This cover has enough going on that I thought for a moment it might be Norman Saunders' work, but at the same time it doesn't really look like him to me. Maybe someone reading this can provide a definite answer. At any rate, it's a good cover and I like it. The lead novel in this issue of THRILLING DETECTIVE is by John Benton, a Thrilling Group house-name. Norman Daniels was often Benton, but not always. Since there's a story in this issue under his name, I think he's the most likely suspect. But George A. McDonald, who wrote some good Phantom Detective novels and the Lynn Vickers, G-Man, series, is also in this issue under his name, and he was a Thrilling Group stalwart, so he might have been Benton this time, as well. Or somebody else entirely. Who knows?
I looked in my copy of NORMAN SAUNDERS written and compiled by his son David Saunders and it is not one of his father's works. I guess someone working for the Thrilling Group copied his style.
ReplyDeleteOn second thought I think it may have been by RAFAEL DESOTO as he did covers for Thrilling Detective.
ReplyDeleteThis definitely looks like Desoto's style.
ReplyDeleteIts the faces that look like Saunders, maybe a touch-up by him, dunno...
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