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Thrilling Publications

Fred Rodewald created this classic and exciting 1940s pulp cover painting for an as of yet unidentified Thrilling Publications Western title. The image shows a handsome cowboy returning gunfire while precariously perched on a fallen log, protecting the requisite damsel in distress. The scene is filled with tension, romance, and danger, a combination which American […]

Shootout On A Log

Artist: Fred Rodewald

Filed Under: Paperback & Pulp Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, Fred Rodewald, Golden Age, magazine cover, pulp, Thrilling Publications, western americana
Added to Gallery: August 2, 2016

Sam Cherry created this romance-themed Western  pulp painting for use as the June, 1943 cover of Thrilling Ranch Stories – Romantic Stories of The West. The image shows a pretty blonde sweetheart of the rodeo embracing a Wild West town sheriff, who grins as he contemplates his great luck. Not only did he seemingly get the girl, a bullet aimed at […]

The Sheriff’s Sweetheart

Artist: Sam Cherry

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1940s, glamour, Golden Age, magazine cover, original cover art, original illustration art, pulp, Sam Cherry, Thrilling Publications
Added to Gallery: August 2, 2016

 

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