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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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Dodd x 2

cover art by Howell Dodd

January 1954 issue

art repurposed for

1959 Beacon paperback original

Posted on November 10, 2025November 2, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, paperback, pulp, true crimeTags beacon paperback, howell dodd, lewis lester, women in crimeLeave a comment on Dodd x 2

1952 Falcon digest – cover art by Howell Dodd

cover art by Howell Dodd

1952 Falcon digest

Posted on October 8, 2025September 25, 2025Categories digest, Hardboiled, original art, pulpTags bryce walton, dame, falcon digest, femme fatale, fire escape, howell doddLeave a comment on 1952 Falcon digest – cover art by Howell Dodd

June 1952 issue ~ cover art by Howell Dodd

cover art by Howell Dodd

June 1952 issue

cover art repurposed for 1959 Bedtime Books paperback original

Posted on September 15, 2025August 27, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, original art, paperback, pulp, spicy, true crimeTags all true fact crime cases, bedtime books, dame, dressing table, femme fatale, howell dodd, joe weiss, lurid, mirror, ralph dean, sleaze, woman with a gunLeave a comment on June 1952 issue ~ cover art by Howell Dodd

November 1951 issue

November 1951

cover art by Howell Dodd?

Posted on May 5, 2025April 14, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags howell dodd, true crime casesLeave a comment on November 1951 issue

March 1953 issue ~ cover art by Howell Dodd

March 1953

cover art by Howell Dodd

[updated 9/16/25]

Posted on May 3, 2025September 16, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crime, updatedTags dame, howell dodd, smoking, women in crime, women in prisonLeave a comment on March 1953 issue ~ cover art by Howell Dodd

cover art by Howell Dodd

Howell Dodd (American, 1910-2005)
Captive, probable True Crime magazine cover
gouache on board, 18 x 13 in. (sight)
Not signed

May 1950 issue

Posted on April 16, 2025March 15, 2025Categories finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, original art, pulp, true crimeTags bound, howell dodd, smash detective casesLeave a comment on cover art by Howell Dodd

Howell Dodd x 2

October 1951

cover art by Howell Dodd

better image than previously posted

cover art reworked for 1958 Beacon paperback original

Posted on April 16, 2025March 15, 2025Categories Hardboiled, paperback, pulp, spicy, true crimeTags beacon paperback, howell dodd, john b. thompson, line-up detectiveLeave a comment on Howell Dodd x 2

1952 Crime Annual ~ cover art by Howell Dodd

1952 Crime Annual

cover art by Howell Dodd

Posted on March 12, 2025February 22, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags bound, crime annual, howell doddLeave a comment on 1952 Crime Annual ~ cover art by Howell Dodd

February 1952 issue ~ cover art by Howell Dodd

February 1952

cover art by Howell Dodd

better image than previously posted

Posted on February 19, 2025February 4, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicy, true crimeTags all true fact crime cases, cigarette holder, dame, howell dodd, moll, shoulder holster, smokingLeave a comment on February 1952 issue ~ cover art by Howell Dodd

February 1952 issue ~ cover art by Howell Dodd

February 1952

cover art by Howell Dodd

Posted on February 9, 2025January 28, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags dame, howell dodd, moll, special detective magazine, tommygunLeave a comment on February 1952 issue ~ cover art by Howell Dodd

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