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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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October 1960 issue ~ cover art by Barye Phillips

Format ImagePosted on March 12, 2024January 3, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, men's magazine, pulpTags barye phillips, cavalier magazine, private eye, richard s. prather, shell scott, showgirlLeave a comment on October 1960 issue ~ cover art by Barye Phillips

cover art by Harry Barton


Oil on board, 20-1/2 x 14 inches
(52.1 x 35.6 cm) (sight)
Signed lower left

The Deadly Combo by John Farr (Ace, 1958)

Posted on March 3, 2024February 23, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, original art, paperbackTags ace double paperback, blackmail, harry barton, john farr, original art, showgirlLeave a comment on cover art by Harry Barton

August 1944 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

August 1944

cover art by H.J. Ward

[image updated 1/6/24]

better image than previously posted

Posted on March 2, 2024January 6, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags h.j. ward, hollywood detective magazine, robert leslie bellem, showgirlLeave a comment on August 1944 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

cover art by Mort Engel

gouache on illustration board, 11″ by 17″

1963 Avon paperback original

Posted on February 27, 2024December 31, 2023Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, original art, paperbackTags henry kane, hooker, mort engel, original art, peter chambers, private eye, showgirl, tommygunLeave a comment on cover art by Mort Engel

cover art by Will Hulsey

oil on illustration board, 20″ by 27 1/2″

Guilty Detective Story Magazine, November 14, 1956

Posted on February 19, 2024January 1, 2024Categories crime fiction, digest, Hardboiled, original art, pulpTags bob mcknight, guilty detective story magazine, jay flynn, jim ferguson, original art, showgirl, will hulsey, woman with a gunLeave a comment on cover art by Will Hulsey

November 1936 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

cover art by Norman Saunders

[image updated 2/28/25, 10/28/25]

Posted on December 10, 2023October 28, 2025Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, spicy, updatedTags dagger, finest kind, hollywood, lars anderson, mirror, nelson kent, saucy movie tales, showgirl, thompson toddLeave a comment on November 1936 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

February 1950 issue

February 1950

cover art by Joseph Szokoli

Posted on November 19, 2023November 17, 2023Categories crime comic, Hardboiled, magazineTags andrew j. collins, dan turner, hollywood detective magazine, joseph szokoli, private eye, robert leslie bellem, showgirlLeave a comment on February 1950 issue

June 1951 issue

Format ImagePosted on November 16, 2023November 16, 2023Categories magazine, true crimeTags official detective stories, pulp illustration, showgirl, true crimeLeave a comment on June 1951 issue

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