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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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March 1935 issue ~ cover art by Harwood Forsgren

March 1935

cover art by Harwood Forsgren

Posted on January 6, 2026January 5, 2026Categories magazine, pulp, true crimeTags baby face nelson, edgar wallace, harwood forsgren, real detective magazineLeave a comment on March 1935 issue ~ cover art by Harwood Forsgren

pulp art by Harvey Dunn

New Story Magazine Mar 1915

pulp art by Harvey Dunn

Posted on January 6, 2026January 5, 2026Categories magazine, mystery, pulpTags harvey dunn, new story magazineLeave a comment on pulp art by Harvey Dunn

1950, Undercover Girl

Universal Picture

Alexis Smith is a woman not to be trifled with in ‘Undercover Girl’.

December 07, 2013

Posted on January 5, 2026Categories film noir, movie poster, pulpTags alexis smithscott brady, femme fatale, publicity photo, richard egan, universal pictures, woman with a gunLeave a comment on 1950, Undercover Girl

Martians Go Home x 4

1955 Dutton hardcover

1956 Bantam reissue

cover by Richard Powers

1981 Ballantine reissue

cover art by Kelly Freas

1992 Baen reissue

Posted on January 1, 2026December 9, 2025Categories paperback, pulp, science fictionTags baen paperback, ballantine paperback, bantam paperback, dutton hardcover, fredric brown, kelly freas, richard powersLeave a comment on Martians Go Home x 4

January 1937 issue ~ cover art by Blaine

January 1937

cover art by Blaine (Norman Saunders)

Posted on December 31, 2025October 28, 2025Categories magazine, pulp, spicyTags blaine, frank e. marks, garters, lurid, new year's, norman saunders, saucy movie tales, stockingsLeave a comment on January 1937 issue ~ cover art by Blaine

December 28, 1929 issue – cover art by John A. Coughlin

December 28, 1929

cover art by John A. Coughlin

December 31, 2015

Posted on December 31, 2025October 19, 2025Categories crime fiction, magazine, mystery, pulpTags detective fiction weekly, new year's, scythe, hourglassLeave a comment on December 28, 1929 issue – cover art by John A. Coughlin

1943 Dell paperback reissue – cover art by Gerald Gregg

1940 Doubleday hardcover

1943 Dell paperback reissue

cover art by Gerald Gregg

January 21, 2015

Posted on December 31, 2025October 19, 2025Categories pulp, paperback, mysteryTags skull, top hat, rufus king, dell paperback, new year's, gerald greggLeave a comment on 1943 Dell paperback reissue – cover art by Gerald Gregg

February 1, 1941 issue ~ cover art by Graves Gladney

February 1, 1941

cover art by Graves Gladney

Posted on December 30, 2025December 9, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags george allan moffatt, graves gladney, henry lysing, maxwell grant, the shadow magazineLeave a comment on February 1, 1941 issue ~ cover art by Graves Gladney

March 1942 issue ~ cover art by Lenosci

March 1942

cover art by Lenosci  

March 18, 2017

Posted on December 30, 2025December 9, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags fist fight, lenosci, the avengerLeave a comment on March 1942 issue ~ cover art by Lenosci

July 1942 issue – cover by Charles Biro

July 1942

cover by Charles Biro

first of the crime comic books, debut issue

Posted on December 30, 2025December 9, 2025Categories crime comic, gangster, Hardboiled, pulpTags ace of spades, bullet holes, charles biro, crime does not pay, dagger, gambling, tommygunLeave a comment on July 1942 issue – cover by Charles Biro

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