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-- WEIRD FANTASY --
THE UNKNOWNS


     Here are a number of pieces for which we have yet to discover their artists' identities.



  [artist unknown], DRAGON FIGHTER - A blacklight poster of the 1970s.  There seems to be an artist's signature, but I can't make it out.



  [artist unknown], ALADDIN AND THE WONDERFUL LAMP, (DELL JUNIOR TREASURY # 2)



  [artist unknown], GULLIVER'S TRAVELS, (DELL JUNIOR TREASURY # 3)



  [artist unknown], PELHAM'S PREDICTION, (GHOST STORIES # 5) - "Ghostly tales that will shock and astound you . . ."



  [artist uknown], ALFRED HITCHCOCK'S DEATH BAG -"Open it.  Look inside.  But don't say we didn't warn you !" - Dell's US paperback release of this short-story collection created in conjunction with the television show ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS.



  [artist uknown], A HANGMAN'S DOZEN -"Evan Hunter, Ray Bradbury, Richard Matheson and twelve other peerless creators of the macabre and the marvelous" - Dell's paperback release of the story collection ALFRED HITCHCOCK'S A HANGMAN'S DOZEN,in conjunction with the television show ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS.



  [artist uknown], ALFRED HITCHCOCK'S DEATH BAG - Mayflower's British release of this short-story collection created in conjunction with the television show ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS.  Clearly they modified the title presentation somewhat on their front cover.



  [artist unknown], GOING UP?, (THE TWILIGHT ZONE # 63) - "An elevator takes revenge . . . Going up ?"



  [artist unknown], SPAWN OF THE WOLF PACK, (RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT! # 17) - "The wolf pack claims its own - a half-human creature !"



  [artist unknown], THE SORCERER'S RING, (TWILIGHT ZONE # 74) - A painting in a style very unusual for the serious books of the companies.



  [artist unknown], THE SECRET OF THE KEY, (THE TWILIGHT ZONE # 4) - "A priceless old key unlocks a doorway to doom !"



  [artist unknown], IT TAKES ONE TO CATCH ONE, (GRIMM'S GHOST STORIES # 30) - "The phantom's treasure was real - and he wanted it !" - This original painting came on the market recently and the auction-house wanted to attribute it to George Wilson, but I'm not feeling it.  The 'rock work' doesn't really jump out as his and while he could leave some faces really simple sometimes, the ones here almost look like Halloween masks.  Finally, in the years after this one, George Wilson did an entire slew of western paperback covers and they all look better than this.



  [artist unknown], KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE, (KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE # 1) - "The golden days of - gallant warriors - fair ladies in distress - treacherous giants and monstrous dragons !" - Only one issue bearing this title was released.



  [artist unknown], [title unknown], (TARZAN # 72) - George Wilson is one name that has been suggested as the painter for this



  [artist unknown], TARZAN DE LOS MONOS, (TARZAN DE LOS MONOS # ??) - This painting was said to be by George Wilson and thought to be an unused comic cover for the Gold Key TARZAN series.  But we see it being used on a 1973 Spanish Tarzan comic - maybe the reality is that this was actually originated by a European artist and it just got tagged as a Wilson piece when the canvas turned up.



  [artist unknown], INVASION FROM PAL-UL-DON, (KORAK # 11) - "Korak finds an ally as he battles fierce Terrib raiders !"



  [artist unknown], THE RAINS CAME !, (TUROK # 122) - "Turok and Andar are caught in the vines of Death !"



  [artist unknown], THE GIANT APE, (TUROK # 6)



  [artist unknown], BURIAL AT SEA, (DR. SPEKTOR PRESENTS SPINE-TINGLING TALES # 4) - All covers for this short-run series indicated that inside were "Mysteries - Ghost Stories - Tales Of The Macabre



  [artist unknown], JEKYLL,ALIAS HYDE - A pastiche from St. Martin's Press, where author Donald Thomas imagines a different truth hidden behind the events as they are told to us in Robert Louis Stevenson's classic story.



  [artist unknown], THE LAND UNKNOWN, (FOUR COLOR # 845) - "Deep in the icy Antarctic . . . a lost world of prehistoric monsters." - This was the cover to the comic adaptation of the movie THE LAND UNKNOWN.  This piece follows the design of the movie poster by Reynold Brown, but is significantly different in its details.  This particular piece was used much later as the cover of a DVD release of the film.



  [artist unknown], THE RAY OF HORROR !, (THE DURANGO KID # 7) - "The Durango Kid vs. The First Atomic Weapon !" - The comic cover to what would be properly entitled CHARLES STARRETT AS THE DURANGO KID (from Magazine Enterprises).  Know that once Heritage Auctions identified this as having been created by Frank Frazetta, but that seems to have been a one-time error that has persisted because nothing ever goes away with the Internet (certainly the villain's face just does not say 'Frazetta' . . .).  One trusted source suggested that perhaps it was executed by Joe Certa, who drew the corresponding comic story inside.



  [artist unknown] after George Wilson, TARZAN 38 (French comic edition) - This is actually a publisher Sagédition recreation of a George Wilson painting for the cover of Tarzan #194.



