by George Gross

“One fist was Irish!”

And a happy St. Patrick’s Day to us all!  Hopefully, the Irish fist is the one knocking the other boxer out of the ring.  I would be disappointed otherwise.

Fight Stories was the first fiction magazine to be devoted to just one sport, in this case boxing.  The magazine started in 1928 and it was popular enough to run into the early 50s.  This issue is from 1949 and features a cover from George Gross, who has been featured many times on this site.  You can even see Gross’s signature in the bottom left corner of the cover.

I hope everyone has a good St. Patrick’s Day.  They can cancel our parade but they can’t cancel our spirit!

by George Gross

Before online dating, I guess you just went out with whoever sent you a letter and hoped that you didn’t end up on a date with a middle-aged alcoholic who expected you to sit on his red couch.

This cover was done by George Gross, who has been featured frequently in the past and who will probably be frequently featured in the future.

by George Gross

This is from 1953.  As you can tell from reading the cover’s blurb, this is a novel about the “The Guys, The Dames, The Joints, The Creeps Who Surround Our Army Camps And Prey On Our Soldiers.”  On the cover, you can see one of “the dames” distracting two soldiers on a street corner.  There’s no way that those men are going to be able to win their shooting game with a woman standing ten feet away from them.

(I showed this cover to Lisa and she said, “He’s probably just surprised to see his mom in the city.”)

This cover was done by George Gross.  Gross’s work has been featured many times on this site and will probably be featured many more times in the future.