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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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November 30, 1929 issue

November 30, 1929

cover art by Lejaren Hiller?

Posted on June 1, 2026May 14, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags bathtub, detective fiction weekly, flynn's, maxwell smithLeave a comment on November 30, 1929 issue

September 10, 1922 issue ~ cover art by Edgar Franklin Wittmack

September 10, 1922

cover art by Edgar Franklin Wittmack

Posted on May 19, 2026May 2, 2026Categories crime fiction, magazine, mystery, pulpTags bullet holes, maxwell smith, people's story magazineLeave a comment on September 10, 1922 issue ~ cover art by Edgar Franklin Wittmack

May 1933 issue

May 1933

Posted on May 7, 2026April 30, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags g. wayman jones, j. allan dunn, james w. poling, maxwell smith, perley poore sheehan, skull, thrilling detective magazineLeave a comment on May 1933 issue

August 1931 issue ~ cover art by Lyman Anderson

August 1931

cover art by Lyman Anderson

[cover updated 8/12/26]

Posted on July 27, 2024August 12, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags a. kinney griffith, amazing detective stories, claude rister, dame, edgar wallace, femme fatale, george allan moffatt, lyman anderson, maxwell smith, poisonLeave a comment on August 1931 issue ~ cover art by Lyman Anderson

June 1933 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

June 1933

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Posted on June 22, 2024May 14, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags anatole feldman, dagger, g. wayman jones, grandfather clock, john hopper, joseph ivers lawrence, maxwell smith, rafael desoto, thrilling detective magazineLeave a comment on June 1933 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

September 1932 issue

September 1932

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 3, 2024April 24, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, weird fictionTags donald bayne hobart, fireplace, hooded, maxwell smith, menace, thrilling detective magazineLeave a comment on September 1932 issue
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