The Exciting Covers of Exciting Love


The magazine Exciting Love ran from 1941 to 1958 and it featured stories about lovelorn teenagers, loyal girlfriends waiting for their sweethearts to return from serving overseas, and married couples learning how to make it work.  If the magazine had been called Boring Love, it would not have lasted as long.

Below is a small sampling of the covers of Exciting Love.  I think almost all of these covers were done by Earle K. Bergey.  His signature is visible on a few of them and almost all of them seem to be done in his style.  The one exception is the the final cover.  That cover is from 1958 and, since Bergey died in 1952, we can be sure that he was not responsible for it.

1941

1941

1943

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1948

1948

1948

1949

1958

The Spicy Covers of Bedtime Stories


by Earle Bergey

From 1934 to 1939, Bedtime Stories featured spicy stories and risqué covers that were done by some of the best pin-up artist in the pulp industry.  Here is a sampling of just some of the playful covers of Bedtime Stories!

1933, by Enoch Bolles

1934, by Enoch Bolles

1934, by Enoch Bolles

1935, by Earle Bergey

1935, by Earle Bergey

1935, by Hugh Joseph Ward

1936, by Hugh Joseph Ward

1937, by Hugh Joseph Ward

1937, by Hugh Joseph Ward

1938, by Peter Driben

1938, by Peter Driben

1939, by Peter Driben