We chose the broader 'Frontier' label to be able to canvas the British & European colonial interactions with the North American wilderness and its native inhabitants, as well as the later 'taming' of the wild northern territories.

  Norman Baer, THE RAVEN - "The Pulitzer Prize winning biography of Sam Houston-by Marquis James" - The Paperback Library paperback release.  Regarding the artist identification, you can see in a better scan of the cover the 'BAER' signature and I believe the first initial 'N.' was lost to the left crop.  You'll find that the signature's appearance matches many of the paintings & inkwash-illustrations he executed for the 'men's adventure magazines' of the period.

  Stanley Borack, BOUNTY GUNS - "A hardcase redhead in a rangeland feud" - One of Dell's several paperback releases of this iconic western by 'Luke Short' (Frederick Dilley Glidden).  Reportedly Borack's credit is within the book itself.

  Bill Burnett, SILVERTIP'S ROUNDUP, (FOUR COLOR # 637) - "He tracked the outlaw gang with a half-wild timber wolf !" - An adaptation of Max Brand's novel of the same name.

  Bill Burnett, VALLEY OF FEAR, (KING OF THE ROYAL MOUNTED # 15)

  Bill Burnett, CARIBOU GOLD, (KING OF THE ROYAL MOUNTED # 17)

  Bill Burnett, THE GRUMBLING MOUINTAIN, (KING OF THE ROYAL MOUNTED # 18)

  Bill Burnett, THE STOLEN WEAPON, (KING OF THE ROYAL MOUNTED # 19) - "What was it King pursued . . . man or spirit ?"

  Bill Burnett, THE HUNTED, (INDIAN CHIEF # 17)

  Bill Burnett, VISION OF A WARRIOR (INDIAN CHIEF # 19)

  L.B. Cole, THE OCTOPUS, (CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED # 159) - A comic adaptation of this novel by Frank Norris.

  Earl Cordery, [unknown title], (in AMERICAN WEEKLY-unknown issue) - This interior illustration, for an article/story within, reportedly appeared in the late 1940s or the 1950s decade.

  Mel Crawford, GENE AUTRY - A Little Golden Book release

  Robert Crofut, BULLET BARRICADE - "He brought justice to a land the law had never reached." - The Leisure Books paperback release of this story by Leslie Erenwein.

  Gino D'Achille, CRIMSON DESERT - "The Apaches had broken out-and only one man might stop them." - Ballantine's paperback release of E.E. Halleran's western.  A few years later Futura Publications would re-use this art for their paperback release of THUNDER MOUNTAIN by Clair Huffaker, and then decades later, Center Point Publications would do the same for their paperback release of William Colt MacDonald's THUNDERBIRD TRAIL.

   Rafael DeSoto, THE GOPHER, (FOUR COLOR # 329(back cover)) - The signature seen on the painting says simply "DE SOTO", in all capitals, and it's not really Rafael DeSoto's 'regular' signature, but if you scour his collection from The Illustrated Press, you can indeed find one or two that match it.

  Luis Dominguez, JONAH HEX - This Dominguez painting is thought to be an unused cover for DC's Jonah Hex series.

  Clarence Doore, 5 WESTERN NOVELS 1953, (5 WESTERN NOVELS MAGAZINE 1953-June) - "featuring Pistol Partners by Lee Floren--Dead Man's Gold by Larry Harris--The Necktie Party by Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson--Trail Drive Boss by William Hopson--Six Gun Sweepstakes by Walker A. Tompkins").

  Clarence Doore, THE BLOODY BUTCHER OF THE NATCHEZ TRAIL, (MAN'S ADVENTURE 1959-Feb) - "The Bloody Butcher Of The Natchez Trail! // The shocking case history of A Teen-Age Madame! // The never-before revealed truth about test-tube parents--My Business Is Making Babies! // I Gave My Legs To The Maggots Of Africa !" - Interestingly, the contents page of this magazine clearly stated that the cover-artist here was Vic Prezio - Exhibits of the original painting credit Clarence Doore and his hallmarks are clear.

  Clarence Doore, RUGGED MEN NOVEMBER 1957, (RUGGED MEN 1957-Nov) - "Cheating Women--The story of your neighbor's wife // Millions In Gold,Yours For The Taking--Where it is and how you can get it // Gunfighters Die Young // My Wife Is A Stripper" - You can see that the subject of the cover art does not align with anything detailed there.

