We are casting a pretty large net with our own rubric of 'Weird Fantasy' here.  Certainly the inclusion of illustrations of horror stories is the standard, but we've admittedly stretched the class by also seeking out works from fairy tales, mystical legends, lost civilizations, antediluvian valleys, pre-historical epochs, 'alternate' histories, fantastically rampaging wildlife, jungle men/women and other fictional near-superhero individuals.

  Dan Adkins, THE MUMMY'S HAND, (EERIE # 12) - "Illustrated horror awaits you in these haunted pages !" - This cover scene doesn't seem to be associated with any of the contents inside this comic-magazine and, indeed, the image is unquestionably a near identical rendition of a promotional still-picture from one of Hammer's Mummy films.  The cover itself was featured in THE ART OF PAINTED COMICS

  George Akimoto, THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT - "The adventure you will never forget" - Britain's Amicus Productions made this film (of the classic adventure story of Edgar Rice Burroughs) with the large financial participation of American International Pictures (who would distribute in the United States).  British Lion Films, the main distributor had their monolythic film poster designed by Tom Chantrell, but the Americans had to execute their own take of it and Akimoto produced this painting.

  R.L. Allen, THE MUMMY - The art from a jigsaw puzzle that Whitman released as part of a series that also included Dracula and the Wolfman.

  R.L. Allen, DRACULA - The art from a jigsaw puzzle that Whitman released as part of a series that also included The Mummy and the Wolfman.

  R.L. Allen, THE WOLFMAN - The art from a jigsaw puzzle that Whitman released as part of a series that also included Dracula and the Mummy.

  Anselmo Ballester, EL EXTRANO CASO DEL HOMBRE Y EL BESTIA [>i>The Strange Case Of The Man And The Beast] - We've presented here on the caption-page only the *Italian* film poster version of the Argentinian adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's Strange Case Of Dr.Jekyll And Mr.Hyde (because we've yet to lay eyes on the real thing).

  George Barr, THE ENCHANTED THINGAMAJIG (alternate version) - So, when this painting was up for auction, it carried with it this title.  At the same time, there is a much better known & beloved image that is commonly known by that title.  Now then, when particularly writing about that latter painting, Barr reported it was the *fourth* version of the idea, which would seem to indicate there are at least three more paintings floating around that would seem entitled to the title -- and this one may very well be one of those.  However, I would posit that might not be the case--certainly, there is no specific central 'thingamjig' present in our image here to captivate the main furry subject--maybe this is another painting to which an auctioneer somehow associated with what they knew to be an extant painting-group...

  George Barr, [unknown title], (MARION ZIMMER BRADLEY'S FANTASY MAGAZINE 1989-Sprng) - "Speacial Feature: George Barr--as Artist and Author--Interview by Darrell Schweitzer" - You can see that Barr changed the copyright on his painting, probably modifying it for this magazine cover.  I wonder if it was originally one of the unused alternates to the image that has become known as The Enchanted Thingamajig.

  John Berkey, KING KONG 2 - One of the suite of poster & promotional art that Berkey executed for this 1976 Paramount film.

  Richard Bober, A WRINKLE IN TIME - The Dell paperback release of Madeline L'Engle's classic tale.  While artist identification was unknown for decades, dogged research finally pointed to the deceased Bober, and his family were able to prove the absent painting had been his, as a picture of it was included among others that had years before been taken to document his canvases of that time.

  Frank Bolle, HIDE AND SEEK, (THE TWILIGHT ZONE # 83) - "They were playing hide and seek - forever !" - This particular 'awkwardly fleeing figure' character-pose had been utilized quite a number of times by Western Publishing stalwart cover artist George Wilson, but instead Bolle's credit for this piece is the one generally accepted.

