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Walter Popp

(1920 - 2003) Comic artist (1940s) turned to paperbacks and macho mags in the 50s. Slick cover work (and occasional stories) for Stag, For Men Only, True Detective, Amazing Stories, Man's Illustrated, Fantastic Adventures, Startling Stories, Male, Thrilling Wonder Stories, Master Detective, Man's World. Adept at hard-boiled detective and crime paperbacks, westerns, and sci-fi, in his later years he was a respected gothic and romance novel cover painter. Popp ended his career by teaming up with his wife and fellow artist, Marie (whom he met when they were students at the Art Studnts League in 1946), to created a series of giclée digital prints (Marie was a fashion artist and model during the 40s). Special thanks to Marie Popp

and Victor Popp for helping with this page. Reflection of Evil (1964) Popp - 001A OK-For Men "Gay 90s" (1959) Popp - 002A Male, "American Trapper Aboard A Cossack Boat" (1960) Popp - 003 Real, "Abilene's Fallen Angels" (1955) Popp - 004 Action Life, "Kremlin-Storming Playboy Jack Reed" (1964) Popp - 005 Amazing Stories (1952) Popp - 006 Rugged Men, "The Tribe That Conquered The Klan!" (1958) Popp - 007 Cartoon sketch (1939) Popp - 008 Battle Cry (195) Popp - 009 Fantastic Adventures (1952) Popp - 010 For Men Only, The Town They Called 'Too Hot'" (1959) Popp - 011 For Men Only, "The American Prisoner In Russia's Female Convict Colony" (1960) Popp - 012 Male, "Italian Nudist Girls Who Knocked Out Germany's Underground Tank Depot" (1959) Popp - 013 For Men ONly, "Fräulein Raiders" (1963) Popp - 014 Men, "Last Man Standing Gets Annabelle Austin" (1959) Popp - 015 For Men Only, "Two Years In Hitler's Shocking International Female Compound" (1961) Popp - 016 Stag, "Last 10 Days In the Führer Private Underground Bunker" (1960) Popp - 017 Stag, "The Nude Girl Of Nightmare Key" (1962) Popp - 018

(this is actually Ian Fleming's James Bond thriller, Dr No) Woman of Paris (Cabaret) (1954) Popp - 019 True Detective (1952) Popp - 020 Saga, "Vice Squad Cop" (1959) Popp - 021 Men, "The Week The Sex Wind Blew" (1959) Popp - 022 True Adventures, "The Beasts That Prowl By Night" (1960) Popp - 023 Startling Stories (195?) Popp - 024 Real, "Russia's School For Bedroom Spies" (1954) Popp - 025 Master Detective, "Kisses In The Death House" (1953) Popp - 026

(interior art was a rarity for Master Detective) Male, "Misfire!" (1951) Popp - 027 Man's World (1961) Popp - 028 Male, "The NKVD's Upstairs Girl" (1959) Popp - 029 Man's Book, "The Nazi Sin Doll Who Blasted HItler Our Of The War." (1962) Popp - 030 True Adventures (1957) Popp - 031 Adventure, "The Town That Terror Built" (1959) Popp - 032 Stag, "The Yank Who Led WWII's BIggest POW Escape" (1964) Popp - 033 Stag, "The Camp Follower In General Forrest's Command Unit" (1961) Popp - 034 Sportsman, "Give Me Back My Boy" (1955) Popp - 035 Real, "Sex Playground For G.I.s" (1954) Popp - 036 Stag, "Sex Behind Prison Bars"(1960) Popp - 037 True Adventure, "The Lady From Hell" (1955) Popp - 038 True Adventures (1956) Popp - 039 True Detective (1960) Popp - 040 Saga, "The Bird And His Horn (1959) Popp - 041 Men's Pictorial (1956) Popp - 042 Stag, "1927 - America's Wildest Binge" (1960) Popp - 043 Walter and Marie Popp (2002) Popp - 044

This is from an article in the New York Times (sorry about the quality). Marie and Walter were painting together at the time, turning out romantic covers for paperbacks. Walter said his wife's artistic talent was equal to his and they spent their final years producing numerous romantic works. Marie passed away in 2006.