  Clarence Doore, TOMORROW WE'LL DANCE IN THE WHITE MAN'S BLOOD, (ALL MAN 1959-Oct) - "The incredible story of savage lust...'Tomorrow We'll Dance In The White Man's Blood!' // Killer! Traitor! Fiend! The American Red who rules a Chinese harem...The 10,000 Mistresses Of Howard Dale // Pep Pills:Secret Weapon Of The Love-Starved Male" - The cover was featured in Taschen's MEN'S ADVENTURE MAGAZINES.

  Clarence Doore, REAL MEN SEPTEMBER 1956, (REAL MEN 1956-Sept) - "'I know where to find $97,000' // The Spy Who Danced In The Nude // The World's Sexiest Books" - This art was re-used some six years later, as seen on MEN IN CONFLICT 1962-Apr ("Exposing the loves habits of the TV brass--Sex On Madison Avenue // In every nation of the world the military germ labs are busy--They're Plotting To Kill You Tomorrow // Love Cults Are Sweeping America // The inside story of the $10 plates that almost got away--The Girl With The Counterfeit Curves").

  Clarence Doore, THE HELLCAT MAYOR OF LITTLE BEAR-SKIN, (REAL MEN 1959-June) - "In the wildest town of the Arctic she ruled with girls and gold--The Hellcat Mayor Of Little Bear-Skin--the saga of Virginia McPhee // Bloodiest of the Nazi butchers--Skorzeny--the man they couldn't kill! // Edgar Farley's South-seas nightmare--Slave To 100 Jungle Brides"

  Clarence Doore, MAN'S ADVENTURE MARCH 1959, (MAN'S ADVENTURE 1959-Mar) - "Mary McGonicle-Madame Of The Oregon Trail--The incredible story of the West's only covered wagon bordello // Exclusive: The Lost Secret Of Male Domination // The Man Who Really Was Tarzan !" - As you can see, this cover art does not align with anything detailed on it.

  Clarence Doore, HANG UP YOUR GUNS, (RANCH ROMANCES 1955-Apr(mid)) - "featuring Hang Up Your Guns by Walker A. Tompkins // South To Violence by J.L. Bouma"

  B. Eastman, SAN DIEGO SIRENS, (SPUR # 23) - "Spur runs into double trouble and a triple cross." - Another release in this Leisure Books adult-western series by 'Dirk Fletcher' (Chet Cunningham).  This was the art re-used when they released the double-edition that included this story.  Eastman's signature is evident on the full cover.

  B. Eastman, WYOMING WENCH, (SPUR # 5) - "He was welcomed to Elk Creek by a gun-happy sheriff and a love-hungry woman" - Another release in this adult-western series from Leisure Books by 'Dirk Fletcher' (Chet Cunningham).

  B. Eastman, SAN FRANCISCO STRUMPET, (SPUR # 4) - "Cold-blooded killers and hot-blooded women kept him on the run !" - Another release in this adult-western series from Leisure Books by 'Dirk Fletcher' (Chet Cunningham).

  B. Eastman, RAWHIDER'S WOMAN, (SPUR # 16) - "A gang of brutal bank robbers took Spur down a trail paved with lead." - Another release in this Leisure Books adult-western series by 'Dirk Fletcher' (Chet Cunningham).

  B. Eastman, ROCKY MOUNTAIN VAMP, (SPUR # 1) - "Spur hits the vengeance trail with a willing widow at his side !" - This was the fourth release of this adult-western series from Leisure Books by 'Dirk Fletcher' (Chet Cunningham).  But the publisher decided to reset the numbering with this book, so it carries instead # 1 and 40-odd more books then follow suit.

  B. Eastman, INDIAN MAID, (SPUR # 3) - "The calvary and the indians wanted him dead - the young Sioux beauty just wanted him !" - Another release in this adult-western series from Leisure Books by 'Dirk Fletcher' (Chet Cunningham).

  B. Eastman, CATHOUSE KITTEN, (SPUR # 2) - "Spur went from the arms of a dancehall cutie straight to jail on a murder charge !" - Another release in this adult-western series from Leisure Books by 'Dirk Fletcher' (Chet Cunningham).

  B. Eastman, TEXAS TART, (SPUR # 6) - "He was the target of a cattle baron's rage, and a grateful lady's lust" - Another release in this adult-western series from Leisure Books by 'Dirk Fletcher' (Chet Cunningham).

  B. Eastman, TEXAS TEASE, (SPUR # 21) - "Carpetbaggers had sprouted up like weeds all over Texas, Spur was the scythe." - Another release in this adult-western series from Leisure Books by 'Dirk Fletcher' (Chet Cunningham).  Eastman's signature is barely discernable at the very bottom of copies cropped just right.