  Howard V. Brown, THE SHADOW OUT OF TIME, (ASTOUNDING 1936-June) - "The Shadow Out Of Time-H.P. Lovecraft // also:Schachner, Van Lorne, Coblentz, Corbet, Williamson" - The cover was featured in FANTASTIC SCIENCE FICTION ART

  Reynold Brown, THE LAND UNKNOWN - "Behind a barrier of Antartic ice,,,a paradise of hidden terrors! The story of four people who probed deeper into Science's greatest mystery--only to become trapped in a forbidden valley of pre-historic monsters !" - This painting seems to have been utilized on this Universal-International film's lobby cards and secondary promotional materials, rather than the main poster (which was also done by Brown).

  Reynold Brown, ATTACK OF THE 50ft.WOMAN - An Allied Artists pictures release.  The resulting movie poster was featured in his REYNOLD BROWN: A LIFE IN PICTURES.

  Reynold Brown, TARANTULA! - "Tarantula! Starring John Agar--Mara Corday--Leo G. Carroll with Nestor Paiva--Ross Elliott" - This image is from one of the lobby card designs for this Universal 'creature-feature'.  Some of the cover designs, with similar (but not identical) compositions were featured in Reynold's own monograph, A LIFE IN THE PICTURES.

3149  Dino Busett-after George Wilson, TARZAN 34 (Italian comic edition) - This is actually a publisher Editrice Cenisio recreation of a George Wilson painting for the cover of Tarzan #191.

  Dino Busett-after George Wilson, TARZAN 94 (Italian comic edition) - This is actually a publisher Editrice Cenisio recreation of a George Wilson painting for the cover of Korak #24, altered a bit to work instead for this Tarzan comic.

  Dino Busett, SILVER HEADS [Têtes d'Argent], (Sagédition's TARZAN # 42 (France)) - Busett created this effective new composition by 'lifting' parts of two paintings by Morris (Mo) Gollub - specifically, the Tarzan figure is from the cover of TARZAN #76 (for the Dell imprint) and the big cat is from the cover of TARZAN JUNGLE ANNUAL #4 (also the Dell imprint).

  Dino Busett, [title unknown) - This is an original image, probably for some Italian Tarzan publication.

  Renato Casaro, TALES OF TERROR [Racconti Del Terrore] - This art was the poster for Italy's release of this AIP film collecting together some adaptations of Edgar Allen Poe's short stories, directed by Roger Corman and starring Vincent Price, Peter Lorre and Basil Rathbone.

  Joe Certa (only my own attribution), DARK SHADOWS - Apparently intended as a cover for Western's Dark Shadows series, but unused.  A colored illustration created using a 'blue-line' technique.

  Tom Chantrell, THE PEOPLE THAT TIME FORGOT, - "First 'The Land That Time Forgot' // Then "'At The Earth's Core' // Now A fantastic incredible world of savage mystery..." - Actually this is a film adaptation of the Edgar Rice Burroughs sequel to his The Land That Time Forgot.  Interestingly, the production company that created the film, Amicus, dissolved before the film's release, so the financial partner (and distributor) American International Pictures (AIP) received the full credit for the film.

  Tom Chantrell, THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT - "From the author of Tarzan" - This is the art for the film poster for the British Lion Films distribution of this adaptation of the Edgar Rice Burroughs adventure.  Note that the American distributor had another artist paint their own version of this composition for their purposes.

  Howard Chaykin, DOMINION - "Ancient evil stalks the earth, to seize at last - Dominion" - This art was for a Tor release of this novel in the Dracula series of Fred Saberhagen.  The full original art would seem to have formed a wraparound cover, with the back exhibiting a castle-like silhouette on that horizon, over a slow bloody river.

  L.B. Cole, GHOST STORIES 1, (GHOST STORIES # 1) - "Stories to shock you ! Ghostly tales of suspense and terror !" - I encountered the 'original art' and it appears to have been a somewhat constructed image and I've tried to do the same here from the pieces as they were, but admittedly to less effect.  Note how the spectral component is a flipped 'swipe' from the cover of Gilberton's THE WORLD AROUND US # 24 (THE ILLUSTRATED STORY OF GHOSTS).  Note that artist Cole was involved with editing both series, hence the deduction that he 'lifted' his own work to formulate the new needed cover.

