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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: femme fatale

January 1938 ~ premiere issue

January 1938

image updated 12/9/23

Posted on November 18, 2023December 9, 2023Categories magazine, pulpTags anthony gibbs, clifford dowdey, dame, earle buell, evening wear, femme fatale, glamorous love magazine, jacland marmur, moll, pulp art, tux, woman with a gunLeave a comment on January 1938 ~ premiere issue

No. 4, 1939 issue ~ cover art by Oscar Greiner

No. 4, May 1939

cover art by Oscar Greiner

[updated 1/3/26]

Posted on November 18, 2023January 3, 2026Categories magazine, pulp, spicyTags cigarette holder, dame, evening wear, femme fatale, finest kind, gay life stories, oscar greiner, peppy tales magazine, pulp artLeave a comment on No. 4, 1939 issue ~ cover art by Oscar Greiner

June 1, 1939 issue ~ cover art by Graves Gladney

June 1, 1939

cover art by Graves Gladney

better image than previously posted

Posted on November 17, 2023November 15, 2023Categories Hardboiled, magazineTags dame, femme fatale, graves gladney, lugar, pulp art, the shadow magazine, woman with a gunLeave a comment on June 1, 1939 issue ~ cover art by Graves Gladney

November 1951 issue

November 1951

cover art attributed to Albert Drake

better image than previously posted

Posted on November 14, 2023April 29, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazineTags cemetery, dagger, daniel r. gilgannon, famous detective stories, femme fatale, graveyard, Hardboiled, james maccreigh, pulp art, radio, spyLeave a comment on November 1951 issue

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