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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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Too late she realized I had taken her dare!

Off Beat Detective Stories, 1961

September 22, 2013

Posted on February 21, 2025February 4, 2025Categories digest, Hardboiled, pulpTags dagger, edward d. hoch, mirrorLeave a comment on Too late she realized I had taken her dare!

November 1941 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

Format ImagePosted on February 10, 2025January 28, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags dagger, delos palmer, headline detective magazine, mirrorLeave a comment on November 1941 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

April 1939 issue ~ cover art by Albert Fisher

April 1939

cover art by Albert Fisher

better image than previously posted

Posted on February 7, 2025January 28, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags albert fisher, dressing table, inside detective magazine, mirrorLeave a comment on April 1939 issue ~ cover art by Albert Fisher

April 1956 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

April 1956

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

Posted on February 6, 2025January 28, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags dagger, dressing table, famous detective stories, h.c. butler, hamilton craigie, mirror, norman saunders, showgirl, woman with a gunLeave a comment on April 1956 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

November 1936 issue ~ cover art by Art Nelson

November 1936

cover art by Art Nelson

better image (not by much) than previously posted

Posted on January 5, 2025December 14, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags bound, howard mclellan, maurice beam, mirror, noose, torture, william corcoran, william edward hayesLeave a comment on November 1936 issue ~ cover art by Art Nelson

August 1945 issue

August 1945

better image than previously posted

Posted on January 2, 2025December 14, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags bound, mirror, private eye stories, robert a. garronLeave a comment on August 1945 issue

February 1946 issue

February 1946

better image than previously posted

Posted on December 15, 2024December 2, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags curtiss t. gardner, m.d. orr, mirror, pearl necklace, popular detective magazine, wall safe, woman with a gunLeave a comment on February 1946 issue

cover art by Robert McGinnis

cover art by Robert McGinnis

June 1961 Crest paperback reissue, first printing

cover art by Robert McGinnis

better image than previously posted

Posted on November 26, 2024November 13, 2024Categories mystery, original art, paperback, pulp, whodunnitTags dressing table, mirror, ngaio marsh, original art, robert mcginnisLeave a comment on cover art by Robert McGinnis

cover art by Creig Flessel

Detective Comics #15, Signed by Joe Shuster & Jerry Siegel (DC, 1938) CGC Apparent VG- 3.5 Slight (C-1) Cream to off-white pages. The front cover interior has a full-page ad for Action Comics #1. Creig Flessel cover.

Posted on November 24, 2024November 12, 2024Categories crime comic, Hardboiled, pulpTags detective comics, greig flessel, jewel thief, mirror, pearl necklace, top hatLeave a comment on cover art by Creig Flessel

September 10, 1933 issue ~ cover art by John A. Coughlin

September 10, 1933

cover art by John A. Coughlin

Posted on October 21, 2024October 19, 2024Categories crime fiction, magazine, mystery, pulpTags christopher b. booth, detective story magazine, herman landon, john a. coughlin, leslie t. white, mirror, woman with a gunLeave a comment on September 10, 1933 issue ~ cover art by John A. Coughlin

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