  Mel Crawford (only my own attribution), THE SPECTRAL SCHOONER, (RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT! # 73) - "Deceit was first mate on the doomed ship !" - I've seen it suggested that this was painted by Mike Roy, but the simplistic floating heads seem to me too similar to MURDER ON THE ENTERPRISE (for Star Trek #48), which I had already attributed to Mel Crawford, because its similarity to other Crawford works.

  Mel Crawford (only my own attribution), THE GRAFITTI WANTS YOU, (THE TWILIGHT ZONE # 64) - "The message was clear - murder ! The Grafitti Wants You !" - Heritage Auctions wanted to attribute this to George Wilson and I'm just not seeing it.  The woman's hand *is* approaching the hand-to-face position, a feature Wilson used incredibly frequently, but I just didn't see one other thing that would suggest any of his proclivities.  But then, I evaluated that the women was very near matching the theft-victim woman in 'Join The Club' (for Twilight Zone #50) and at that point the less realistic style can be thought of as closer to Crawford than Wilson.

  Mel Crawford (only my own attribution), ONE OF YOU DIED LAST NIGHT, (BORIS KARLOFF TALES OF MYSTERY # 77) - "One of you died last night - which one was it ?" - The owner of this painting has displayed it, crediting it to George Wilson.  However, the original art, with its production notes in the 'margins', does not happen to give the artist's name, while the Grand Comics Database is not yet able to identify the artist of the cover of the comic and none of my other trusted sources yet have information to confirm Wilson.  With that said, from my own amatuer's perspective, this painting displays some significant departures from what I've come to feel is Wilson's usual 'look', so, for me, the limning of the faces, particularly the woman's, points to Mel Crawford.

  Mel Crawford (only my own attribution), JOIN THE CLUB, (THE TWILIGHT ZONE # 50) - "The Starr Diamond - is it jinxed ? Our eager thief will soon find out !" - When this painting came up for auction, it was attributed to George Wilson, but it did seem to stand out as a bit clunky when put amid that artist's works.  Alternatively, the smaller, tinted heads seem to match better with other Gold Key covers that have been attributed to Crawford, so I've ended up putting it here.

  Mel Crawford, THE DEAD HAND, (RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT! # 85) - "The ghostly hand writes its message . . . of death !" - This canvas, amid it's margin notations, has Crawford's name indicated.

  Joe DeVito, AN OLD FRIEND OF THE FAMILY - "The king of the vampires returns !" - After a pastiche where Sherlock Holmes both duels & joins with Dracula and then a re-telling of Bram Stoker's story from the wronged vampire's point-of-view, the anti-hero moved into modern times with this tale and continued into full-fledged series of novels brought to you by Fred Saberhagen ("co-author of the official movie tie-in of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' ").

  Steve Ditko, HAUNTED, (HAUNTED # 1) - "Revenge Of The Slave Ghost // About Tyme // Room Of Madness" - Ditko's amalgam cover for this premiere issue from Carlton.

  Rafael López Espí, SHE IS WAITING [Ella Esta Esperando], (Ediciones Vertice's FANTOM # 20 (Spain))

  Jack Faragasso, TOKA'S MAGIC SHIELD, (TOKA # 2) - "Has Toka Met His Match ?"

  Ray Feibush, THE BEST OF FRANK HERBERT 1952-1964 - Sphere Books paperback release of this collection.  The Internet Speculative Fiction Database says they have confirmed that this isn't a Bruce Pennington piece and then observes that it is in Feibush's 'style' and feels that he is the most likely artist to have executed it.

  Victor Gadino, THE ADVENTURE OF THE PEERLESS PEER - "The indomitable Sherlock Holmes joins forces with the Lord of the Jungle himself !" - The Dell paperback release of this parody pastiche by Phillip José Farmer.