  [artist unknown], THE MUNSTERS JIGSAW PUZZLE - Puzzle & box-cover art for this tie-in with TV series produced by Western Publishing's Whitman imprint.  Always a good chance they re-used it for some additional product, but I haven't seen one yet (there is a sticker book that has different cover art with a similar composition).



  [artist unknown], WOMEN WHO REVEL IN PAIN, (MAN'S ADVENTURE 1962-Sept) - "Bet more...win more...the system that puts extra cash in your pocket-How To Make Money On The Horses // the unbelievable story of the Jap Attack That Won World War II // Sex And Prostitution-the inner emotions that drive a girl to vice // It started as a gag.  It ended in terror and pain-Dead Man In The Dormitory" - Understand that this didn't really associate with any of this magazine's contents listed on the cover, so I've 'lifted' the title used when it was re-used 3 years later as one of the images on REAL MEN 1965-Aug with the blurbs, "Women who revel in pain // The joy-girl commandos of Captain Parker // Sex bait for sabateurs // If you don't mind danger we found $46,000,000 treasure of Panama-and there's twice as much still sitting there // The hidden joys of wife-swapping !" - The art was excerpted, modified slightly and re-used again two years later for the same magazine (REAL MEN 1967-July ("Revenge For The Screaming Victims Of The Sisters Of The Lash! // Extra Sex--Six ways married men use most! // Exposing: phoney model agencies-'You Name The Vice, We've Got The Women!' // Nude Parties Out Beyond The Three-Mile Limit! // The burgler and his nympho mistress who stole Rommel's Master Plan")).  I've seen one credible source claim that this was a work by Norm Eastman, but I'm just not feelin' it yet.



  [artist unknown], THE MUMMY, (THE MUMMY (1962)) - "A nerve shattering tale from the tombs, that will shock, startle and amaze you !" - This one-shot comic carried the Dell imprint.  I understand that this publication is frequently seen under a Dell "Movie Classic" header, but that grouping is only one of convenience for collectors - that nomenclature is not borne out by anything actually in or on the book itself.



  [artist unknown], IMAGE OF EVIL, (GHOST STORIES # 10) - "Chilling, thrilling tales of mystery and suspense ! Inside the silent walls lies a secret only the ghost knows !"



  [artist unknown], JUGHEAD 79 - "Say, Ronnie...just how long has it been since you cleaned out your swimming pool? - The comic cover to a release in the Archie line.  The Grand Comics Database could only hazard the possibility that it was executed by Samm Schwartz.



  (arttist unknown-after George Wilson), TARZAN TELEVISION PICTURE STORY BOOK 1970 - British publishers made strong use of 'Annual' periodicals that frequently were just reproducing American content for England's readers.  This PBS Limited 1970 product seems to be such an item, with a cover that is a recreation of George Wilson's for Western Publishing's Tarzan #144.



  [artist unknown], FRANKENSTEIN 2 - Said to likely be an interior illustration for a yet unidentified Western Publishing Frankenstein book project (perhaps for the foreign market).



  [artist uknown], MYTHOLOGY - "Timeless tales of gods and heroes" - The cover also identifies the image as "Perseus with the head of Medusa - from a statue by Benvenuto Cellini" - a Mentor paperback release of Edith Hamilton's book.



  [artist unknown], [title unknown], (TARZAN # 112) - At this writing, a couple of my trusted sources ascribe this cover to George Wilson, but, I'm putting it in the UNKNOWN credit area because I contest that, from my amatuer's perspective.  For instance, the lion is nothing like the numerous others that Wilson has on display and for that matter, the entire work has an indistinctive air about it that plays against that artist's usual mien.



  [artist unknown], FRANKENSTEIN 1 - Said to likely be an interior illustration for a yet unidentified Western Publishing Frankenstein book project (perhaps for the foreign market).



  [artist unknown], OUT OF THE SHADOWS 14, (OUT OF THE SHADOWS # 14) - "Eerie! Frightful! The Werewolf" - The art on this cover does not seem to associate directly with its contents.  One trusted source suggested the duo responsible for the Werewolf story, Mort Meskin & George Rousso, might have done this cover art as well.



  [artist unknown], RUDYARD KIPLING'S JUNGLE BOOK - "Unveiled before your wondering eyes . . . the romance of mystic India . . . the savage jungle's secret charms . . . in this new kind of motion picture !" - I have frequently seen Morris (Mo) Gollub's name associated with this work, but I'm not yet confident that that isn't just confusion with the different Dell comic covers that artist did for Mowgli/The Jungle Book.



  [artist unknown (though to be perhaps Chuck Liese)], THE HONKERS' DEATH DANCE, (TUROK # 120) - "The Fire or the Arrow - which can stop the rampaging honker ?"



  [artist unknown], THE BATH, (RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT! # 82) - "The specter that drowned again !"



  [artist unknown], DEATH SENTENCE, (GRIMM'S GHOST STORIES # 44) - "The prisoner's ghost demanded his rights in Death Sentence !"



