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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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January 1957 issue

January 1957

Posted on July 3, 2024June 23, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, true crimeTags dame, femme fatale, police dragnet cases, pulp illustration, smokingLeave a comment on January 1957 issue

June 1946 issue

June 1946

Posted on June 30, 2024June 21, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags dame, detective world magazine, femme fatale, pulp illustration, racket, smokingLeave a comment on June 1946 issue

August 1950 issue

August 1950

better image than previously posted

Posted on June 30, 2024June 15, 2024Categories action fiction, crime fiction, government agent, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags bound, bruce cassiday, FBI detective stories, feds, fire escape, kidnap, richard deming, smoking, windowLeave a comment on August 1950 issue

October-November 1931 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

October-November 1931

cover art by Walter Baumhofer

better image than previously posted

Posted on June 29, 2024June 15, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags bouncer, c.b. yorke, smoking, speakeasy stories magazine, valentine van tyne, walter baumhoferLeave a comment on October-November 1931 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

April 21, 1934 issue

April 21, 1934

Posted on May 18, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags blood money, detective fiction, erle stanley gardner, flynn's, grim reaper, judson p. philips, mackinlay kantor, max brand, skeleton, smoking, tom roanLeave a comment on April 21, 1934 issue

August 25, 1934 issue ~ cover art by John A. Coughlin

August 25, 1934

cover art by John A. Coughlin

[cover updated 4/212/26]

Posted on May 17, 2024April 22, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags anthony rud, detective fiction weekly, flynn's, john a. coughlin, skeleton, smoking, tuxLeave a comment on August 25, 1934 issue ~ cover art by John A. Coughlin

May 1953 issue

May 1953

cover art by Willard Downes?

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 14, 2024May 13, 2024Categories crime fiction, digest, Hardboiled, mystery, pulpTags craig rice, ed mcbain, evan hunter, harold q. masur, james m. cain, john j. malone, lew archer, manhunt detective story monthly, private eye, ross macdonald, smoking, steve frazee, william p. mcgivern, woman with a gunLeave a comment on May 1953 issue

May 1952 issue

May 1952

Posted on May 12, 2024April 24, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicy, true crimeTags best true fact detective, dame, femme fatale, smokingLeave a comment on May 1952 issue

February 1938 issue

February 1938

Posted on May 10, 2024April 24, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags actual detective magazine, dame, femme fatale, smoking, stories of women in prisonLeave a comment on February 1938 issue

April 1951 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

April 1951

cover art by George Gross

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 10, 2024April 24, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags dame, george gross, gun moll, smoking, special detective magazine, women in prisonLeave a comment on April 1951 issue ~ cover art by George Gross

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