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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 1950 issue

October 1950

Posted on April 27, 2024April 22, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags complete detective cases, dame, femme fatale, smoking, woman with a gunLeave a comment on October 1950 issue

December 1951 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

December 1951

cover art by George Gross

better image than previously posted

Posted on April 26, 2024April 22, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicy, true crimeTags all true fact crime cases, blackmail, femme fatale, george gross, smokingLeave a comment on December 1951 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

July 1935 issue

July 1935

cover art attributed to H.J. Ward

Posted on April 25, 2024April 23, 2024Categories magazine, pulp, spicyTags dame, lurid, risque, sizzling romances, smokingLeave a comment on July 1935 issue

November 1944 issue ~ cover art Joseph Szokoli

November 1944

cover art Joseph Szokoli, based on H.J. Ward

better image than previously posted

[post updated 4/20/24]

Posted on April 24, 2024April 22, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags fedora, heist, joseph szokoli, private detective stories, roger torrey, smokingLeave a comment on November 1944 issue ~ cover art Joseph Szokoli

cover art by Robert Abbett

cover art by Robert Abbett

1946 Farrar Strauss hardcover

November 1960 Signet paperback, third printing

the first novel by these cousins, a stand-alone murder mystery

Posted on April 13, 2024February 23, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, original art, paperback, pulpTags dame, original art, robert abbett, showgirl, signet paperback, smoking, stripper, wade millerLeave a comment on cover art by Robert Abbett

October 1956 issue

October 1956

Posted on April 6, 2024February 23, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags dame, femme fatale, pulp illustration, smoking, true mystery expose, woman with a gunLeave a comment on October 1956 issue

October 1930 issue ~ cover art by Arnold Lorne Hicks

October 1930

cover art by Arnold Lorne Hicks

Hersey swastika: “The Symbol of Good Reading – A Hersey Magazine”

Posted on March 17, 2024January 3, 2024Categories gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags arnold lorne hicks, cigarette girl, detective dragnet magazine, eugene a. clancy, jack compton, james w poling, joe archibald, night club, smoking, tuxLeave a comment on October 1930 issue ~ cover art by Arnold Lorne Hicks

1951 issue #1 – cover art by Louis Zansky

1951 issue #1

cover art by Louis Zansky

Posted on March 15, 2024March 13, 2024Categories digest, Hardboiled, pulp, spicy, true crimeTags dame, femme fatale, lurid, realistic comic, smokingLeave a comment on 1951 issue #1 – cover art by Louis Zansky

cover art by Lou Marchetti

Gouache on board, 22.5 x 10.5 in.
Not signed
Robert Schlick, Tonight It’s Me, Pyramid Books #G-248, 1957

Posted on March 14, 2024March 13, 2024Categories Hardboiled, original art, paperback, pulpTags dame, gouache on board, lou marchetti, lurid, pyramid paperback, smokingLeave a comment on cover art by Lou Marchetti

December 1940 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

December 1940

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

Posted on March 13, 2024January 2, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags j. lane linklater, norman saunders, philip ketchum, smoking, ten detective aces magazine, venetian blindsLeave a comment on December 1940 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

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