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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: smoking

The Follower x 2

1950 Simon & Schuster hardcover, this the later 1953 Dell paperback reissue

stand-alone mystery

cover art by George Geygan

better image than previously posted

1962 Four Square UK edition

Posted on June 15, 2025May 18, 2025Categories british pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, mystery, paperback, pulpTags dell paperback, four square paperback, patrick quentin, smokingLeave a comment on The Follower x 2

1951 Avon reissue

5th in the Lord Peter Wimsey series, originally published in 1930 – this a later reissue and, certainly, ‘pulped up’ and made to appear much more hardboiled. It is also the novel in which Lord Peter first meets the love of his life, mystery writer Harriet Vane

October 09, 2013

Posted on May 30, 2025May 10, 2025Categories mystery, paperback, pulp, whodunnitTags avon paperback, dorothy l. sayers, harriet vane, lord peter wimsey, smokingLeave a comment on 1951 Avon reissue

May 1943 issue

May 1943

Posted on May 21, 2025May 10, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags front page detective, pulp illustration, smokingLeave a comment on May 1943 issue

July 1935 issue

July 1935

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 21, 2025May 10, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags confidential detective cases, dame, pulp illustration, smokingLeave a comment on July 1935 issue

October 1952 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

October 1952

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 18, 2025May 10, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, original art, pulpTags bank heist, new detective magazine, norman saunders, richard deming, smoking, vaultLeave a comment on October 1952 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

April 1942 issue

April 1942

Posted on May 10, 2025May 8, 2025Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, pulp, true crimeTags fingerprints, smoking, true gangster storiesLeave a comment on April 1942 issue

January 1947 issue

January 1947

Posted on May 9, 2025April 14, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags current detective magazine, dame, pulp illustration, smokingLeave a comment on January 1947 issue

March 1957 issue

March 1957

Posted on May 9, 2025April 14, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags amazing detective cases, dame, pulp illustration, smokingLeave a comment on March 1957 issue

February 1953 issue

February 1953

Posted on May 9, 2025April 14, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags dame, front page detective, pulp illustration, smokingLeave a comment on February 1953 issue

November 1949 issue

November 1949

cover art by Michael McCann?

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 9, 2025April 14, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags blackmailers don't shoot, dame, detective world magazine, michael mccann, smokingLeave a comment on November 1949 issue

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