  William George, MENACE OF THE MOUNTAINS, (KING OF THE ROYAL MOUNTED # 13)

  William George, [unknown title], (RED RYDER COMICS # 123)

  William George, STOLEN SECRETS, (KING OF THE ROYAL MOUNTED # 14)

  William George, [unknown title], (FOUR COLOR # 599) - Adventures of Ben Bowie and his Mountain Men.  When this canvas came to auction, it was identified then as having been created by Bill George.

  William George, TRAIL OF A KILLER, (SERGEANT PRESTON OF THE YUKON # 8)

  William George, WESTERN MARSHAL, (FOUR COLOR # 534) - A comic adaptation of Ernest Haycox's Trail Town.

  William George, TO THE LAST MAN, (FOUR COLOR # 616) - "The West wasn't big enough for them all" - Comic adaptation of the Zane Grey story.

  Steve Grass, THE HANGMAN JUDGE, (JUDGE COLT # 1) - "The Hangman Judge - He paid a penalty for the grim justice he decreed !"

  George Gross, SMOKY - "All the excitement of the great outdoors thunders across the screen! The epic story of an outlaw mustang...an untamed girl--and the man who mastered them both! Starring Fess Parker---that 'Man of the West' in an exciting new role !" - One of the film adaptations of Smoky The Cowhorse by Will James.  The art also appeared, probably with the painting's original sky-background, on the cover of Dell Comic's MOVIE CLASSIC #746 ("The exciting saga of a cowboy and the wild horse nobody could tame!").  Not to mention being the cover of the Bantam Books movie-tie-in paperback release of the James book ("one of the world's most famous and best-loved animal stories--now an unforgettable 20th Century-Fox motion picture!").

  George Gross, EASY COMPANY AND THE HEADLINE HUNTER, (EASY COMPANY # 10) - "A reporter covering the Indian War gets too near the action - and 'Easy' winds up covering him !" - Another release in Jove's adult-western paperback series by 'John Wesley Howard' (Ken Bjorgum).

  Wil Hulsey, THE SHERIFF'S DAUGHTER AND THE WISE GUY TRAIN BANDIT, (MAN'S LIFE 1960-May) - "The Sheriff's Daughter And The Wise Guy Train Bandit // The Five Amorous 'Daughters' Of Madam Ann Bailey // Slow Death In Snake Valley // Trailer Camps: Wild And Wanton Love On Wheels / Veteran's pensions: Scandal Of Wasted Billions" - The cover was featured in Taschen's MEN'S ADVENTURE MAGAZINES.

  Will Hulsey, THE COWPOKE AND HIS $50,000 DATE, (TRUE MEN STORIES 1957-Dec) - "CPL.Fennel And His Sixteen Sirens Of Sumatra // Blasted Halfway To Hell // The Vile Raid That Disgraced The Confederacy // The Secret Mirrored Room Of Madam Olive // The Cowpoke And His $50,000 Date" - This was the cover and also the interior illustration for this story by Gene Channing ("There seemed to be no way out-the posse had him surrounded, but he had money and a willing blonde hostage-he'd be damned if he'd die now-").

  Henry Kiefer, AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS, (CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED # 69) - A comic adaptation of this novel by Jules Verne.

  Henry Kiefer, THE OREGON TRAIL, (CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED # 72) - A comic adaptation of this memoir by Francis Parkman.

  Mort Künstler, KIT CARSON, (CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED # 112) - Well, no literary classic involved, but rather an original overview of this western legend.

  John Leone, BOUNTY GUNS - "A price on his head-and a whole town waiting to collect." - One of several Dell paperback editions of Luke Short's western.  Leone is credited on the back cover.

  Ron Lesser, FEAR MERCHANT, (RENEGADE # 3) - "Captain Gringo - the fighter no man can defeat, the lover no man can resist." - The third release in this adult-western series from Warner Books by 'Ramsay Thorne' (Lou Cameron).   A few years later the art was utilized once again, this time for another adult-western series, Spur, from Leisure Books by 'Dirk Fletcher' (Chet Cunningham), specifically ST. LOUIS JEZEBEL (SPUR # 3 (first trio)), whose blurb ran: "Law and order called him into adventure, but women called him into action !" - Interestingly, after the first three books in the Spur series, the publisher restarted the numbering over again at #1.

  Ron Lesser, DEATH HUNTER, (RENEGADE # 4) - "Captain Gringo - free and fighting.  No man can stop him.  No woman can hold him." - The fourth release of this adult-western series from Warner Books by 'Ramsay Thorne' (Lou Cameron).

