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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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October 1956 issue

October 1956

Posted on April 6, 2024February 23, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags dame, femme fatale, pulp illustration, smoking, true mystery expose, woman with a gunLeave a comment on October 1956 issue

November 1942 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

November 1942

cover art by H.J. Ward

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 1, 2024January 18, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, espionage fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, war fictionTags assassin, dagger, dame, femme fatale, finest kind, justin case, mata hari, nazi fiction, spicy-adventure stories, WWII fictionLeave a comment on November 1942 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

1965 lobby card

1965 lobby card, approximately 11″x14″

Posted on April 1, 2024January 18, 2024Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, pulpTags crime movie, dame, femme fatale, garter, heist, lingerie, margaret whiting, movie poster, nigel patrick, stockings, vaultLeave a comment on 1965 lobby card

cover art by Harry Barton


gouache on board, 20 x 15 in. (image)
Signed lower right

The Quaking Widow by Robert Colby, Ace Double paperback, 1956.

Posted on April 1, 2024January 18, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, original art, paperbackTags ace double paperback, dame, femme fatale, harry barton, original art, robert colby, treasure, woman with a gunLeave a comment on cover art by Harry Barton

July 1947 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

July 1947

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Posted on March 31, 2024May 9, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags dame, femme fatale, moll, phantom detective magazine, robert wallace, rudolph belarski, safe crack, woman with a gun, yeggLeave a comment on July 1947 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

May 1949 issue

May 1949

better image than previously posted

Posted on March 31, 2024January 9, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags dame, femme fatale, inside detective magazine, pulp illustrationLeave a comment on May 1949 issue

April 1946 issue ~ cover art by Ernest Chiriacka

April 1946

cover art by Ernest Chiriacka

Posted on March 30, 2024January 11, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags 10-story detective magazine, dame, ernest chiriacka, femme fatale, glenn low, lipstick, tuxLeave a comment on April 1946 issue ~ cover art by Ernest Chiriacka

1949 Columbia

1949 Columbia, one sheet 27×41″

Posted on March 26, 2024January 2, 2024Categories crime fiction, film noir, HardboiledTags cigarette holder, dagger, dame, femme fatale, florence knox, humphrey bogart, movie poster, sessue hayakawaLeave a comment on 1949 Columbia

May 1927 debut issue

May 1927

Posted on March 20, 2024June 29, 2024Categories crime fiction, gangster, magazine, mystery, pulpTags dame, donn byrne, edwin balmer, frank o'brien, henry leverage, j.s. fletcher, john d. swain, louis joseph vance, moll, underworld magazineLeave a comment on May 1927 debut issue

March 1948 issue ~ cover art by Michael McCann

better image than previously posted

Posted on March 18, 2024January 3, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags dame, detective world magazine, michael mccannLeave a comment on March 1948 issue ~ cover art by Michael McCann

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