Michael Whelan's John Carter Covers

A selection of Michael Whelan's superlative covers for Edgar Rice Burroughs' John Carter of Mars books. These editions were originally published in 1979.

The Gods of Mars

The Chessmen of Mars

A Fighting Man of Mars

Swords of Mars

Synthetic Men of Mars

Llana of Gathol

John Carter of Mars

Shameless Promotion Department: I'm selling a complete set of these paperbacks on Ebay.

Go, Man, Go!

Cover art by John Willis, 1959.

Romance, Gothic Style

Here's some gothic romance covers. Also known as: Paintings of Women Running From Houses (sadly not updated for some time).

Walking on the Beach by Victor Prezio, n.d.

The Least of All Evils, art by Jerome Podwill, 1970.

All Alone, unknown artist, n.d.

Picture of Death, unknown artist, 1975.

In the Moonlight, by Uldis Klavins, n.d.

Ed McBain's 87th Precinct

Here's some covers for Ed McBain's awesome police procedural series featuring the detectives of the 87th Precinct. A couple of non-87th books too.

Unknown Artists

These artists are unknown. I mean like, no one knows who they are.






The Color of Hate, 1960.







The House of Madam Tellier, 1960.






Bella on the Roof, 1967.

Paperback Book Covers

Some cool paperback book covers...





Outside the Law by Philip Loraine, 1953. Cover art by Raymond Pease. I really like this one.






Club Stud Sinners by Earl Finnery, 1966. Unknown artist.






Farmer's Wife by Peggy Caddis, 1952. Cover art by Rudy Nappi.






Family! by Fannie Hurst, 1975. Cover art by David J. Blossom.