This cover, featuring what appears to be a galactic summit, is from 1954. The cover artist is Alex Schomburg, who has been featured on this site in the past and who will undoubtedly be featured again in the future.
I don’t think it’s just the tight skirt that’s responsible for that dorky smile on his face. Look at the cover closely and you’ll notice that he’s already taken off his shoes. We all know what that means.
This cover is from 1954, a time when nothing drove the boys crazier than an exposed ankle. Sadly, the name of the artist who is responsible is unknown.
This book was originally published in 1950. The cover is by an artist who I was previously unfamiliar with, Remie Hamon. I want those gloves and I really want that diamond.
It may have been a hasty marriage but it was a very long night. This book was originally published in 1952 and what I like about the cover is the ambiguity. Is she smiling at someone who is watching from the street below? Is she smiling to herself because she’s about to con the man with the cigarette? Or is she just happy to be inside for the night with her lover?
The cover artist is Howell Dodd, who has been featured before on this site and who will be featured in the future.
This is from 1942. I wish I knew who the artist was because this cover is on fire, just like Speed-Slid Trigger’s police record.
This is from 1944. When I first looked at this cover, I thought she was holding a bent or a broken sword but actually, I think that there’s supposed to be two, decorative swords hanging over the fireplace and she’s grabbing one of them to use on the man with the gun. It still looks strange to me. It’s still an exciting cover, though, combining guns, swords, and a roaring fire. That fireplace looks like it’s on the verge of getting out of control!
This cover was probably down by Hugh Joseph Ward, whose work has been featured many times on this tie and will probably continue to be featured many times in the future.
This issue is from 1949. One thing about Ranch Romances is that everyone got a gun.
by Hans Helweg
All I can guess is that they really hated oranges in France.
According to the book’s entry on Amazon, Sophie was originally published in 1960. There’s only one review posted for the book, from a user named Clifford. According to Clifford, Geoffrey Wagner was born in England but worked in New York. He was an English professor and he spoke several different languages. Clifford goes on to write that Sophie is about a woman who was also born in England but found work in another country. After growing up with a family of smugglers, Sophie eventually works her way up (and through) the aristocracy of post-Revolutionary France. Apparently, the book is based on fact.
The cover was done by Hans Helweg, one of the many that he did for Pan Books.
If you’re going to shoot me into space, at least let me put on a shirt. I think intergalactic law requires it, though you wouldn’t know it from the pulp magazines of the 30s, 40s, and 50s. Back in the pulp era, all a woman needed to explore space was one durable bra, a short skirt, and occasionally a space helmet. On this cover, they didn’t even provide a helmet.
Thrills Incorporated was an Australian magazine that ran from 1950 to 1952. I don’t know much about the credited artist, T. Brand, other than he did a few other covers for the magazine.
This is from 1958. All I can say is that he must be one of a hell of a drummer.
Through the Shattered Lens 