Tag Archives: George Gross

The Covers of Real Western

Posted on 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

Artist Unknown

Artist Unknown

Artist Unknown

Artist Unknown

Artist Unknown

Artist Unknown

by D.H. Moneypenny

by George Gross

by Mat Kauten

The Covers of Jungle Stories

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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

Double Your Pulp Pleasure With The Covers Of Two Complete Detective Books!

Posted on by Dazzling Erin

Running from 1939 to 1953, Two Complete Detective Books promised its readers a “$4.00 value for 25 cents!”  Each issue would feature two complete novels and each issue would also have two cover illustrations, the better to entice readers who wanted to read the best pulp fiction without having to pay full price.

There were 76 issues of Two Complete Detective Books.  The covers below were all done by George Gross:

The covers below have not been officially credited to George Gross but they all look like his work to me.  Officially, these covers were done by an “unknown artist” but I’m about 99% sure that they were probably done by Gross as well: