There was some mighty incredible cover art for those old pulp magazines and books of the bygone era. From the really lurid "women in peril" stuff to monsters from another world and crime stories, the artwork supplied for these things was simply out of this world. Like the poster art of film eras gone by, they dont make them like this anymore. They certainly would not pass the PC culture of today, and this is like looking into another world at times..
If you have a favorite example of this type of cover, please feel free to post it here! :)
A few examples:
(http://adventurehouse.com/shop/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/10-75613.jpg)
(http://dyn1.heritagestatic.com/lf?set=path%5B1%2F7%2F7%2F6%2F1776891%5D&call=url%5Bfile%3Aproduct.chain%5D)
(http://www.pulpinternational.com/images/postimg/gunplaying_for_keeps_01.jpg)
(http://i.pinimg.com/originals/8c/00/77/8c007779d542df9dc75d9e47cec5d2a2.jpg)
More offerings:
(http://pictures.abebooks.com/DTACOLLECTIBLES/md/md22869832197.jpg)
(http://reefermadnessmuseum.org/book/MarijuanaGirl.jpg)
(http://i.pinimg.com/originals/aa/ab/cb/aaabcb34160f15afcf6a5a2827f93cae.jpg)
(http://pulpcovers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Horror-Stories-May-1940.jpg)
(http://www.ktfol.com/uploads/2/7/6/2/27629463/gv1r5dm1_orig.jpg)
(http://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/mans-adventure.jpg)
(http://ebid.s3.amazonaws.com/upload_big/9/6/2/1396126438-1467-4.jpg)
(http://pulpcovers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Dime-Mystery-November-1941.jpg)
(http://pulpcovers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Beacon-B269-1959.jpg)
(http://www.jwkbooks.com/pictures/20190.jpg?v=1480092886)
(http://www.geekjuicemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/pulp-9.jpg)
(http://adventurehouse.com/shop/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/spicywestern36.11-294x424.jpg)
(http://storage.googleapis.com/hipcomic/p/bc20ab7a464e829e6987dd6fffd638ad-800.jpg)
(http://amazingstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/6533382497_8c7b09124b_b.jpg)
(http://d1466nnw0ex81e.cloudfront.net/n_iv/600/4895145.jpg)
(http://www.pulpartists.com/Bio%20Materials/Avon/51-Spr,TenSFant.jpg)
(http://www.arundelbooks.com/pictures/thumb/005486400.jpg?v=1541383340)
(http://i.pinimg.com/originals/81/a0/d3/81a0d3b9fadba2a42c25ada37096c66c.jpg)
(http://i.pinimg.com/originals/b4/0b/c4/b40bc473e1e128eb489368c8e51ad0e9.jpg)
(http://www.pulpinternational.com/images/postimg/men_are_from_mars_02.jpg)
Excellent selection! That "If" cover is freaky! :o
Quote from: Mike Scott on July 28, 2019, 12:45:25 PM
Excellent selection! That "If" cover is freaky! :o
It certainly was weird, especially for those days. ;D
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-z5qNNrVCbG4/To98wvPzPII/AAAAAAAAAUc/VZM5V0C7b_A/s1600/Return+Sumuru+2+.jpg)
(http://ultimatehistoryproject.com/uploads/3/5/0/1/35012707/2102092_orig.jpg)
(http://i.redd.it/d7ax84hulsxz.jpg)
(http://i.pinimg.com/originals/18/58/2b/18582b7ddee25435a88fd592e6725667.jpg)
(http://majipoor.com/assets/img/pubs/p0001290.jpg)
(http://kbspangler.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/baretrap.jpg)
(http://c8.staticflickr.com/9/8236/28425572583_56b63c7795_o.jpg)
(http://pulpcovers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Corinth-Suspense-Novels-CR-147-1966.jpg)