  Ron Lesser, RENEGADE, (RENEGADE # 1) - "He's unshakable, unstoppable, unkillable . . . Captain Gringo, the Legend of the Border" - The first release of this adult-western series from Warner Books by 'Ramsay Thorne' (Lou Cameron).  A few years later the art was utilized once again for another adult-western series from Leisure Books by 'Dirk Fletcher' (Chet Cunningham), specifically ARIZONA FANCY LADY, (SPUR # 2 (first trio)) whose blurb ran: "Spur was out to capture a diehard rebel colonel, but one woman was aiming to capture him"

  Ron Lesser, BLOOD RUNNER, (RENEGADE # 2) - "Unshakable, unstoppable, unkillable Captain Gringo" - Another release of this adult-western series from Warner Books by 'Ramsay Thorne' (Lou Cameron).  A few years later the art was flipped and utilized once again, this time for another adult-western series, Spur, from Leisure Books by 'Dirk Fletcher' (Chet Cunningham), specifically HIGH PLAINS TEMPTRESS, (SPUR # 1 (first trio)) whose blurb ran: "If Spur didn't stop the raiders, they'd take every cent - and every woman - in the town !"

  Joe Lombardero, EASY COMPANY AND THE SHEEP RANCHERS, (EASY COMPANY # 21) - "'Easy' is in the crossfire when sheepherders threaten the peace--and cattlemen seek frontier revenge !" - Another release in Jove's adult-western paperback series by 'John Wesley Howard' (Ken Bjorgum).

  Milton Luros, CONFESSION OF A PAID KILLER. (REAL MEN 1956-Mar) - "Confession Of A Paid Killer // The Day They Drop The Bomb // Exclusive! The Lusts and Loves Of Peron" - The cover was featured in Taschen's MEN'S ADVENTURE MAGAZINES.

  Gerald McCann, CROSSING THE ROCKIES, (CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED # 147A) - A 'Special Issue' from Gilberton, being educational about settlers' final westward migration.

  Frank McCarthy, BORDER RENEGADE - "He was trapped - between Texas and Hell !" - The Crest paperback release of this story by Dudley Dean ("author of Six Gun Vengeance").  The art was later used by the Danish Winthers Publisher for DŘden Skyder Med Skarpt [Death Shoots Sharply] which is a translation of some book by Norman A. Fox, but re-titled here.

  Gerald McConnell, LONE STAR ROUNDUP - "The ridin' rattler of the Brasada" - Dean Owen's western, released as one-half of an Ace Double (the other side being Tom West's 'Write His Name In Gunsmoke').

  Gerald McConnell, LOBO LAWMAN - "This badge-toter was 'WANTED'" - Ace's paperback release here of this western by Tom West was 'doubled' back-to-back with Ray Hogan's TRAIL OF THE FRESNO KID.  While McConnell is credited inside the book for this cover, as we write this entry, the flip-side's is unknown, as it doesn't specify its artist.

  Robert McGinnis, MARAUDER'S MOON - "A blazing story of night riders . . . and a man who wouldn't run" - Dell's paperback release of the western by 'Luke Short' (Frederick Dilley Glidden).

  Bruce Minney, THE LONE RANGER AND THE MYSTERY RANCH, (LONE RANGER # 2) - "'With his faithful Indian companion, Tonto, the daring and resourceful rider of the plains led the fight for law and order in the early western United States.  Nowhere in the pages of history can one find a greater champion of justice.'" - Another release in this western series from Pinnacle by Fran Striker.  While this image does appear in Minney's collection, the opportunity was missed to 'well-present' it (as this site defines that).

  Edvard Moritz, KIT CARSON, (CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED # 112) - Well, no literary classic involved, but rather an original overview of this western legend.

  Norman Nodel, THE PATHFINDER, (CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED # 22) - A comic adaptation of this last published story in James Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales (which includes The Last Of The Mohicans), once again featuring Natty Bumppo.

  Taylor Oughton, THE PIONEERS, (CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED # 37) - The comic adaptation of this Natty Bumppo tale by James Fenimore Cooper.

  Taylor Oughton, WESTERN STORIES, (CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED # 62) - The comic features a couple of adaptations of 'goldrush tales' of Bret Harte.

  John Parker, [unknown title], (FOUR COLOR # 557) - Adventures of Ben Bowie and his Mountain Men.

  John Parker, [unknown title], (THE CISCO KID # 24) - One trusted source felt that Ernest Nordli was associated with this piece in some way.

  Jerome Podwil, SKYE FARGO - This seems to be rough rendition of the character-sigil employed for a while on the covers of books in Signet's Trailsman series, by Jon Sharpe, but I can't determine what role, if any it might have played in that design process.

