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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 1938 issue

March 1938

better image than previously posted

Posted on December 5, 2025November 22, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, horror fiction, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags arthur j. burks, bat, dagger, g.t. fleming-roberts, richard b. sale, thrilling mystery magazine, trap doorLeave a comment on March 1938 issue

Winter 1952-53 issue ~ cover art by Allen Anderson

Winter 1952-53

cover art by Allen Anderson

better image than previously posted

Posted on October 31, 2024September 25, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, horror fiction, magazine, mystery, pulpTags allen anderson, bat, crypt, detective book magazine, graveyard, john dickson carr, skeletonLeave a comment on Winter 1952-53 issue ~ cover art by Allen Anderson

1944 Avon digest

1943 Doubleday hardcover

1944 Avon digest, first softcover edition

better image than previously posted

Posted on October 31, 2024October 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, digest, Hardboiled, pulpTags avon digest, bat, cornell woolrich, full moon, gallows, murder mystery monthlyLeave a comment on 1944 Avon digest

September 11, 1937 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

September 11, 1937

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Posted on September 11, 2024September 9, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags bat, cleve f. adams, cornell woolrich, detective fiction weekly, eric taylor, flynn's, johnston mcculley, lawrence treat, rudolph belarskiLeave a comment on September 11, 1937 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

December 1935 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

December 1935

cover art by Delos Palmer

[cover updated 6/1/25]

Posted on July 19, 2024June 1, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags bat, carl mckinnon saunders, delos palmer, frederick c. davis, paul chadwick, pitchfork, skull, ten detective aces magazineLeave a comment on December 1935 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

November 1932 issue

November 1932

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 30, 2024August 27, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags allan k. echols, arthur j. burks, bat, thrilling detective magazineLeave a comment on November 1932 issue
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