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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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Spring 1934 issue ~ cover art by Fred Good

Spring 1934

cover art by Fred Good

Posted on November 27, 2024June 2, 2025Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags complete underworld novelettes, dame, fred good, moll, nelson robins, smoking, westmoreland gray, william mahoneyLeave a comment on Spring 1934 issue ~ cover art by Fred Good

cover art by Howell Dodd

Tempera on paper laid on board, 17 x 12.75 in. (sight)
Not signed

PROVENANCE: The artist, Connecticut.

Lay Down and Die! by Mark Reed, Falcon #26, 1952.

better image than previously posted

Posted on November 26, 2024November 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, digest, Hardboiled, original art, pulpTags dame, falcon digest, howell dodd, mark reed, moll, smoking, telephone, tempera on boardLeave a comment on cover art by Howell Dodd

July 2, 1938 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

July 2, 1938

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Posted on November 24, 2024November 12, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags detective fiction weekly, flynn's, judson p. philips, rudolph belarski, smoking, tommygun, top hat, tuxLeave a comment on July 2, 1938 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Sherlock

Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes

Posted on November 22, 2024November 12, 2024Categories mysteryTags basil rathbone, sherlock holmes, smoking, tuxLeave a comment on Sherlock

January 1938 issue

January 1938 issue

I have searched for years and still cannot name the cover artist

Posted on November 12, 2024October 19, 2024Categories finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags dame, femme fatale, real detective magazine, smokingLeave a comment on January 1938 issue

1957 Gold Medal paperback or ~ cover art by Barye Phillips

September 1957 Gold Medal paperback original

cover art by Barye Phillips

Posted on November 12, 2024October 19, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags barye phillips, dame, femme fatale, gold medal paperback, james o. causey, smokingLeave a comment on 1957 Gold Medal paperback or ~ cover art by Barye Phillips

Lana Turner, 1946

Lana Turner, 1946, promotional shot [detail] for The Postman Always Rings Twice

Posted on November 12, 2024October 19, 2024Categories film noir, HardboiledTags dame, james m. cain, lana turner, postman always rings twice, smokingLeave a comment on Lana Turner, 1946

December 1956 issue

December 1956

Posted on November 12, 2024December 4, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crime, updatedTags dame, femme fatale, pulp illustration, smoking, true crime exposeLeave a comment on December 1956 issue

1951 Avon

1951 Avon

exploitative lingerie photo cover of Canadian ice skating star Marty Collins

Posted on November 9, 2024October 19, 2024Categories crime comic, Hardboiled, pulp, true crimeTags avon comic, dame, marty collins, reform school girl, smokingLeave a comment on 1951 Avon

cover art by Robert McGinnis

1959 Crest paperback reissue

cover art by Robert McGinnis

better image than previously posted

1958 Mystery House hardcover, 1st ed.

[post updated 4/24/25]

Posted on November 9, 2024April 24, 2025Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, hardcover, paperback, pulp, updatedTags cigarette girl, crest paperback, finest kind, gil brewer, mystery house hardcover, robert mcginnis, smokingLeave a comment on cover art by Robert McGinnis

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