Some updated information from a PM received from the docstrange.com forum:

He gave me the following permission to host his scanned image in my photobucket account:

Glad to help, and no problem in you posting that on the D&D forum and photobucket (thanks for asking).

And information about the source of the black & white image:

I scanned the image from Doctor Stange Essentials Vol. 1, which is a black and white reproduction of the early Strange Tales issues

He did mention that when he had the chance he would provide a color scan of the actual Strange Tales #167 but I would encourage anybody here that picked up a copy in response to this thread to post a scan!

There's a fair amount of artwork within Warriors of Mars, all of it bad.  As to his "inspiration", I'm inclined to believe he used the newspaper comics, since Marvel's run of John Carter of Mars didn't appear until well after Warriors of Mars went out of print in 1974.

When I have the inclination, I intend upon giving Warriors of Mars the "Bruce Mohler" treatment, turning it into a supplement for OD&D that has much better pictures.

jasonw1239 wrote:
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speaking of that link - How long was that classified up before it was sold? Can't have been more than a couple of hours.

Who's going to fess up?!

(looks immaculate btw - a fine buy for the lucky guy who saw it first)

Edit - answered my own question - went up at 4.16 - I looked at 5.38.
50 Acaeum members have been signed in today - most recently it looks like Mike and Brian - the usual suspects if you will!!! (No offense gentlemen   )

I know Brian had one but forget if he sold it.  At $500+ I don't think it was Brian - he doesn't seem in hardcore collector mode these days.

I'm still looking for a copy but it wasn't me.

I agree that somebody really should alert Foulfoot.
I think this is an interesting tid bit that should maybe go up on the site with the Woodgrain history.  But that's just me.

I'm still maintaining the opinion that it can't hold at $500.

Kingofpain89 wrote:
I sure hope not.  

That's how many though, the last three?  Might be the new standard you never know...!

Mike B.

I was doing a little research on the old D&D artists, which led me to this thread, which in turn led me to this discovery (scanned from my own copies)-



What's funny about this is that it comes from the same issue of Strange Tales that the Dr. Strange swipe comes from! The Bell image is on the second to last page of Book 3, with the caption "Fight On!"

I'm on the hunt for other Bell swipes, as well. If anybody has a scan of any of the other TSR stuff he did, especially Warriors of Mars, I'd love to see it, if possible.

Thanks and enjoy.