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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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July 1954 issue

July 1954

Posted on October 29, 2024October 19, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags dame, pulp illustration, reward true crime cases, woman with a gunLeave a comment on July 1954 issue

cover art by Fred Rodewald

cover art by Fred Rodewald, gouache on board. 17 x 13 in, signed under her elbow

July 1949 issue

Posted on October 28, 2024October 19, 2024Categories finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags dame, femme fatale, fred rodewald, true crime cases magazine, women in prisonLeave a comment on cover art by Fred Rodewald

March 1949 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

March 1949

cover art by George Gross

Posted on October 28, 2024October 19, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicy, true crimeTags dame, femme fatale, geoge gross, women in crime, women in prisonLeave a comment on March 1949 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

cover art by Howell Dodd

Gouache on board, 13.25 x 13.5 in. (sight)
Not signed

paperback cover of Free and Easy by Luther Gordon, Ecstasy, 1951.

Posted on October 27, 2024October 19, 2024Categories original art, paperback, pulp, spicyTags dame, ecstasy novel magazine, howell dodd, lurid, luther gordon, sleazy, smokingLeave a comment on cover art by Howell Dodd

1951 Popular Library reissue

published in 1948 by Macmillan, this a later 1951 Popular Library reissue

Posted on October 26, 2024October 19, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags cigarette girl, dame, femme fatale, octavus roy cohen, popular library, veilLeave a comment on 1951 Popular Library reissue

February 1951 issue

February 1951

Posted on October 24, 2024October 19, 2024Categories magazine, true crimeTags dame, pulp illustration, real detective magazineLeave a comment on February 1951 issue

July 1950 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

July 1950

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Posted on October 19, 2024October 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags blood trail, dame, femme fatale, philip ketchum, popular detective magazine, rudolph belarski, stewart sterling, tommygunLeave a comment on July 1950 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

1973 American International

1973 poster

Posted on October 19, 2024October 3, 2024Categories gangster, Hardboiled, pulp, true crimeTags ben johnson, cloris leachman, dame, femme fatale, harry dean stanton, john dillinger, john milius, movie poster, tommygun, warren oatesLeave a comment on 1973 American International

cover art by Rudy Nappi

Man-Killer by Talmage Powell, Ace Double, 1960
Watercolor and gouache on board
14.875 x 12.375 in. (sight)
Signed lower right

better image than previously posted

Posted on October 15, 2024October 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags ace paperback, dame, femme fatale, rudy nappi, talmage powell, woman with a gunLeave a comment on cover art by Rudy Nappi

August 1955 Signet paperback

August 1955 Signet paperback original, first printing

cover art by Robert Maguire

better image than previously posted

[cover updated 4/3/26]

Posted on October 14, 2024April 3, 2026Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, paperback, pulp, updatedTags charlie wells, dame, femme fatale, robert maguire, signet paperback, woman with a gunLeave a comment on August 1955 Signet paperback

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