(http://www.philsp.com/data/images/t/terror_tales_193501_v1_n5.jpg)
(http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/colloquium/files/2013/06/weird_tales_193302.jpg)
(http://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/A1ybCHI-crL._SY445_.jpg)
(http://i.pinimg.com/736x/b2/6d/40/b26d4016a862114727610c2f83cb464f--vintage-lesbian-pulp-art.jpg)
(http://retrovectors.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/pulp_7.jpg)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4BPiatiFPlA/URYCqB4R4LI/AAAAAAAAFd4/w7UYDVq7HU0/s1600/pulp_terror4.jpg)
(http://i.pinimg.com/originals/84/19/98/8419983bd73328e97ef64fad5812b742.jpg)
(http://www.theenglishgroup.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/nympho-librarian.jpg)
(http://people.uncw.edu/smithms/F-series/F-173a.jpg)
(http://richardspulps.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/img2.jpg?w=350&h=534)
(http://i.pinimg.com/originals/e2/00/7a/e2007a3a66a67befb620ae45b8a61e46.jpg)
(http://pulpcovers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Horror-Stories_35-01_000a_cover-by-Saskia-600x865.jpg)
(http://pulpcovers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Digit-Books-D300-1959.jpg)
(https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/a3271539-f88d-4d4e-8a9e-b23cea9e61d9/d76pipg-9bfa0882-d9bc-40c6-bff6-ea122130910c.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7InBhdGgiOiJcL2ZcL2EzMjcxNTM5LWY4OGQtNGQ0ZS04YTllLWIyM2NlYTllNjFkOVwvZDc2cGlwZy05YmZhMDg4Mi1kOWJjLTQwYzYtYmZmNi1lYTEyMjEzMDkxMGMuanBnIn1dXSwiYXVkIjpbInVybjpzZXJ2aWNlOmZpbGUuZG93bmxvYWQiXX0.oNSSuW6eASkJvReYndHolqant-oxnK9hdQjYmfinfQ4)
(http://www.geekjuicemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/pulp-1.jpg)
(http://i.pinimg.com/originals/5c/95/cf/5c95cf9df1308f8f86c72445beaa414a.jpg)
(http://dumielauxepices.net/sites/default/files/sci-fi-clipart-fictional-753271-6098806.jpg)
(http://pulpcovers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Super-Science-Fiction-February-1957.jpg)
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/Avon_Science_Fiction_Reader_2.jpg)
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Super_science_fiction_195704_n3.jpg)
(http://pulpcovers.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/30019856-3179276719_0694d7b3ea_o.jpg)
(http://www.retrocards.co.uk/media/gbu0/prodxl/VP121220-10-fantastic-adventures-science-fiction-pulp-1930s.jpg)
(http://live.staticflickr.com/5792/21794560350_10bba92a32_b.jpg)
(http://www.geekjuicemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/pulp-10.jpg)
Whew! Man, that's some lurid stuff! ;D All the "Flash Gordon" stuff was great, too!
Quote from: Mike Scott on July 28, 2019, 04:46:38 PM
Whew! Man, that's some lurid stuff! ;D All the "Flash Gordon" stuff was great, too!
Isnt it? Most of this stuff couldnt get published today due to the titles or content as originally presented.
I like that freaky guy on Super Science Stories that looks like he has a machine that turns old people into young people.
The Fantastic Aventure cover is rad! The Weird Tales cover reminds me of the film Häxan(1922)
Quote from: marsattacks666 on July 29, 2019, 10:48:43 AM
The Fantastic Aventure cover is rad!
Bones and boobs, baby!
One of my favorite PULP cover subjects is THE SHADOW! There are so many great ones, but this is a favorite.