  Basil Gogos, ZACHERLEY, (FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND # 15) - "He's back--to judge our makeup contest--Zacherley // more Mad Robots this issue" - Fledgling entertainer John Zacherle seems to have been the originator of the then groundbreaking, but later ubiquitous, stereotypical televison role of 'horror-host', by creating & portraying his characterization of the weird & spooky undertaker 'Zacherley', while introducing locally broadcast horror films and intermittently interrupting them and injecting humorous comments & staged-gags.  The Famous Monsters Of Filmland magazine could certainly be considered a kindred spirit of such hijinks and celebrated his phenomenon in their pages, and their cover here.  That phenomenon seems to me to have been more localized than their rising national distribution would merit, having myself been raised in the hinterlands and not aware, until just recently, of who this was, despite the 40-year career Mr. Zacherle parlayed his comedic genius into.

  David Grove, SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES - "What would you give a man who could make your deepest dream come true ?" - The movie poster of Walt Disney Studios film-adaptation of Ray Bradbury's novel.

  Peter Hawley, THE MUNSTERS AND THE GREAT CAMERA CAPER - The front cover of a juvenile novel, from the TV franchise, published by Western Publishing's Whitman imprint.  They re-used it later for a MUNSTERS jigsaw-puzzle of theirs.  This painting is also broadly identified as being by Arnold Kohn, but it seems more likely that it is Hawley's and I note that Heritage Auctions solidly credited it to him.

  Robin Hiddon, LA PORTE DES SERPENTS [THE GATE OF SERPENTS] - 1980 saw this painting appear on the cover of two different books, but as Hiddon was a French artist, I have to imagine that it was first intended for the French novel by 'Gilles Thomas' (Julia Verlanger), before being additionally snagged for a narrative/'found art' collection, THE FANTASTIC PLANET, by that Galactic Encounters series author & compiler, 'Steven Caldwell' (Stewart Cowley) and featured on the front & back covers (always with *some* typography).

  Will Hulsey, WEASELS RIPPED MY FLESH, (MAN'S LIFE 1956-Sept) - "Weasels Ripped My Flesh // Can Women Justify Their Need For Extra-Marital Relations? // Hooked To A Killer Shark // Sin Happy Vacationists Are Overrunning Cape Cod" -  The magazine cover is probably the most iconic one of this particular sub-genre among pop-culture, which embraced it and celebrated the absurdity of its story title.  It was certainly featured in Taschen's MEN'S ADVENTURE MAGAZINES.

  Will Hulsey, THE ISLAND OF MAN-EATING RATS, (MAN'S LIFE 1956-May) - "The Island Of Man-Eating Rats // New Orleans: Pickup Paradise--The shocking story of 'nice' girls // The Big Cat Clawed My Guts // I Wouldn't Marry An American Girl" -  The cover was featured in Taschen's MEN'S ADVENTURE MAGAZINES.

  Will Hulsey, CHEWED TO BITS BY GIANT TURTLES, (MAN'S LIFE 1957-May) - "Chewed To Bits By Giant Turtles // Masculine Inadequacies Drive Women Nuts! // Belly Up Dead // San Antonio: Home Of Texas' Love-Happy Girls" -  The cover was featured in Taschen's MEN'S ADVENTURE MAGAZINES.

  Joel Iskowitz, NEVER CROSS A VAMPIRE - The St. Martin's Press release of this entry in the Toby Peters mystery series by Stuart M. Kaminsky.  Bela Legosi's visage (it is the *actor* that is a character in this tale) is from a pretty famous publicity photo of him as Dracula.

  Arthur Jameson, THE WATER SPRITES, (FOUR COLOR # 121 (back cover)) - This is the *back* cover of this Fairy Tale Parade comic book.  It was presented with no 'trade dress' whatsoever.

  Arthur Jameson, TINY ESMERALDA, (FOUR COLOR # 104 (back cover)) - This is the *back* cover of this Fairy Tale Parade comic book.  It was presented with no 'trade dress' whatsoever.

  Arthur Jameson, THE SLEEPING GIANT 2, (FOUR COLOR # 114 (back cover)) - presented on the *back* cover of this comic with no 'trade dress' whatsoever

  Arthur Jameson, MELISANDRA, (FOUR COLOR # 104) - The cover of one of the Fairy Tale Parade entries.

  Arthur Jameson, [title unknown], (FOUR COLOR # 121) - This book was 'packaged', like others, as Fairy Tale Parade

  Arthur Jameson, THE SLEEPING GIANT, (FOUR COLOR # 114) - This book was 'packaged', like others, as Fairy Tale Parade.

