Here's a very cool art find (thanks to
Anthony Taylor): the original cover painting by an uncredited artist for the December 1978 issue of
Space Wars magazine, one of the many
Starlog imitators, published between 1977 and 1980 by the imaginatively-named "Stories Layout And Press Inc." I don't believe that I had this particular issue, but I'm pretty sure I had a few
Space Wars mags in my stash at one point or another. If I recall correctly,
Space Wars was all black & white, printed on the cheapest newsprint, with terrible photo reproduction and poor layout. Still, I read my copies over and over until they fell apart.
From the likenesses, it's obviously heavily photo-referenced, so it's odd that artist is so off-model on the Vipers. Still, I'm kinda tickled by the liberties taken with the design of the Colonial fighters - the changes are actually pretty damned cool!
ADDENDUM: As Tim pointed out in the comments, this art also appeared on a
Dynamite magazine cover - with considerably less obscuring copy. I
thought I'd seen it before!
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