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img922/2821/nOIJ3y.jpg)
(http://pulpinternational.com/images/postimg/adam_smasher_01.jpg)
(http://d1rw89lz12ur5s.cloudfront.net/photo/elsewherecomics/file/912dbf95ea4e535a6356ee07b25d681c/large/dnd.jpg)
(http://img.moviepostershop.com/fantastic-novels-pulp-movie-poster-1948-1020409633.jpg)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sHO9rKH41V4/WCX5VdjNNHI/AAAAAAAAIzA/5w_MEXEQt3QjRe9RnXkhvbltjQEpP79FwCLcB/s640/Weird%2BTales%2BCover-1933-09.jpg)
(http://pictures.abebooks.com/DTACOLLECTIBLES/22674587322.jpg)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XniX1qWuUJA/WHXe17ak5bI/AAAAAAAAJFI/FnlS5qble-oRUUYv-fo2E4O9LFSOqljzACLcB/s1600/Weird%2BTales%2BCover-1936-03.jpg)
(http://www.mardecortesbaja.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/SaucyMovieTalesDec1936Baja.jpg)
(http://www.mardecortesbaja.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/PrivateDetective1939.jpg)
(http://i.pinimg.com/originals/e7/eb/27/e7eb27a937d2bb75f25dfc25934cd8af.jpg)
(http://www.pulpartists.com/Bio%20Materials/Brundage/38-03,WT.jpg)
(http://pictures.abebooks.com/DTACOLLECTIBLES/22554488801.jpg)
(http://pulpcovers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Uncanny-Tales-May-1940.jpg)
(http://storage.googleapis.com/hipcomic/p/cc9482eeba5e1093cf876b0dd1540f47-800.jpg)
(http://i.pinimg.com/originals/97/38/75/97387508eaec6ec70d6d2d7c8d4eab10.jpg)
(http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/amazing-stories/50-1.jpg)
(http://www.mardecortesbaja.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/PopularDetectiveCircusCoverBaja.jpg)
(http://www.worldhorrorconvention.com/whc2007/dhutchison/howitt-horrorstories3.jpg)
(http://i.pinimg.com/originals/26/22/d9/2622d91947f7052f8b2a53984420c1e0.jpg)
(http://www.erbzine.com/mag23/sj4103.jpg)
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/Other_worlds_science_stories_195105.jpg)
(http://shop.actionposters.co.uk/ekmps/shops/scott67/images/1950-s-pulp-magazine-cover-office-fringe-benefits-poster-a3-reprint-10797-p.jpg)
(http://pulpcovers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Dime-Mystery-Magazine-February-1941-600x829.jpg)
(http://edge.alluremedia.com.au/m/k/2015/12/PlanetStories.jpg-4.jpg)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8awlLzUJMKc/VFfDebjP_uI/AAAAAAAAWHY/LCZ5gfR9pIA/s1600/Saucy%20Movie%20Apr%201936%202%20600.jpg)
So much goodness! Bunch of great WEIRD TALES among the other treasures!
(http://i.pinimg.com/originals/4c/73/47/4c734760ba36cb4e6a56acdc2f08fc84.jpg)
(http://mfi-miami.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/NXiVM-Sex-Cult-2.jpg)
(http://www.betweenthecovers.com/pictures/medium/416839.jpg)
(http://pictures.abebooks.com/DTACOLLECTIBLES/22675069355.jpg)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gAe46-gUDWc/WehOZUgUJ_I/AAAAAAAAHJk/e6puxg79uNQKOlr1gAalC6XCUU1DqwtdACLcBGAs/s1600/Quinn%2BWeird%2BTales%2BCover-1941-05.jpg)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VktgSuMCStQ/UOmiA6WFAUI/AAAAAAAAJi0/J18u75rDUbM/s1600/WeirdTales1937-03.jpg)
(http://pulpcovers.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/29134691-lf.jpg)
(http://pulpcovers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/WT-1929-09-p001-600x933.jpg)
(http://punditfromanotherplanet.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/rufus.jpg?w=590)
(http://i.pinimg.com/originals/98/53/22/9853226b41264579e9cb84315160ce15.jpg)
(http://www.pulpinternational.com/images/postimg/brush_strokes_01.jpg)
(http://cromeyellow.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/1933-11-Weird-Tales-by-Margaret-Brundage.jpg)
(http://i2.wp.com/sfmagazines.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/FN195007x600.jpg?resize=444%2C600&ssl=1)
(http://retrovectors.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/pulp_12.png)
(http://www.scifiwright.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/fantastic_story_195309.jpg)
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/SpaceSFMSpr1957.jpg)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2DDPmtohbf4/T4M_Gtf1xHI/AAAAAAAAAW8/MRANyVlhsac/s1600/pulp6.jpg)
(http://pulpinternational.com/images/postimg/wench_in_the_work_01.jpg)
(http://retrovectors.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/pulp_4.jpg)
(http://iluvarbus.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/32-ill-get-you-yet.png)
Quote from: Memphremagog on July 29, 2019, 05:44:27 PM
(http://pulpinternational.com/images/postimg/adam_smasher_01.jpg)
I'm such a huge fan of the sweat mags I let them publish an excerpt from my life story!