  Jeffrey Catherine Jones & Vaughn Bodé, FORGOTTEN KINGDOM, (VAMPIRELLA # 4) - "Does this strange girl represent the forces of Good or Evil ?" - Bill Parente wrote the story in this issue that was inspired by this cover painting.  Our image presented here floats about the Interweb as if it was the original painting utilized for the magazine cover, but note that it seems to be of a somewhat more 'natural' color palette than what's seen on the published result.  While the cover's palette is preserved when that image is featured in THE ART OF VAMPIRELLA-THE WARREN YEARS, it all suggests that, for the cover, the painting's image had been 'pushed' so as to take on that puplish-blue tint.

  Michael Kaluta, THE SAME DREAM NIGHT AFTER NIGHT, (on CHUTES LIBRES) - I understand that this image was first a portfolio drawing, then the artist colored it for this French collection of his comic stories).

  Jack Kamen, RAIN OF TERROR - This seems to have been a specialty commission.

  Bob Larkin, THE DEVIL TREE OF GAMBURU, (THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN # 42) - "The Devil Trees Of Gamburu // All new adventures with the greatest sword-and-sorcery hero of all !" - This cover illustrated the story by Roy Thomas.

  Bob Larkin, RIDERS BEYOND THE SUNRISE, (MARVEL PREVIEW # 19) - "He's back! - Kull battles for his life against the malevolent magic of Thulsa Doom - in a time-lost tale of Swords and Sorcery! // Plus: Epic adventure with swashbuckling Soloman Kane !" - Comic pastiche tale from Roy Thomas about Robert E. Howard's Kull The Destroyer.  This painting was used as the title page for the artist's monograph, THE SAVAGE ART OF BOB LARKIN.

  Mario Larrinaga, KING KONG [1] - Actually a pre-production rendering for this RKO film, King Kong.

  Chuck Liese, BANNER OF THE DEAD, (RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT! # 92) - "An artist witnesses a ghastly scene that took place 1,000 years before !"

  Chuck Liese, [unknown title] - Reportedly, this was the painting commissioned from Liese for the 95th issue of RIPLEY'S BELIEVE OR NOT!, which was then cancelled with issue 94.  A year or so later, such unpublished spooky materials were scheduled for the 2nd issue of Western Publishing's new supernatural publication, SHROUD OF MYSTERY, but that series was then summarily cancelled as the comics line was completely wound down.

  Chuck Liese, THE SAD CAVALIER, (SHADOW PLAY # 1) - "Tales of the supernatural - Even death could not stop the tears of a man betrayed" - One trusted source suggested George Wilson as the painter of this, but I think the release year for it, 1982, is a few years later than his contributions seemed to have stopped to this publisher,Western.  I'd say that it is more likely to be Chuck Liese's - compare these misty warriors to those found in Ripley's Believe It Or Not #92, which has been clearly acknowledged to be his.

  Jesse Marsh, TARZAN & TANTOR, (TARZAN'S JUNGLE ANNUAL # 5 (back cover)) - This painting was featured in the EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS 100 YEAR ART CHRONOLOGY.

  Val Mayerik, THE POOL OF THE BLACK ONE, (THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN # 22) - "Terror in a timelesss land! Pool Of The Black One" - Illustrating the Roy Thomas adaptation of Robert E. Howard's short story.

  Frank McCarthy, THE VALLEY OF THE GWANGI - "Unbelievable! ...creatures of a lost era challenge the best the West has to offer. Fantastic!...the Allosaurus alive in the twentieth century. Amazing!...a world that still exists as it did at the beginning of time. Terrifying! Enter Forbidden Valley at your own risk! Cowboys battle monsters in the lost world of Forbidden Valley. // The Valley Of The Gwangi" - The Warner Bros. cross-genre film with star James Franciscus.

  Dean Morrissey, Druid's Blood - "Can a magic-less sleuth save's Victoria's spell-beset England ?" - The Signet paperback release of Esther M. Fresner's alternate-world fantasy.  Despite appearances, the person on the cover is not Sherlock Holmes, but he performs all the same services that the original would.

