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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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August 1937 issue ~ cover art by A.R. McCowen

August 1937

cover art by A.R. McCowen

Posted on September 17, 2025August 27, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags a.r. mccowen, dagger, true detective mysteriesLeave a comment on August 1937 issue ~ cover art by A.R. McCowen

November 1934 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

cover art by Delos Palmer

November 1934

better image than previously posted

Posted on September 17, 2025August 27, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, original art, pulpTags anthony field, coulrophobia, delos palmer, f.h. martin, killer clown, snake, turban, two-book detective magazineLeave a comment on November 1934 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

December 1934 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

December 1934

cover art by Delos Palmer

Posted on September 17, 2025August 27, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, original art, pulp, true crimeTags delos palmer, lindbergh kidnapping, real detective magazineLeave a comment on December 1934 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

May 1952 issue

May 1952

Posted on September 17, 2025August 27, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags crime detective magazine, dame, pulp illustration, smokingLeave a comment on May 1952 issue

July 1939 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

July 1939

cover art by Norman Saunders

Posted on September 17, 2025August 27, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags jewel theft, norman saunders, r.b.s. davis, russell bender, ten detective aces magazineLeave a comment on July 1939 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

January 1944 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

January 1944

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Posted on September 17, 2025August 27, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags dale clark, new detective magazine, rafael desoto, theodore roscoeLeave a comment on January 1944 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

August 1959 issue ~ cover art by Ray Houlihan

August 1959

cover art by Ray Houlihan

Posted on September 17, 2025August 27, 2025Categories digest, Hardboiled, mystery, pulpTags manhunt digest, neil boardman, ovid demaris, ray houlihanLeave a comment on August 1959 issue ~ cover art by Ray Houlihan

Blonde Ice x 2

Blonde Ice (1948)

directed by Jack Bernard

Posted on September 16, 2025August 27, 2025Categories film noir, movie posterTags dame, femme fatale, leslie brooks, woman with a gunLeave a comment on Blonde Ice x 2

McGinnis to Gasparri

1959 Gold Medal paperback original

cover art by Robert McGinnis

movie poster – The Girl Who Knew Too Much – Nov 1969

pulp illustration by Rodolfo Gasparri

Posted on September 16, 2025August 27, 2025Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, movie poster, original art, paperback, pulpTags day keene, gold medal paperback, italian pulp, robert mcginnis, rodolfo gasparriLeave a comment on McGinnis to Gasparri

1960 Ace Double paperback original

1960 Ace Double paperback original

Bloodline for Murder

In at the Kill

better images than previously posted

Posted on September 16, 2025August 27, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags ace double paperback, bound, dame, emmett mcdowell, stockings, woman with a gunLeave a comment on 1960 Ace Double paperback original

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