LA PI Philip Marlowe

August 23, 2013

Posted on December 20, 2024December 12, 2024Categories crime fiction, film noir, Hardboiled, pulp, raymond chandlerTags claire trevor, dick powell, edward dmytryk, farewell my lovely, movie poster, philip marlowe, private eye, raymond chandler, RKOLeave a comment on 1944 RKO poster

1959 Cardinal reissue ~ cover art by Barye Phillips

Evan Hunter, aka Ed McBain

first published in 1958 by Simon & Schuster, one of his ‘straight’ straight, not a crime novel

1959 Cardinal Giant reissue

cover art by Barye Phillips

adapted into a 1960 movie with Kim Novak and Kirk Douglas

Posted on December 20, 2024December 12, 2024Categories paperback, pulpTags barye phillips, cardinal paperback, ed mcbain, evan hunterLeave a comment on 1959 Cardinal reissue ~ cover art by Barye Phillips

1959 Italian hardcover edition

Italian edition of the Raymond Chandler novel, Playback 

Posted on December 20, 2024December 12, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, hardcover, mystery, pulp, raymond chandlerTags italian pulp, philip marlowe, playback, private detective, raymond chandlerLeave a comment on 1959 Italian hardcover edition

1960 Perma paperback

1960 Perma paperback original

better image than previously posted

Posted on December 20, 2024December 12, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, government agent, Hardboiled, pulpTags dame, don tracy, femme fatale, military police, perma paperbackLeave a comment on 1960 Perma paperback

June 1938 issue

June 1938

[updated 10/28/25]

Format ImagePosted on December 20, 2024October 28, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags crime busters magazine, lester dent, maxwell grant, norvell page, roulette, staircase, tux, woman with a gun, wyatt blassingameLeave a comment on June 1938 issue

December 1930 issue ~ cover art by William Reusswig

December 1930

cover art by William Reusswig

Posted on December 19, 2024December 12, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags bound, detective action stories, dungeon, erle stanley gardner, racist imagery, van wyck mason, william reusswig, yellow menaceLeave a comment on December 1930 issue ~ cover art by William Reusswig

March 1939 issue ~ cover art by J.W. Scott

March 1939

cover art by J.W. Scott

better image than previously posted

Posted on December 19, 2024December 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags brent north, detective short stories magazine, j.w. scott, omar gwinn, red circle, russell gray, samuel taylor, w.t. ballard, wyatt blassingameLeave a comment on March 1939 issue ~ cover art by J.W. Scott

August 1933 issue ~ cover art by Julius Erbit

August 1933

cover art by Julius Erbit

better image than previously posted

Posted on December 19, 2024December 12, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags all detective magazine, bound, dagger, erle stanley gardner, frank richardson pierce, julius erbit, keyholeLeave a comment on August 1933 issue ~ cover art by Julius Erbit

1945, Dynamic Comics #15

1945, Dynamic Comics #15

cover art attributed to Ruben Moreira

Posted on December 19, 2024December 3, 2024Categories crime comic, pulpTags dynamic comics, mink stole, ruben moreiraLeave a comment on 1945, Dynamic Comics #15

August 1939 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

August 1939

cover art by H.J. Ward

Posted on December 19, 2024February 21, 2025Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags circus, clown, coulrophobia, h.j. ward, private detective stories, robert a garron, top hat, woman with a gunLeave a comment on August 1939 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

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