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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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June 15, 1938 issue

June 15, 1938

Posted on December 10, 2023December 6, 2023Categories action fiction, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mysteryTags maxwell grant, pulp art, the shadow magazine, walter b. gibsonLeave a comment on June 15, 1938 issue

March 1940 issue

March 1940

Posted on December 10, 2023December 6, 2023Categories Hardboiled, horror fiction, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags charles boswell, donald dale, laboratory, mad scientist, mermaid, russell gray, terror tales magazine, wayne robbinsLeave a comment on March 1940 issue

May 28 1932 issue ~ cover art by John A. Coughlin

May 28 1932

cover art by John A. Coughlin

better image than previously posted

Posted on December 9, 2023December 6, 2023Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags detective story magazine, john a. coughlin, mel watt, pulp artLeave a comment on May 28 1932 issue ~ cover art by John A. Coughlin

April 1935 issue

April 1935

Posted on December 9, 2023December 6, 2023Categories adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags hugh b. cave, mystery adventures magazine, octavus roy cohen, richard b. saleLeave a comment on April 1935 issue

1957 Signet paperback original

pseudonym of Lee Borden

1957 Signet paperback original

cover art uncredited but looks like James Meese?

Posted on December 9, 2023December 8, 2023Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags borden deal, handcuffs, signet paperbackLeave a comment on 1957 Signet paperback original

March 1942 issue

March 1942

Posted on December 9, 2023December 6, 2023Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags featured detective crime cases, pulp illustration, true crimeLeave a comment on March 1942 issue

November 1938 issue ~ cover art by Emery Clarke

November 1938

cover art by Emery Clarke

better image than previously posted

[image updated 4/15/24]

Posted on December 9, 2023April 15, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags bound, doc savage, emery clarke, finest kind, pulp art, sacrifice, swordLeave a comment on November 1938 issue ~ cover art by Emery Clarke

April 1936 issue

April 1936

cover art by Delos Palmer?

better image than previously posted

Posted on December 9, 2023December 6, 2023Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags bremerton, dagger, daring detective magazine, femme fatale, pulp artLeave a comment on April 1936 issue

Winter 1948 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Winter 1948

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Posted on December 9, 2023May 12, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags mystery book magazine, police procedural, q. patrick, rudolph belarski, tux, will ourslerLeave a comment on Winter 1948 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

April 1941 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

April 1941

cover art by H.J. Ward

Posted on December 9, 2023April 20, 2026Categories adventure, fantasy, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicyTags bound, h.j. ward, hunchback, laboratory, mad scientist, robert leslie bellem, science fiction, spicy-adventure storiesLeave a comment on April 1941 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

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