  Gray Morrow, THE HAUNT OF HORROR 1973, (THE HAUNT OF HORROR 1973-June) - "Featuring: Conjure Wife by Fritz Lieber // In this issue stories by: Harlan Ellison--Ramsey Campbell--R.A. Lafferty--Robert E.Howard--Dennis O'Neil" - The year after this very short-lived prose magazine, the publisher, Marvel, began a comic magazine of the same title, logo & cover design.

  Earl Norem, VAMPIRE TALES - As best as I can tell, in 1973, issue #12 of Marvel Comics's black-&-white magazine VAMPIRE TALES was being laid-out for pubication and Earl Norem was comissioned to create the cover, illustrating one of the stories planned within.  The series was canceled and issue #11 was the last. A few years later, I imagine that it was desired that the story materials that had laid fallow be utilized (or had to be pulled out of mothballs to save another production snafu), so we have an image of Norem's painting overlayed with typography for MARVEL PREVIEW #8, but at publication we see . . . *another* cover in place instead.  Don't know why.  (As an aside, the werewolf's green pants makes many commentators believe he is Jack Russell (Werewolf By Night), but in the story itself you see it is someone else entirely).  The painting that much later comes to auction depicts a surrounding white haze rather than a green one.  Don't know why - however, the white version is what we see on the cover of TwoMorrows's Back Issue #36 ("Unleashed and On The Prowl...Monsters // This issue:Wrightson-DeZuniga-Isabella & Ayers")(maybe it has an explanation of what all has been happening here).

  Terry Oakes, CAN YOU HEAR ? - The cover to Can You Hear ? - Poetry For Oxfam published by Humanities Press Int'l.

  G.P., THE DARKEST NIGHT - "The devil-driven worshipers of Kali sacrifice a young woman to their evil goddess of sorcery" - The Paperback Library paperback release of this novel by 'Peter Saxon' (W. Howard Baker & Wilfred McNeilly).

  J. Pendlud, A FEAST UNKNOWN - The Playboy Press paperback release of this thinly disguised Doc Savage/Tarzan pastiche by Philip José Farmer.

  Walter Popp, A GOD NAMED KROO, (FANTASTIC STORY MAGAZINE 1954-Smmr) - "featuring: A God Named Kroo by Henry Kuttner--Elixer Of Doom by Ray Cummings--The Lotus Eaters by Bolling Branham--Promotion To Satellite by Ray Bradbury--The Brink Of Infinity by Stanley G. Weinbaum" - There's no guarantee that this art actually associates with the story-title we've chosen.

  Richard Powers, THE SMILING CAVALIER, (BORIS KARLOFF THRILLER # 2) - "Find The Traitor - The Pit - The Dreamer - Blind Man's Bluff . . . and other stories" - Note that the original art to this is reported as having the foreground items glued onto the abstract background (any possibility two different artists, then?).  Heritage Auction wants to attribute this to Richard Powers (timing is right, as 1962 was a year that Powers was known to have done other Gold Key covers).  It's been commented that when looking at the larger uncropped painting, you can see some abstract features that mirror ones found in Powers paintings and I'd have to say that I agree.

  Barbara Remington, THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING - When Ballentine Books released their paperback edition of Tolkien's Lord Of The Rings trilogy, they engaged Remington to create a single large image that could be carved-up into the three book covers, and then promotionally released the single image as a poster that proved to be incredibly popular among the new fans.  It's just me, but I feel the single image is problematical and that the art presents better in the triptych form.  This exhibit would be the first of the three parts.

  Barbara Remington, THE TWO TOWERS - When Ballentine Books released their paperback edition of Tolkien's Lord Of The Rings trilogy, they engaged Remington to create a single large image that could be carved-up into the three book covers, and then promotionally released the single image as a poster that proved to be incredibly popular among the new fans.  It's just me, but I feel the single image is problematical and that the art presents better in the triptych form.  This exhibit would be the second of the three parts.

