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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 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

August 1941 issue

August 1941

Posted on August 4, 2025July 13, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags pulp illustration, real detective magazine, woman with a gunLeave a comment on August 1941 issue

January 1943 issue

January 1943

Posted on July 22, 2025July 13, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags dynamic detective magazine, pulp illustrationLeave a comment on January 1943 issue

October 1943 issue

October 1943

better image than previously posted

Posted on July 22, 2025July 13, 2025Categories true crimeTags pulp illustration, smoking, startling detective magazine, top hat, tuxLeave a comment on October 1943 issue

January 1944 issue

January 1934

Posted on July 13, 2025June 8, 2025Categories magazine, true crimeTags pulp illustration, startling detective magazine, woman with a gunLeave a comment on January 1944 issue

British Penguin edition

July 18, 2014

Posted on July 10, 2025June 7, 2025Categories british pulp, Hardboiled, paperback, spicyTags dagger, dashiell hammett, lurid, pulp illustration, the dain curseLeave a comment on British Penguin edition

July 1950 issue

July 1950

cover by Pagano

Posted on July 10, 2025June 7, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags dame, femme fatale, inside detective magazine, pulp illustrationLeave a comment on July 1950 issue

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