Earl Norem Adventure Illustrations

Earl Norem is known to comic book fans for his many covers Marvel magazines for Deadly Hands of Kung-Fu and Tales of the Zombie. He was equally prolific producing illustrations and covers for men's sweat mags like Stag and Male. Here's a selection of those.

Shark Battle!

Unknown artist, no date.

Mort Kunstler: Adventure Artist

Mort Kunstler is now famous for his romantic, stylized Civil War paintings. Early in his career he did lots of illustrations and covers for magazines like For Men Only and Stag. Here's some of those illustrations.

I Hunted Heads

I realized the Thor artwork I posted earlier tonight was a repeat. So here's a charming piece by Stanley Borack.

Stag, July 1955.

Trash!

Campus Call Girl, 1964. Unknown artist.

"Sergeant Gregory's Escape from Red Chinese Captivity," cover for Stag magazine, October 1960. Art by Mort Kunstler.

By Love Depraved, 1961. Art by Ernest Chiriacka.

Women's Doctor, 1952. Art by Rudy Nappi.

Swamp Kill, 1952. Unknown artist.

"Nazi Standoff," cover for Cavalcade magazine, November 1959. Unknown artist.

Basil Gogos Combat Paintings

Basil Gogos is best to most people for his many cover paintings for Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine. Here's something a little different, some paintings for an unknown men's adventure magazine:

Hitler's No. 1 Sex Castle

Here's a nice one by Mort Kunstler. It is from Stag Annual #12, April 1972.

FIGHT!

Fight Comics #36, February 1945.




Fight the Enemy #2, October 1966.




The Fight For the Gunboat, Mort Kunstler, c1962.




The Fight at Minowa, Dean Cornwel, 1947.




Custer's Last Fight, 1950.

Mort Kunstler Fun

It's been awhile since I've posted some Mort Kunstler...



"Attacking the Stockade." Illustration for either Male or Stag magazine, circa 1968.




Unknown adventure illustration, c.1966.




"Fight for the Mine Shaft." Cover for Male magazine, January 1963.




"I Fought the Sea Killer." Cover for Adventure magazine, August 1956.

Snow Day in the South

We got about 6 1/2 inches of snow here today, which is unusual for this part of the country. In recognition of that, here's some art with a winter theme:




Royal Canadian Mountie Dogs, Winter Scene, calendar illustration by Hal Foster. 1930's.




Wolves by Frank Stick, nd.




Illustration for Men's World magazine, c. 1967-1972.





Dell Giant Comics Tom and Jerry Winter Fun #5, December 1956.




Crown Comics #1, Winter 1944.




Original art by Larry Lieber for Chamber of Chills #12, September 1974.

Convicts vs. Alligator!

Here is a painting of convicts fighting an alligator. The artist's name is Dick Kiel. This painting was probably done for a men's adventure magazine in the 1960's. There's really not much else to say about it, they don't do illustrations like this anymore.

Sunday Odds and Ends

My Experience #21, January 1950.




U.S. Coast Guard painting of Douglas A. Munro at Guadalcanal. He posthumously received the Medal of Honor for his role in evacuating a detachment of Marines.




Art by Pat Boyette for the cover of Korg: 70,000 BC #2, 1975.




"Lil' Hot Stuff," by Dave Stevens.

Two Fight Paintings by Kunstler

Here's two pretty cool paintings by Mort Kunstler:




"Shootout With Russians in the Barn," Male or Stag cover, c1965.




"Holding Them Off at the Cantina," For Men Only cover, c1965.