Artwork of the Day: Best True Fact Detective (by George Gross)

Posted on August 15, 2020 by Dazzling Erin

by George Gross

The Covers of Fight Stories

Posted on July 29, 2020 by Dazzling Erin

Can you guess what Fight Stories was about?

Fight Stories made its debut in 1928 and it was the first all-fiction magazine to be devoted to an entire sport. Every issue was full of boxing stories from some of the most well-regarded of the pulp authors. Robert E. Howard, who is best-remembered for creating Conan the Barbarian, was one of the writers who was regularly featured in Fight Stories.

Published at the height of boxing’s popularity, Fight Stories was an unqualified success and ended up running, off-and-on, until 1952. In all, there were a 106 issues of Fight Stories. Below are just a few of the covers of Fight Stories. Not surprisingly, they all follow the same basic theme:

Author Unknown

by Earle Bergey

by George Gross

The Racy Covers Of Exotic Novel Magazine

Posted on April 8, 2020 by Dazzling Erin

Unknown Artist

Exotic Novel Magazine, which described itself as being “America’s Dean of Titillating Fiction” was a bi-monthly digest that was published from 1949 to 1951. Each issue featured a new novel about bad girls and the men who couldn’t resist them or good girls and the men who tried to corrupt them. The covers often promised that the novel found within was “uncut” and “uncensored.”

Today, of course, Exotic Novel Magazine is mostly remembered for its covers, which were done by some of the best illustrators working in the pulps. Below are a few of the exotic covers of Exotic Novel Magazine! As always, the artist has been credited when known.

by Fred Charles Rodewald

by George Gross

by Rudy Nappi

Artist Unknown

Artwork of the Day: Mad River (by George Gross)

Posted on January 29, 2020 by Dazzling Erin

by George Gross

The Covers of Real Western

Posted on January 22, 2020 by Dazzling Erin

Real Western was published from 1935 to 1960. That’s 25 years of stories about rustlers, gunslingers, gamblers, and everything else that went on in the old west. The covers of Real Western all featured typical western imagery, with an emphasis on guns over romance. These were stories about manly men who did what a man had to do to keep the west wild but safe.

Below are a few of the covers of Real Western. Where known, the artist has been credited.

Artist Unknown

by D.H. Moneypenny

by George Gross

by Mat Kauten

The Covers of Jungle Stories

Posted on January 15, 2020 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.