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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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cover art by Robert McGinnis

1946 Dell mapback paperback original

February 1960 Dell reissue, 1st print

cover art by Robert McGinnis

Posted on November 16, 2023November 13, 2024Categories finest kind, Hardboiled, original art, paperback, pulpTags beach, bikini, brett halliday, dame, dell paperback, florida fiction, mike shayne, original art, robert mcginnis, umbrella1 Comment on cover art by Robert McGinnis

September 1932 ~ cover art by L. Fried

September 1932

better image than previously posted

cover art by L. Fried

Posted on November 15, 2023November 13, 2023Categories magazine, true crimeTags Hardboiled, kidnap, l. fried, pat roche, pulp art, startling detective adventures, true crimeLeave a comment on September 1932 ~ cover art by L. Fried

July 1940 issue ~ cover art by John Drew

July 1940

cover art by John Drew

Posted on November 15, 2023Categories horror fiction, magazine, weird fictionTags charles boswell, coffin, francis james, john drew, mummy, richard huzarski, russell gray, terror tales magazine, w. wayne robbins, zombieLeave a comment on July 1940 issue ~ cover art by John Drew

May 1948 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

New Detective Magazine, May 1948
cover art by Rafael DeSoto

Posted on November 15, 2023November 13, 2023Categories Hardboiled, magazineTags bound, day keene, joel townsley rogers, new detective magazine, pulp art, rafael desoto, telephoneLeave a comment on May 1948 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

May-June 1954 issue

Avon Comic, May-June 1954 issue

cover art by Everett Raymond Kinstler

Posted on November 15, 2023November 13, 2023Categories crime comic, HardboiledTags avon comic, crime comic, dame, everett raymond kinstler, moll, sensational police cases, tommygunLeave a comment on May-June 1954 issue

September 1947 issue

September 1947

better image than previously posted

Posted on November 15, 2023November 13, 2023Categories magazine, true crimeTags Hardboiled, pulp illustration, startling detective magazine, true crimeLeave a comment on September 1947 issue

May 1935 issue

May 1935

Posted on November 15, 2023November 13, 2023Categories adventure, mysteryTags h. bedford jones, rafael sabatini, rudyard kipling, thrills magazineLeave a comment on May 1935 issue

January 1938 issue

January 1938

Posted on November 14, 2023April 20, 2024Categories government agent, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags feds, g.t. fleming-roberts, Hardboiled, lawrence g. blochman, mardi gras, pulp art, thrilling detective magazineLeave a comment on January 1938 issue

August 1938 issue ~ cover art by Richard Lyon

August 1938

cover art by Richard Lyon

Posted on November 14, 2023May 5, 2025Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags crawford sullivan, dagger, flashlight, frederick c. painton, Hardboiled, mummy, pulp art, richard lyon, thrilling adventures magazine, tom curry, treasureLeave a comment on August 1938 issue ~ cover art by Richard Lyon

1944 French Canadian issue

Canadian issue, November 15, 1944

Posted on November 14, 2023November 13, 2023Categories canadian pulpTags agatha christie, arthur conan doyle, mounties, RCMP, rufus king, sherlock holmes, superintendent battleLeave a comment on 1944 French Canadian issue

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