  Barbara Remington, THE RETURN OF THE KING - When Ballentine Books released their paperback edition of Tolkien's Lord Of The Rings trilogy, they engaged Remington to create a single large image that could be carved-up into the three book covers, and then promotionally released the single image as a poster that proved to be incredibly popular among the new fans.  It's just me, but I feel the single image is problematical and that the art presents better in the triptych form.  This exhibit would be the third of the three parts.

  Mike Roy (only my own attribution), HEADED FOR CATASTROPHE, (THE TWILIGHT ZONE # 86) - "He inherited a fortune - and the curse of the cats !" - No trusted source has identifed Roy as this cover's painter, but it feels just like two other Twilight Zone covers, created right at this time, that *have* been credited to him.

  Sam Savitt, THE TRAGIC SPOT, (RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT! # 78) - "The barge crept along its ghostly path toward the tragic spot !"

  John Schoenherr, TALES FROM THE TOMB, (TALES FROM THE TOMB # 1) - "Nightmare stories of ghosts, ghouls and other grisly . . . 'things'" - While this is widely attributed to L.B. Cole (even appearing as such in the single collection of Cole's work, but not looking much like his usual fare), Schoenherr's son, says he's found among his father's materials a record of selling a cover-piece to Dell for Tales Of The Tomb.  While the comic only had one issue and there might be a question about having intended their commission for an unpublished issue, the son judges this is more in keeping with his father's work than it is Cole's.

  Harold Shull, ISLAND OF LOST SOULS, (FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND # 81) - "The ape girl lives again in the spine-chilling feature 'Captive Wild Woman' // plus Island Of Lost Souls--Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea"

  Kenneth Smith, CREEPY 41, (CREEPY # 41) - It was a common practice at Warren Magazines to secure a fantastical painting to adorn an upcoming horror comic and then have staff writers create a story around it.  If that is the case here, we can't yet identify what story within was the result.  The art was re-used soon thereafter for the cover of the 32nd issue of Dossier Negro, a Spanish horror publication that, while having produced predominately original material, also re-used stories & covers from the Warren operation.

  Malcolm Smith, SHAVER MYSTERY, (THE SHAVER MYSTERY MAGAZINE 1947-no1) - It seems this image was created and appeared as the cover (without typography) for the first issue of this amateur publication produced by Richard S. Shaver himself, in continuing support of his controversial narrative about the Earthly remains of a technologically-advanced pre-historical civilization.  While not confirmed, it seems that the original was an inkwash rather than a color painting.  I've seen reports that this image was also used as an interior illustration in a 1948 issue of Amazing Stories and appears that he executed 15 interior illustrations to accompany the novel Prometheus II printed within the February 1948 issue - it's very possible that this is one of those, maybe even originated for it and just got used on the amateur magazine before the professional made it to the newsstands.  Almost a decade later, the art got a strange coloration and appeared on the cover of Other Worlds Science Stories 1957-May ("The Serpent River--Don Wilcox // Falcons Of Narabedla--Marion Z. Bradley // New Lamps--Robert M. Williams").

  Jack Sparling (only my own attribution), A BEAST FOR THE ASKING, (BORIS KARLOFF TALES OF MYSTERY # 79) - "It was a royal beast fit to kill - a rajah !" - To attribute this to Sparling, I say look at the general similarity to his THE COURT OF THE CLOWN (for Boris Karloff #80 (the next issue)), especially the bright pop-eyes of the soon-to-be-victims.

  Jack Sparling, THE COURT CLOWN, (BORIS KARLOFF TALES OF MYSTERY # 80) - "Don't anger the monster ! It makes him grow !"

  Jack Sparling, SPECIAL DELIVERY, (RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT! # 68) - "He made a vow before dying . . . and kept it !"

  Jack Sparling, UNBURY ME, (GRIMM'S GHOST STORIES # 36) - "He saw the specter and heard his chilling cry - unbury me !"

