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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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May 1929 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

May 1929

cover art by Walter Baumhofer

Hersey swastika: “The Symbol of Good Reading – A Hersey Magazine”

Posted on January 13, 2026January 6, 2026Categories government agent, magazine, pulp, war fictionTags spy fiction, spy stories, walter baumhofer, woman with a gun, WWILeave a comment on May 1929 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

The Prisoner

Patrick McGoohan as #6 in “The Prisoner”

“The series was first broadcast in Canada beginning on 5 September 1967, in the UK on 29 September 1967, and in the United States on 1 June 1968.“

Can be seen as a continuation of “Danger Man” (re-titled “Secret Agent Man” in the US)

Posted on January 13, 2026January 6, 2026Categories espionage fiction, TVTags patrick mcgoohan, spy fiction, the prisonerLeave a comment on The Prisoner

The Spy Who Loved Me

image

opening sequence to the theme song and title credits

Posted on January 13, 2026January 6, 2026Categories espionage fictionTags 007, james bond, lugar, spy fictionLeave a comment on The Spy Who Loved Me

1955 Bantam paperback – cover art by Mitchell Hooks

pseudonym of Lee Roberts

1954 Dodd Mead hardcover, this the later 1955 Bantam paperback

cover art by Mitchell Hooks

December 01, 2013

Posted on January 12, 2026January 6, 2026Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags bantam paperback, lee roberts, mitchell hooks, robert martinLeave a comment on 1955 Bantam paperback – cover art by Mitchell Hooks

1959 Dell reissue – cover art by Robert McGinnis

1958 Dodd Mead hardcover as Tears for Jessie Hewitt

this the 1959 Dell paperback, re-titled

cover art by Robert McGinnis

better image than previously posted

Posted on January 12, 2026January 6, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags dell paperback, edna sherry, robert mcginnisLeave a comment on 1959 Dell reissue – cover art by Robert McGinnis

1960 Gold Medal paperback original

1960 Gold Medal paperback original

cover art by Darcy (Ernest Chiriacka)?

better image than previously posted

Posted on January 12, 2026January 6, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags dame, frank bonham, gold medal paperback, parole officerLeave a comment on 1960 Gold Medal paperback original

March 1948 issue

March 1948

cover repurposed and reversed from Fall 1954 issue of Complete Police Cases

Posted on January 12, 2026January 6, 2026Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags cocktail, dame, expose detective magazine, pulp illustrationLeave a comment on March 1948 issue

Fall 1953 – debut issue

Fall 1953 – debut issue

Posted on January 12, 2026January 6, 2026Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags cocktail, complete police cases, dame, pulp illustrationLeave a comment on Fall 1953 – debut issue

1950 Bantam reissue – cover art by Ben Stahl

1950 Bantam reissue

cover art by Ben Stahl

better image than previously posted

Posted on January 12, 2026January 6, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags bantam paperback, dame, femme fatale, mackinley kantorLeave a comment on 1950 Bantam reissue – cover art by Ben Stahl

1953 20th Century-Fox

screenplay and directed by Samuel Fuller

better image than previously posted

Posted on January 12, 2026January 6, 2026Categories Hardboiled, film noir, movie posterTags richard widmark, jean peters, thelma ritter, samuel fullerLeave a comment on 1953 20th Century-Fox

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