8)
Quote from: Memphremagog on July 28, 2019, 10:51:17 AMThere was some mighty incredible cover art for those old pulp magazines and books of the bygone era. From the really lurid "women in peril" stuff to monsters from another world and crime stories, the artwork supplied for these things was simply out of this world. Like the poster art of film eras gone by, they dont make them like this anymore. They certainly would not pass the PC culture of today, and this is like looking into another world at times..
If you have a favorite example of this type of cover, please feel free to post it here! :)
A few examples:
(http://www.pulpinternational.com/images/postimg/gunplaying_for_keeps_01.jpg)
Incidentally, who was the artist on those
Adam covers?
???
The artist may have been Bill Edwards. Check this site out:
http://www.menspulpmags.com/search?q=Bill+Edwards (http://www.menspulpmags.com/search?q=Bill+Edwards)
RF
I have a 2" book shelf brimmed with pulp mags,mostly reprints and pulp/sleaze PB's. For me it is mostly about the great cover art. I have read a few and some of the stories are dreadfully written. Can't go wrong with Weird Menace tho. Hugh B. Cave,Wayne Rogers, Wyatt Blassingame, just to name a few.
I'd love to have a few of these.
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/52/a8/2d/52a82d4dc0334a7277488bd63c75b136.jpg)
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/aa/ab/cb/aaabcb34160f15afcf6a5a2827f93cae.jpg)
(https://pulpcovers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Terror-Tales-March-April-1939.jpg)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B7u0QoUIIAAW88V.jpg)
(https://pulpcovers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/43525859-Weird_Thrillers_3_Ziff-Davis_1952_.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2tocNM5BfcI/XpwR_hLH4wI/AAAAAAAATX8/W0bVy2NRfCUXnG3jMHc2IhLaUlMbNGG5ACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/Fantasy%2BSci-fi%2Bpoems--pulp%2Bcover.2.jpg)
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ec/cc/08/eccc080307275a3d89d136f6b3d80811.jpg)
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/b4/ef/1b/b4ef1b583d3bfe9ace0a0aef6c766f58.jpg)
Such beautiful cover art!
(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/b3/8d/bc/b38dbc5459f39d4e96ecd6920689c4b9.jpg)
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/eb/ef/13/ebef139db18d15c4ecc14662f05435c1.jpg)
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-T7jGMZpEBtk/VbbQa5lE6eI/AAAAAAAAB_Q/tUNnNH6lJUM/s1600/pulp5.jpg)
(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/e3/b1/55/e3b155a4da7b1200131b4a95f2ad7045.jpg)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EesLMUqU8AAN359.jpg)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EesJbwtUYAAqWtp.jpg)
(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcTDKQdZFFNp5w_I6Yqv6pUI2gzSfGFFqCqBfw&usqp=CAU)
(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcSDnHa9337bXmgkWeYCQoZIxLianTdBIaTH8w&usqp=CAU)
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ab/8c/f9/ab8cf9a850fa94ae23aa5975dedd151a.jpg)
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/48/60/70/486070336102bf81f4de6ec4110e06b8.jpg)
(https://thumbs.worthpoint.com/zoom/images1/1/0717/14/pulp-uncanny-tales-november-1939-hot_1_72daa02963b6838d0ebb5f0b5e9eee8d.jpg)
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/df/72/b3/df72b3066fcf9631037ee6357eddff6c.jpg)
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/e0/f8/82/e0f88284bcff3f89b2aed129211e53ac.jpg)
(https://pulpcovers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Horror-Stories-December-1935.jpg)
(https://thumbs.worthpoint.com/zoom/images1/1/0318/24/horror-stories-october-november-1936_1_71cc0640035358085cf58425b9275fb7.jpg)
(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/e4/e4/07/e4e407efe5cbba3aeea7bd011a05fb82.jpg)
These covers are absolutely incredible. 'No wonder so many of us grew up girl-crazy and obsessed with monsters.
Thanks for all the imagery, Memphremagog.
Quote from: Sir Masksalot on November 16, 2020, 11:28:27 AM
These covers are absolutely incredible. 'No wonder so many of us grew up girl-crazy and obsessed with monsters.
