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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: pulp illustration

June 1949 issue

June 1949

Posted on September 1, 2025August 16, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags front page detective, poison, pulp illustrationLeave a comment on June 1949 issue

November 1943 issue

November 1943

Posted on August 31, 2025August 8, 2025Categories Hardboiled, true crimeTags dame, pulp illustration, startling detective magazineLeave a comment on November 1943 issue

September 1955 issue

September 1955

Posted on August 28, 2025August 8, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags dame, front page detective, pulp illustrationLeave a comment on September 1955 issue

February 1942 issue

February 1942

better image than previously posted

Posted on August 28, 2025August 8, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags pulp illustration, real detective magazineLeave a comment on February 1942 issue

April 1937 issue

April 1937

Posted on August 26, 2025August 8, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags dagger, pulp illustration, true detective mysteriesLeave a comment on April 1937 issue

January 1944 issue

January 1944

November 12, 2013

Posted on August 13, 2025July 13, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags complete detective cases, dame, pulp illustration, smoking, wanted posterLeave a comment on January 1944 issue

June 1952 issue

June 1952

Posted on August 6, 2025July 13, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags dame, famous police cases, femme fatale, pulp illustrationLeave a comment on June 1952 issue

June 1944 issue ~ cover by Pagano

June 1944

cover by Pagano

Posted on August 6, 2025July 13, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags inside detective magazine, pagano, pulp illustrationLeave a comment on June 1944 issue ~ cover by Pagano

November 1949 issue

November 1949

Posted on August 4, 2025July 13, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags famous police cases, pulp illustration, woman with a gunLeave a comment on November 1949 issue

1965 Penguin reissue


1958 Cassell hardcover, this the later Penguin softcover

his first novel, first with Col. Charles Russell of the Security Executive

November 08, 2013

Posted on August 4, 2025July 13, 2025Categories espionage fiction, government agent, paperbackTags penguin paperback, pulp illustration, william haggard, woman with a gunLeave a comment on 1965 Penguin reissue

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