Category Archives: Art

The Covers of Jungle Stories

Posted on by Dazzling Erin

Unknown Artist

Published by Fiction House, Jungle Stories ran from 1938 to 1950, for a total of 59 issues.  Judging from the covers below (and, of course, the title of the magazine), Jungle Stories dealt with the adventurous of life in the jungle.  It appears that several issues featured the adventures of Ki-Gor, the lord of the jungle.  I haven’t read any of them but I’m sure Ki-Gor was probably a totally original creation and had nothing in common with Tarzan.  There’s probably a world of difference between being the king of the jungle and being the lord of the jungle.

Here are a few covers from Jungle Stories.  Where known, the artist has been credited.

Unknown Artist

Unknown Artist

Unknown Artist

by George Gross

by George Gross

by George Gross

by George Gross

by George Gross

by George Gross

Unknown Artist

The Covers of Startling Detective Adventures

Posted on by Dazzling Erin

How startling were the stories in Startling Detective Adventures Magazine?  They were startling enough to keep the magazine running for ten years, from 1930 to 1939.  As you can tell from looking at the covers below, Startling Detective offered up the usual stories of crime, gangsters, murder, prison, and guns.  Each cover promised readers “the truth from police records.”

Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to discover who did the covers below.  Sadly, some of the best work of the pulp era went uncredited.