Thanks for all the imagery, Memphremagog.
You're welcome! I have a blast just looking up these things and seeing all the various issues and artwork. So many fantastic images!
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/71/c8/e5/71c8e58ffb06ed6b549fa414513e4e53.jpg)
(https://www.theenglishgroup.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/spicy-western-stories-460x664.jpg)
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/da/24/0a/da240a9daf3d00699860f5000ea7a60f.jpg)
(https://pulpcovers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/All-Man-July-1959.jpg)
(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS84iW-p6hanbO86gx9zdGehBmvgBNBn_L5Hg&usqp=CAU)
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/66/b0/cb/66b0cb26724400560dafe999c50f4e82.jpg)
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/25/02/e4/2502e4ef37e144bdd430de37e59a86a0.jpg)
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/32/9d/be/329dbef244fac968c9eaa495170bf943.jpg)
Some wonderful cover art, especially that "Uncanny Tales" cover!
Love the "Ladies in Hades" title! ;D
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/5e/37/ce/5e37ce4dc2e4ec5207278af1b3b4fede.jpg)
(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSs52tSCbITLlQa4yCVi1x7WZt4UzcZuy5zgA&usqp=CAU)
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/68/76/f5/6876f52a8d32691c1ffdcef98ac0106a.jpg)
(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/79/39/74/793974cab9fd84befa85f37947091d0a.jpg)
Love that "Dime Mystery" with the guy loading the woman into the fire!
(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSDoTXmrWWmeHSviEsHFl6d_5XsZ-tVNJj3Dw&usqp=CAU)
(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRppRWYtpOEJZpDUbNxbirPgb8Fm77ONiy9mg&usqp=CAU)
(https://www.jwkbooks.com/pictures/20182.jpg?v=1480092886)
(https://pulpcovers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Super-Science-Fiction-April-1958.jpg)
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/Other_Worlds_-_November_1949_%28first_issue%29.jpg)
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c7/ae/9a/c7ae9a02fdd47805842eac398c69fa68.jpg)
(https://i.pinimg.com/474x/52/1a/8e/521a8e8597e537f87ab1d8aba9973b3a.jpg)
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/57/29/37/5729377ad578ca93b0880104bc8eca24.png)
(https://pulpcovers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Horror-Stories-October-1938.jpg)
(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSTgfFr27iejzaUdYYveYJHTtjGgKpiMuCFsw&usqp=CAU)
(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRIHb6kM4BdHw_GPPZT8_Ungoev2BjqHYY7Fg&usqp=CAU)
(https://c8.staticflickr.com/9/8236/28425572583_56b63c7795_o.jpg)
Really enjoy all these old pulp titles, especially the "spicy" issues. Some of that material was reprinted a few years ago by Eternity Comics. Also, wasn't that image of " This Comic Is Haunted" originally a cover to Skywald's Psycho magazine?
RF
Quote from: Rex fury on November 22, 2020, 05:54:39 PM
Also, wasn't that image of " This Comic Is Haunted" originally a cover to Skywald's Psycho magazine?
You are correct! :)
Quote from: Memphremagog on November 22, 2020, 07:36:37 AM
(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSTgfFr27iejzaUdYYveYJHTtjGgKpiMuCFsw&usqp=CAU)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/640x480q90/924/pKrlZA.jpg)
Psycho #8 (Jose Mirelles cover art):
(https://d1466nnw0ex81e.cloudfront.net/n_iv/600/689741.jpg)
The photo that the artist modeled his cover on was also used for the DVD case.
(https://img.tradera.net/images/356/259717356_8c23fd28-c99b-41ab-8e0d-583a5e786481.jpg)
Quote from: Memphremagog on November 18, 2020, 04:40:02 PMI have a blast just looking up these things and seeing all the various issues and artwork.
Who then was the cover artist for
The Cruel Touch pocketbook?
Quote from: Memphremagog on November 19, 2020, 01:20:04 PM
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/71/c8/e5/71c8e58ffb06ed6b549fa414513e4e53.jpg)
It's fabulous!
???
Quote from: Hepcat on December 06, 2020, 03:00:42 PM
Who then was the cover artist for The Cruel Touch pocketbook?