  Paul Stahr, HELL ISLAND, (ARGOSY WEEKLY 1935-May 11) - "Hell Island by Eustace L. Adams-A powerful tale of filibusters // Worts - Wm F. Hough - Wormser

  Joe Staton, FANTASTIC 1973, (FANTASTIC 1973-Sept) - "Barry N. Malzberg--Isaiah // Gordan Eklund--The Stuff Of Time // David R. Bunch--Moment Of Truth In Suburb Junction // Janet Fox--A Witch In Time // Glen Cook--The Nights Of Dreadful Silence // John K. Diomede--Dem Bones // Karl T. Pflock--AFC // Alexei & Corey Panshin--The Son Of Black Morca(conclusion) // Fritz Leiber--Fantasy Books"

  Jim Steranko, IT, (SUPERNATURAL THRILLERS # 1) - "featuring IT! from the world famous thriller by: Theodore Sturgeon // The thing that couldn't die !" - Marvel Comics, used this adaptation of Sturgeon's novelette to kick-off this new weird series.  (Note that this is not associated with Marvel's swampy Man-Thing character that had just been introduced in FEAR #10.)

  Ed Valigursky, LEGACY OF TERROR, (AMAZING STORIES 1958-Nov) - "Legacy Of Terror // World Beyond Pluto--New Johnny Mahem novellette" - Cover art to illustrate short story by Henry Slesar.

  Victor Valla, TALES OF THE CTHULHU MYTHOS vol.1 - "The greatest cycle of supernatural horror" - The Beagle (Ballantine Books) paperback release of this volume of Lovecraftian horror tales by Lovercraft & others (edited by August Derleth).

  Boris Vallejo, THE ALTAR OF THE DAMNED, (TALES OF THE ZOMBIE # 1) - "World Screamiere! Fantastic,fear-filled first issue! // He lives! He strikes! No grave can hold him! Night Of The Walking Dead // Photos! Features! Illustrated terror talesfrom the unholy haunt of Voodoo and Black Magic // Extra bonus: The Thing From The Bog" - This cover art loosely illustrated this retelling of The Zombie's origin by Roy Thomas & Steve Gerber.  The cover itself has been featured in MARVEL ZOMBIES--THE COVERS and THE WEIRD WORLD OF ERRIE PUBLICATIONS.

  Boris Vallejo, TREE OF DEATH, (THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN # 5) - "Tree Of Death // All new exploits of the greatest Sword-And-Sorcery hero of them all" - The cover art illustrates an episode in Robert E. Howard's story, A Witch Shall Be Born.  John Buscema was executing the sequential art for the comics adaptation and it is reported that he laid out this matching composition for the painter.  The cover itself was featured in THE ART OF PAINTED COMICS.

  Boris Vallejo, IRON SHADOWS IN THE MOON, (THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN # 4) - "All new thrills! Iron Shadows In The Moon // also: Black Mark Triumphant // and a special Conan portfolio" - This cover illustrated the story by Robert E. Howard.

  Boris Vallejo, THE DEVIL IN IRON, (THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN # 15) - "All new! The Devil In Iron--Terror on a time-lost isle" - This cover illustrates the story by Robert E. Howard.

  Boris Vallejo, WHEN THE GODS CRAVE FLESH, (TALES OF THE ZOMBIE # 3) - "Can even a dead man survive The Ritual Of Fire? // Photos and fact-features from the dark domain of Black Magic // Bonus: Vengeance Of The Voodoo Gods" - This cover illustrates the story by Steve Gerber.

  Ron Walotsky, THE COURTS OF CHAOS - "The climax of the epic struggle for the one true world !" - The Avon paperback release of this story by Roger Zelazny.

  Bob Walters, THE LAST THUNDER HORSE WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI, (ISAAC ASIMOV'S SCIENCE FICTION 1988-Nov) - "Sharon N. Farber--The Last Thunder Horse West Of The Mississippi // Somtow Sucharitkul--John Shirley // Isaac Asimov"

  [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], 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], 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 exwcute by Samm Schwartz.

  [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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

     MODERN, OR PROBABLY SO

  Arantza Sestayo, RED SONJA - This is a modern stand-alone painting featuring this classic comic & later cinematic iteration of this character.