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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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October 1960 issue ~ cover art by Barye Phillips

Format ImagePosted on March 12, 2024January 3, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, men's magazine, pulpTags barye phillips, cavalier magazine, private eye, richard s. prather, shell scott, showgirlLeave a comment on October 1960 issue ~ cover art by Barye Phillips

October 1944 issue

Format ImagePosted on March 10, 2024January 3, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags pulp illustration, smash-fact detective magazineLeave a comment on October 1944 issue

October 1949 issue

Format ImagePosted on March 3, 2024April 2, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags ace of spades, dame, femme fatale, pulp illustration, uncensored detective magazine, woman with a gunLeave a comment on October 1949 issue

August 1942 issue ~ cover art by John A. Coughlin

Format ImagePosted on February 27, 2024January 2, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags crime detective magazine, john a. coughlin, telephoneLeave a comment on August 1942 issue ~ cover art by John A. Coughlin

October 1943 issue

Format ImagePosted on February 26, 2024January 2, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, true crimeTags complete detective cases, daggerLeave a comment on October 1943 issue

1953 UK quad poster

Format ImagePosted on February 25, 2024January 2, 2024Categories film noir, HardboiledTags film noir, frank nugent, jean simmons, movie poster, oscar millard, otto preminger, robert mitchumLeave a comment on 1953 UK quad poster

April 15, 1923 issue ~ cover art by Hap Hadley

Format ImagePosted on February 23, 2024January 2, 2024Categories magazine, mystery, pulpTags bound, charles fulton oursler, detective fiction, hap hadley, mystery magazineLeave a comment on April 15, 1923 issue ~ cover art by Hap Hadley

September 1942 issue

Format ImagePosted on February 23, 2024April 4, 2024Categories magazine, true crimeTags pulp illustration, special detective cases, women in prisonLeave a comment on September 1942 issue

1943 Avon digest

Format ImagePosted on February 21, 2024December 27, 2023Categories digest, espionage fiction, mystery, pulpTags avon digest, murder mystery monthly, peter cheyney, spy fictionLeave a comment on 1943 Avon digest

April 1937 issue

Format ImagePosted on January 21, 2024December 21, 2023Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, mystery, pulpTags bill stiles, cliff campbell, double-action gang magazine, henry lacossitt, james gang, moll, will f. jenkins, woman with a gunLeave a comment on April 1937 issue

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