Paul Rader
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What is it with women in various sorts of tubes on pulp covers? ;D
I purchased this book fifteen years ago. Great artwork a0nd Pulp book covers.
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Quote from: Mike Scott on December 16, 2020, 04:38:07 PM
What is it with women in various sorts of tubes on pulp covers? ;D
I think it may have been a phallic thing by the artists during that time.. :laugh:
Quote from: Memphremagog on December 17, 2020, 03:15:58 PM
I think it may have been a phallic thing by the artists during that time.. :laugh:
Could be?
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Love all those Margaret Brundage "Weird Tales" covers! And that Virgil Finlay WT, too! :)
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More of the great cover art! :)
With covers like these on magazines who needed Playboy and Penthouse?
Such a celebration of beautiful women!
Quote from: Monsters For Sale on July 10, 2022, 04:11:05 PM
With covers like these on magazines who needed Playboy and Penthouse?
Give me a Margaret Brundage woman, any day! :)
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That Amazing Story covers reminds me of Eerie Adventures 1- a woman playing chess with death😱
Those covers are all fabulous!
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Murderous mandrills, conniving call girls, and serial sadists ... a great way to start the new week.
"You can't buy love with murder! page 22". I'll have to ponder that one for a while. I wonder how
many young readers imagined themselves rescuing that bound brunette on the "Spicy Mystery"
cover. Me? I'd need to think about that, too! >:D
Quote from: Mike Scott on July 10, 2022, 05:24:35 PMGive me a Margaret Brundage woman, any day!
Did Margaret Brundage render any of the covers posted in this thread?
???
Quote from: Hepcat on July 11, 2022, 07:19:45 PM
Did Margaret Brundage render any of the covers posted in this thread?
Look for Weird Tales covers. You should be able to spot her style. The one with the vampire on this page is hers. I don't think the other one is, though.
Just flipping through the other pages, most of the Weird Tales covers are hers. There's also a
lot of repeats in this thread! ;D
Quote from: Mike Scott on July 11, 2022, 07:30:15 PMLook for Weird Tales covers. You should be able to spot her style. The one with the vampire on this page is hers. I don't think the other one is, though.
Looking at it now I think the first
Weird Tales cover on page 6 may be hers as well:
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:-\
Quote from: Hepcat on July 12, 2022, 12:39:24 PM
Looking at it now I think the first Weird Tales cover on page 6 may be hers as well:
Yep!
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The "Hussy" looks like Joi Lansing.
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The "girl wrestlers" I've seen look a lot more like the boy wrestlers.
I would have a hard time reading these books. I can't seem to get past the covers.
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Quote from: Monsters For Sale on August 07, 2022, 03:01:09 PM
The "girl wrestlers" I've seen look a lot more like the boy wrestlers.
I would have a hard time reading these books. I can't seem to get past the covers.
They certainly knew how to entice the reader back then, the covers were amazing!
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I have a copy of the Planet Stories shown above. After seeing the post I dug it out. There's a small Fiction House logo on the cover and I always thought these were published by Fiction House. However, the the copyright says Love Romances Publishing? I imagine they were a branch of Fiction House or visa versa. Anyone know for sure?
The two interior artists are Meilink and A. McWilliams. I'm not familiar with either of them. Are the names pen names? Anybody a pulp expert on this thread?
RF
Quote from: Rex fury on August 07, 2022, 05:15:54 PM
. . by Fiction House. However, the copyright says Love Romances Publishing? I imagine they were a branch of Fiction House or visa versa.
Love Romances was a subsidiary company of Fiction House.
Quote from: Rex fury on August 07, 2022, 05:15:54 PM
The two interior artists are Meilink and A. McWilliams. I'm not familiar with either of them. Are the names pen names? Anybody a pulp expert on this thread?
Alden McWilliams and William Meilink are the artist's real names.
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Love the giant mermaid playing with her "toy" submarine! ;D
It's sad that much of the original artwork for these fantastic covers were destroyed many many decades ago. Companies simply didn't have the room to store them all, and frankly, didn't realize the importance of such art. Pulp covers are truly unique and in a category all their own.
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Agent Triple 08 ;D
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Classic WT cover!
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