Sometimes the central image as in this Milton Luros cover—Sometimes, like this Charles Moll cover, a supporting player (but a very sexy one).
Sometimes an adversary, as in Allen Anderson’s image—
And sometimes, like Barye Phillips cover, the story’s central character.
And sometimes very badly drawn. Robert McGinnis’ cover here is for a mystery novel but doesn’t it look more like an ET?
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