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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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November 1939 issue

November 1939

Posted on June 13, 2024May 17, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, original art, pulpTags double-action detective magazine, laboratory, mad scientist, ray cummings, scalpel, stewart sterling, wilbur s. peacockLeave a comment on November 1939 issue

September 1940 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

September 1940

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Posted on May 11, 2024April 27, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags bound, detective tales magazine, edward s. williams, mad scientist, norbert davis, nurse, rafael desoto, scalpel, wilbur s. peacock, william r. coxLeave a comment on September 1940 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

June 1954 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

June 1954

cover art by Norman Saunders

April 1956 UK issue

[updated with UK cover 3/31/25]

Posted on April 11, 2024March 31, 2025Categories british pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags bank robbery, famous detective stories, marc millen, norman ober, norman saunders, vault, wilbur s. peacockLeave a comment on June 1954 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

cover art by William F. Soare

April 1939 issue

better image than previously posted

November 1940 issue

better image than previously posted

[updated 5/6/24]

Posted on February 7, 2024May 6, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, original art, pulpTags albert cecil perkins, conway clark, dagger, dugal macdougal, mat rand, mystery novels and short stories, undercover detective magazine, wilbur s. peacock, william f. soareLeave a comment on cover art by William F. Soare

August 1939 issue ~ cover art by J.W. Scott

August 1939

cover art by J.W. Scott

better image than previously posted

[image updated 4/27/24]

Posted on February 4, 2024April 27, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags detective yarns magazine, g.t. fleming-roberts, garter, h.m. appel, j.w. scott, john cotton, leo hoban, mat rand, stockings, wilbur s. peacock, wyatt blassingameLeave a comment on August 1939 issue ~ cover art by J.W. Scott
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