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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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February 1938 issue ~ cover art by Jerome Rozen

February 1938

cover art by Jerome Rozen

Posted on August 25, 2024August 16, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags detective story magazine, hugh b. cave, jerome rozen, lee terryLeave a comment on February 1938 issue ~ cover art by Jerome Rozen

August 30, 1923 issue ~ cover art by H.C. Murphy

August 30, 1923

cover art by H.C. Murphy

headers by V.E. Pyles

[post updated 8/27/24]

Posted on August 25, 2024August 27, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, aviation fiction, crime fiction, historical fiction, magazine, maritime fiction, mystery, pulp, western fictionTags adventure magazine, h.c. murphy, t.s. stripling, w.c. tuttleLeave a comment on August 30, 1923 issue ~ cover art by H.C. Murphy

two from Charles Williams

July 1960 Holt hardcover

October 1971 Pocket reissue

cover art by Allan Mardon?

bottom:

March 1971 Signet paperback original, first printing

cover art by David Blossom

Posted on August 25, 2024August 16, 2024Categories adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, maritime fiction, paperback, pulpTags allan mardon, charles williams, david blossom, heist, pocket paperback, sailboatLeave a comment on two from Charles Williams

cover art by Emmett Watson

Captain’s Shot, Detective Fiction Weekly, February 25, 1939
Oil on canvas, 28 x 24 inches (71.1 x 61.0 cm)
Signed center right

Posted on August 25, 2024November 19, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, maritime fiction, mystery, original art, pulpTags dale clark, detective fiction weekly, emmett watson, flynn's, oil on canvas, paul ernst, richard sale, t.t. flynn, tommygunLeave a comment on cover art by Emmett Watson

July 1931 issue ~ cover art by Howard V. Brown

July 1931

cover art by Howard V. Brown

Posted on August 25, 2024August 16, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, magazine, mystery, pulpTags howard v. brown, robert mcblair, seymour g. pond, the popular magazine, thomas burtis, trench coatLeave a comment on July 1931 issue ~ cover art by Howard V. Brown

May 21, 1938 issue ~ cover art by Emmett Watson

May 21, 1938

cover art by Emmett Watson

Posted on August 25, 2024August 16, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, western fictionTags argosy magazine, bennett foster, canoe, donald barr chidsey, emmett watson, james b. hendryx, mounties, RCMPLeave a comment on May 21, 1938 issue ~ cover art by Emmett Watson

September 1942 issue

September 1942

January 1943 UK edition

Posted on August 25, 2024March 12, 2025Categories british pulp, crime fiction, government agent, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags deep sea diver, feds, g-men detective magazine, riley brown, whit ellsworth, woman with a gunLeave a comment on September 1942 issue

February 1937 issue ~ cover art by Richard Lyon

February 1937

cover art by Richard Lyon

better image than previously posted

Posted on August 25, 2024August 16, 2024Categories crime fiction, government agent, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags c.k.m. scanlon, espionage, FBI, feds, g-men magazine, lee fredericks, richard lyon, spy fictionLeave a comment on February 1937 issue ~ cover art by Richard Lyon

March 1941 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

March 1941

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

[cover updated 5/7/24]

Posted on August 25, 2024August 16, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, maritime fiction, mystery, pulpTags 10-story detective magazine, dagger, harold francis sorensen, norman saunders, thomas lamar, trenchcoatLeave a comment on March 1941 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

1962 Fontana paperback reissue

1962 Fontana paperback reissue

20th with Superindendent Roderick Alleyn

1965 Fontana reissue

cover art by Renato Fratini

Posted on August 25, 2024August 16, 2024Categories finest kind, maritime fiction, mystery, paperback, pulp, whodunnitTags fontana paperback, ngaio marsh, renato fratiniLeave a comment on 1962 Fontana paperback reissue

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