This came out in 1963, proving that quarries have always been a place of danger and sin. I like this cover, despite the “boy without morals” and the “innocent girl” both appearing to be in their mid-to-late 30s. The cover captures a time and a place. It tells a story, even before you flip over to the first page.
This cover was done by Mort Engle.
This is from 1937. It certainly looks thrilling, doesn’t it?
by Hugh Joseph Ward
This is from 1938. People really liked monkeys in the 30s.
This cover was done by the prolific Hugh Joseph Ward, whose work has been featured on this site many times in the past and will be featured many times in the future.
Artist Unknown
Though the cover brings to mind Christmas, this issue is actually from November of 1936. I just don’t know if I would want two monkeys starting at me while I was getting dressed. One of them especially appears to be a little too amused.
When I first saw this, I assumed that Enoch Bolles was the cover artist but I can’t find any confirmation of that. For now, the artist of this cover is unknown.
by Alex Schomburg
This is from 1954. There’s nothing more awkward than an alien showing up right when you’re getting out of the shower. Don’t get me started.
This cover was done by Alex Schomburg, who has been featured on this site in the past and who will be featured many more times in the future.
This painting, from 1945, was done by Captain Orville Norman Fisher, who was actually present on that day, 77 years ago, when the Allied troops landed at Normandy. In honor of their sacrifice and their legacy, I’m proud to share that painting today.
This book, which was one of the many lesbian-themed paperbacks of the pulp era, was originally published in 1963. The cover is a photo. Unfortunately, the artist was unknown.
That is probably the worst possible way to try to deliver someone a gun. By the time the gun does arrive at the D.A.’s office, there’s going to be so many tags and fingerprints on it that it’s going to be worthless as evidence.
This issues from 1949. The cover was done by the prolific illustrator, Norman Saunders.
I guess we really got lucky!
This was originally published in 1962, when 1999 was 37 years away and many people probably thought it would be doomsday. Today, it’s been 22 years since doomsday and the world’s still here. This cover was done by Ed Valigursky, whose work has been featured on this site in the past and will be featured again in the future.
That’s one way to pay for college, I guess. The combination of the frat boy smoking a cigarette and that dangerously tight corset combine to make this cover a classic. The artist responsible was Tom Miller.
This book was originally published in 1961. Edwin West was a penname that was used, at the time, by the author Donald Westlake. Using the name Richard Stark, Westlake wrote a series of highly regarded crime novels about a ruthless crook named Parker.
Through the Shattered Lens 