  Samson Pollen, EASY COMPANY AND THE TWILIGHT SNIPER, (EASY COMPANY # 20) - "Only three things moved on the sun-baked plains, buffalo, bushwackers, and bullets..." - Another Jove Books paperback release in this adult-western series of 'John Wesley Howard' (this time, Paul Lederer).

  Samson Pollen, BOISE BELL, (SPUR # 30) - "Spur was up against a rough-riding mob and a hard-loving lady." - Another release in this adult-western series from Leisure Books by 'Dirk Fletcher' (Chet Cunningham).

  Samson Pollen, EASY COMPANY AND THE INDIAN DOCTOR, (EASY COMPANY # 19) - "'Easy' risks a bloody ambush to save a woman's life when rustlers send the Sioux on the warpath !" - Another release in Jove's adult-western paperback series by 'John Wesley Howard' (Ken Bjorgum).

  Samson Pollen, EASY COMPANY AND THE BIG GAME HUNTER, (EASY COMPANY # 19) - "'Easy' goes big game hunting with a sharpshooting aristocrat !" - Another release in Jove's adult-western paperback series by 'John Wesley Howard' (Ken Bjorgum).

  Samson Pollen, TALL TIMBER TROLLOP, (SPUR GIANT 1989) - "Gunslinging gangs, wild women, and non-stop Western action !" - Another release in this adult-western series from Leisure Books by 'Dirk Fletcher' (Chet Cunningham).

  Samson Pollen, EASY COMPANY AND THE BIG BLIZZARD, (EASY COMPANY # 15) - "If the snow and wolves didn't get 'Easy,' the Cheyenne renegades would . . ." - Another release in Jove's adult-western paperback series by 'John Wesley Howard' (Ken Bjorgum).

  Samson Pollen, PLAINS PARAMOUR, (SPUR # 29) - This canvas is clearly signed by Pollen.  Note that this was the first volume that used on the covers a new portrait-sigil in the bottom corner that would last until the end of the series (I'd come to assume it was by George Wilson).

  Samson Pollen, IN DEADWOOD, (LONGARM # 45) - "Longarm meets a notorious lady gunfighter and walks into the cross-fire of murderous mining barons" - Another Jove paperback release in this adult western series by Tabor Evans.

  Samson Pollen, PEACEMAKER PASS, (BUCKSKIN # 21) - "In the frozen hell of Alaska, Morgan was thawed by hot lead and even hotter women." - Another release in this adult-western series from Leisure Books by Kit Dalton.

  Phil Ronfor, NEW ORLEANS' HOT-BLOODIED HUSSY, (MALE 1956-Oct) - "New Orleans' Hot-Bloodied Hussy (The South's greatest spy) // Special Book Bonus - Hardboiled (A hungry doll with a heart like a rock)" - There may have been no actual intention for associating this with the contents-page item we've chosen to entitle this with.  The artist's credit appears on the contents-page of this magazine (but I have seen Vic Prezio erroneously attributed on the interweb).

  Tom Ryan, THE HARD PURSUED, (DELL) - "He was hunted by the law and the lawless" - This painting was first used for this Dell Books release of Norman A. Fox's novel The Hard Pursued and was then later re-purposed to grace their comic, IDAHO #2 (which carried the blurb: "The fury of blazing guns on the open range as homesteader battles cattleman !")

  Ken Sawyer, THE GOLD FREIGHT, (WESTERN ROUNDUP # 22) - "featuring: 'Wagon Train' with Ward Bond-Roy Rogers-Rin Tin Tin-Jace Pearson-'Wells Fargo' with Dale Robertson-Dale Evans-Range Rider-Buffalo Bill, Jr."

  Walter Stackpool, ACES WILD, (BENEDICT & BRAZOS # 1) - The beginning of a western series about a former Yankee & former Confederate forced by circumstance to adventure together, originally appearing in print in Australia before achieving a more international cachet.

  Tony Tallaricco, DANIEL BOONE, (CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED # 96) - A comic adaptation of the biography, Daniel Boone-Master Of The Wilderness, by John Bakeless.

  Murray Tinkleman, CODE OF THE WEST - "There was no man alive who could ignore the challenge of the deadly pact" - The Avon paperback release of this story by Zane Grey, displaying the singular artistry of Tinkleman.  An excerpt of this piece was 'well-presented' in STEVE HOLLAND-COWBOY.

  Murray Tinkleman, UNDER THE TONTO RIM - "Edd Denmeade was looking for a wife, not for trouble, but he found both !" - The Avon paperback release of this story by Zane Grey, displaying the singular artistry of Tinkleman.