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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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Tag: best detective magazine

January 1933 issue

January 1933

cover art by Sidney Riesenberg?

Posted on November 11, 2025November 2, 2025Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags ace of spades, adele luehrmann, best detective magazine, dagger, grim reaper, john baer, kenneth duane whipple, oscar schisgall, scythe, sidney riesenberg, skeletonLeave a comment on January 1933 issue

June 1931 issue ~ cover art by John A. Coughlin

June 1931

cover art by John A. Coughlin

Posted on September 16, 2024September 10, 2024Categories crime fiction, magazine, mystery, pulpTags adele luehrmann, best detective magazine, carl clausen, charlotte dockstader, hugh kahler, john a. coughlinLeave a comment on June 1931 issue ~ cover art by John A. Coughlin

December 1947 issue

December 1947 issue

the only issue published

Posted on April 10, 2024February 23, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags best detective magazine, dame, moll, woman with a gunLeave a comment on December 1947 issue

cover art by John Drew

cover art by John Drew

February 1932 issue

[updated 5/6/24]

Posted on February 28, 2024May 6, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, original art, pulpTags best detective magazine, dame, femme fatale, john drew, skull, woman with a gunLeave a comment on cover art by John Drew
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