Nice cover on this issue of STAR DETECTIVE. I don't know who the artist is. But inside are stories by three very dependable authors--Richard Sale, Roger Torrey, and Eugene Cunningham--plus others by authors I'm not familiar with. N.V. Romero, who contributed the featured story "The X-Man", has only that one credit in the Fictionmags Index, which leads me to think it may well have been a pseudonym. John Mallory and Richard Werner are totally unknown to me, and James Hall was a house-name. Still, this looks like a pretty good issue.
I think the cover was done by H.W. Scott
ReplyDeleteThanks, Barry. Comparing it to other Scott covers from that time period, I believe you're right.
ReplyDeleteIs that man coming in or leaving?
ReplyDeleteArtist is J.W. Scott, not H.W. Scott. Same last name, different style.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Sheila. You're right. I can recognize H.W. Scott's later covers for WESTERN STORY, etc., but his earlier covers were in a somewhat different style and I thought this was one of his. I got my Scotts mixed up!
ReplyDeleteI've wanted to read that X Man story for a very long time.
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