  [artist unknown], JUNGLE TREASURE, (MARCH OF COMICS # 223) - "Jungle Treasure - A Tarzan and Boy adventure" - I've seen Morris (Mo) Gollub suggested as the painter here.



  [artist unknown], THE WITCH DOCTOR'S MAGIC, (MARCH OF COMICS # 240) - A Tarzan adventure.  I've seen Morris (Mo) Gollub suggested as the painter here.



  [artist unknown], TARZAN'S COMMANDOS, (MARCH OF COMICS # 262) - I've seen Morris (Mo) Gollub suggested as the painter here.



  [artist unknown], PIRATES OF THE LAGOON, (MARCH OF COMICS # 272) - A Tarzan adventure.  I've seen Morris (Mo) Gollub suggested as the painter here.



  [artist unknown], VALLEY OF PERIL, (MARCH OF COMICS # 286) - A Tarzan adventure.  I've seen Morris (Mo) Gollub suggested as the painter here.



  [artist unknown], THE SEA SERPENTS, (MARCH OF COMICS # 300) - A Tarzan adventure.  I've seen Morris (Mo) Gollub suggested as the painter here.



  [artist unknown], TARZAN AND THE LION'S RAGE, (MARCH OF COMICS # 366) - I've seen Morris (Mo) Gollub suggested as the painter here.



  [artist unknown], SEEDS OF TREACHERY, (BORIS KARLOFF TALES OF MYSTERY # 76) - "A grim harvest from a seed of evil !"



  [artist unknown (the depicted poster within the art is said to be a Joe Certa drawing)], POSTER MAN, (THE TWILIGHT ZONE # 76) - "Right here, folks . . . The Poster Man has something for everyone !"



  [artist unknown], RAPTURES OF THE DEEP, (THE TWILIGHT ZONE # 84) - "Caught in the swirling depths of a secret sea !"



  [artist unknown], OVERLY CHARMING, (THE TWILIGHT ZONE # 89) - "They loved his music to death !"



  [artist unknown (thought to be perhaps Luis Dominguez)], CALL ME AHAB, (GRIMM'S GHOST STORIES # 24) - "They were phantoms - the ship, the captain, the crew ! But the white whale was real !"



  [artist unknown], DIGGING FOR TROUBLE, (GRIMM'S GHOST STORIES # 33) - "The bulldozer flung dirt in their faces - in Digging Up Trouble !"



  [artist unknown], THE MUMMY'S GHOST, (GRIMM'S GHOST STORIES # 55) - "An avenging fury lies behind the mask of Tutankhamun !"



  [artist unknown (thought to be perhaps Jesse Santos)], THE BRAIN OF XORKON, (THE OCCULT FILES OF DR. SPEKTOR # 15) - "It's here ! It's alive ! From the misty age of sorcery . . . the brain of Xorkon !"



  [artist unknown], ANDAR'S HELPING HAND, (TUROK # 124) - "A jungle boy risks his life - to grow up !"



  [artist unknown], THE UNWANTED ONE, (TUROK # 129) - "Can a child-man lead Turok and Andar out of the treacherous Lost Valley ?"



  [artist unknown], GHOST STORIES 2, (GHOST STORIES # 2) - "Amazing tales of things . . . too strange to believe !"



  [artist unknown (thought to be perhaps Jack Faragasso)], TOKA-JUNGLE KING, (TOKA # 1) - "Man and beast in the deadly green jungle !"



  [artist unknown], HERCULES, (FOUR COLOR # 1006) - "His mighty arms destroyed a throne, and launched the quest for the Golden Fleece !" - This was a comic adaptation of the Embassy Pictures American release of an Italian Steve Reeves Hercules film.



  [artist unknown], THE PHANTOM LIGHTHOUSE, (FOUR COLOR # 1173) - This was the first comic version of writer Rod Serling's THE TWILIGHT ZONE, a hit television show that started the previous year, being a drama anthology series with science-fiction/fantasty trappings. Stories in the same vein would continue to be collected as the comic was given its own run that would last more than four times longer than the original series itself.



  [artist unknown], THE LAST DeMANDRED, (GHOST STORIES # 6) - "The golden armored ghost strikes !"



  [artist unknown], BLOOD WILL TELL, (GHOST STORIES # 7) - "Haunted by a ghost that wasn't there !"



  [artist unknown], THE DAY THE SOLDIERS RAN, (GHOST STORIES # 3) - "The war stopped when . . . the ghost army rode the sky !"



  [artist unknown], THE WOLF MAN, (THE WOLFMAN (1963)) - "A strange spectre looms over a frightened countryside" A new story using the Universal Pictures character.



  [artist unknown], THE MYSTERY OF THE MOUNTAIN, (FOUR COLOR # 656) - Turok illustration.



  [artist unknown], THE BRIDGE TO FREEDOM, (TUROK # 4) - ""



  [artist unknown], THE EXILED CAVE MEN, (TUROK # 3)



  [artist unknown], THE RIVER OF FIRE, (TUROK # 5)



  [artist unknown (thought to be perhaps George Wilson)], [title unknown], (TARZAN # 66)