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Important Golden Age creator Bill Allison contributed a classic cover featuring the Target for underappreciated title Target Comics in 1946.

The science fiction and horror covers of L.B. Cole are fairly well known, but his approach to romance covers is also fascinating.

L.B. Cole, was a comic book artist, editor, and publisher, known for his covers that emphasised primary colours over black backgrounds.

L.B. Coles cover for Jay Disbrows Lost World-style feature Morass of Death makes Terrors of the Jungle #4 a 1953 Pre-Code Horror classic.

During the comic industrys boom time of the early 1950s, L.B. Cole covers were designed to stand out on the crowded newsstands.

The legendary team of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby collaborated on a comic book for the first time in Blue Bolt #2 from Novelty Press.

Turbo codes, which let engineers pump far more error-free data through a channel, will be the key to the next generation of multimedia cellphones

1953 Star Publications Pre-Code Horror release Spook #26 features a lurid cover by L.B. Cole for Jay Disbrows interior tale "Face of Death".

Startling Terror Tales #13 features a boldly lurid cover by L.B. Cole for Jay Disbrows interior story "Love from a Gorgon".

Legendary artist L.B. Cole might have thought more about what made comic book covers sell on the newsstands than any other artist of his era.