Sunday, September 11, 2016

Sunday Morning Bonus Pulp: Thrilling Detective, July 1939


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?

4 comments:

Barry Traylor said...

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.

Barry Traylor said...

On second thought I think it may have been by RAFAEL DESOTO as he did covers for Thrilling Detective.

Walker Martin said...

This definitely looks like Desoto's style.

Jonathan G. Jensen said...

Its the faces that look like Saunders, maybe a touch-up by him, dunno...