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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 1950 issue

October 1950

Posted on October 20, 2024October 19, 2024Categories crime fiction, government agent, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags armored car, bruce cassiday, FBI detective stories, heist, paul w. fairmanLeave a comment on October 1950 issue

September 1931 issue ~ cover art by James Reynolds

September 1931

cover art by James Reynolds

Posted on October 20, 2024October 19, 2024Categories adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags eustace adams, h. bedford jones, james reynolds, star magazineLeave a comment on September 1931 issue ~ cover art by James Reynolds

February 1937 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

February 1937

cover art by Norman Saunders

Posted on October 20, 2024October 19, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicyTags hollywood fiction, morgue, norman saunders, saucy movie tales, thompson toddLeave a comment on February 1937 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

October 1936 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

October 1936

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

Posted on October 20, 2024October 19, 2024Categories crime fiction, magazine, mystery, pulpTags ace detective magazine, frederick c. davis, g.t. fleming-roberts, rafael desoto, shackled, trench coatLeave a comment on October 1936 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

March 9, 1940 issue

March 9, 1940

Posted on October 19, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags bank heist, bennett barlay, detective fiction weekly, flynn's, handcuffs, heistLeave a comment on March 9, 1940 issue

1932 United Artists picture

Paul Muni as Scarface

Posted on October 19, 2024October 4, 2024Categories crime fiction, gangster, HardboiledTags bullet holes, paul muni, scarface, tommygun, united artistsLeave a comment on 1932 United Artists picture

July 1950 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

July 1950

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Posted on October 19, 2024October 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags blood trail, dame, femme fatale, philip ketchum, popular detective magazine, rudolph belarski, stewart sterling, tommygunLeave a comment on July 1950 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

1973 American International

1973 poster

Posted on October 19, 2024October 3, 2024Categories gangster, Hardboiled, pulp, true crimeTags ben johnson, cloris leachman, dame, femme fatale, harry dean stanton, john dillinger, john milius, movie poster, tommygun, warren oatesLeave a comment on 1973 American International

1953, Authentic Police Cases #26

1953, Authentic Police Cases #26

Posted on October 19, 2024October 3, 2024Categories crime comic, Hardboiled, pulp, true crimeTags armored car, authentic police cases comic, tommygunLeave a comment on 1953, Authentic Police Cases #26

Prime Cut, 1972

Japanese poster for Prime Cut, retitled Kansas City Prime in Japan, released in the US in 1972

Lee Marin, Gene Hackman and Cissy Spacek (her film debut)

Posted on October 19, 2024October 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, HardboiledTags cissy spacek, crime film, gene hackman, kansas city crime, lee marvin, movie posterLeave a comment on Prime Cut, 1972

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