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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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February 1939 issue

February 1939

better image than previously posted

Posted on October 29, 2024October 19, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags detective novels magazine, e. hoffmann price, norman a. daniels, woman with a gunLeave a comment on February 1939 issue

August 1952 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

August 1952

cover art by Norman Saunders

Posted on October 24, 2024October 19, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags bruce cassiday, detective tales magazine, laboratory, norman saunders, woman with a gunLeave a comment on August 1952 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

cover art by Earle K. Bergey

cover art by Earle K. Bergey: oil on canvas, 29 x 22 in., signed lower left

June 1941 issue

Posted on October 23, 2024October 19, 2024Categories magazine, original art, pulp, true crimeTags earle k. bergey, featured detective crime cases, handcuffs, woman with a gunLeave a comment on cover art by Earle K. Bergey

November 1937 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

November 1937

cover art by Delos Palmer

better image than previously posted

Posted on October 21, 2024October 19, 2024Categories crime fiction, government agent, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags arthur leo zagat, delos palmer, federal agent magazine, franklin h. martin, robert c. blackmon, woman with a gunLeave a comment on November 1937 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer

September 10, 1933 issue ~ cover art by John A. Coughlin

September 10, 1933

cover art by John A. Coughlin

Posted on October 21, 2024October 19, 2024Categories crime fiction, magazine, mystery, pulpTags christopher b. booth, detective story magazine, herman landon, john a. coughlin, leslie t. white, mirror, woman with a gunLeave a comment on September 10, 1933 issue ~ cover art by John A. Coughlin

cover art by Rudy Nappi

Man-Killer by Talmage Powell, Ace Double, 1960
Watercolor and gouache on board
14.875 x 12.375 in. (sight)
Signed lower right

better image than previously posted

Posted on October 15, 2024October 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags ace paperback, dame, femme fatale, rudy nappi, talmage powell, woman with a gunLeave a comment on cover art by Rudy Nappi

August 1955 Signet paperback

August 1955 Signet paperback original, first printing

cover art by Robert Maguire

better image than previously posted

Posted on October 14, 2024October 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags charlie wells, dame, femme fatale, robert maguire, signet paperback, woman with a gunLeave a comment on August 1955 Signet paperback

June 1938 issue

June 1938

better image than previously posted

Posted on October 14, 2024October 3, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags real detective magazine, woman with a gunLeave a comment on June 1938 issue

Femme Fatale x 2

September 1949 issue

cover art attributed to Milton Luros

better images than previously posted

cover art repurposed for January 1957 Crime and Justice issue

Posted on October 14, 2024October 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags crack detective stories, crime and justice magazine, dame, femme fatale, handcuffs, smoking, woman with a gunLeave a comment on Femme Fatale x 2

December 13, 1941 issue

December 13, 1941

Posted on October 14, 2024October 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags detective fiction weekly, flynn's, gloria franklin, woman with a gunLeave a comment on December 13, 1941 issue

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