Trojan Publications

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Tony Masero - and can anyone remember where they've seen this artwork before?

Earliest Trojan I can find is dated 1953 and the latest is 1980. So, I'm sure there are many other titles, but it's a start!

TROJAN BOOKS

WARSMOKE – CHUCK ADAMS (UNDATED)(war)
STRIKE NORTH – W HOWARD BAKER (1975)(war)
TREASON BY TRUTH – HOWARD BAKER (UNDATED)
THOSE WHO SERVE – A. F. BARTON (UNDATED)(war)
THE GATES OF HELL – JAMES L BRADLEY (UNDATED)(war)
THE BIG FURY – TEX BRADLEY (UNDATED)
WEST OF CIMARRON - TEX BRADLEY (UNDATED)
BULLET SONG – W.F. BRAGG (1953)(western)
THE VENGEANCE TRAIL – DWIGHT BRUCKNER (UNDATED)
SANDS OF DESTINY – JUD CARY (1970)
FAST GUN – WALT COBURN (1970)(western)
THE THIRD RIDER – BARRY CORD (UNDATED)(western)
HELL IN PARADISE VALLEY – BARRY CORD (UNDATED)
THE SPANISH CHAPEL – DOROTHY DANIELS (UNDATED)(gothic)
OPERATION HELL-FIRE – J. F. DAWSON (UNDATED)(war)
THE PATRIOTS – JOHN K DEXTER (UNDATED)
FOR THEIR TOMORROW – L. S. DRAYTON (UNDATED)
DEAD MAN’S RANGE – ALAN K. ECHOLS (UNDATED)(western)
CONQUEST OF THE AMAZON – JOHN RUSSELL FEARN (1973 ?)(fantasy)
SKELETON PASS – JOHN RUSSELL FEARN (UNDATED) (western)
CRY FOR MY LOVELY – STEPHEN FRANCES (UNDATED)(crime)
THE CARESS OF CONQUEST – STEPHEN FRANCES (1968)(crime)
THE ILLUSIONIST – STEPHEN FRANCES (UNDATED)(fantasy/thriller)
THE SWEET SHAME OF FURY - STEPHEN FRANCES (UNDATED)
WERE BLOOD – ERIC IVERSON (1970) (fantasy)
STRIKING FORCE – L.K. JACKSON (UNDATED)(war)
THE TALL CITY – D. K. JENNINGS (UNDATED)(nurse/romance)
DAWN COMMAND – ROLAND K JORDAN (UNDATED)(war)
MOMENT OF GLORY – ROBERT KIRTON (UNDATED)(war)
TARK AND THE GOLDEN TIDE – COLUM MacCONNELL (1977) (sf)
FULL FATHOM FIVE – J. E. MACDONNELL (UNDATED)(war)
ONE AGAINST TIME – ASTRON DEL MARTIA (1970) (sf)
THEY WHO TRESPASS – L. R. MARTIN (UNDATED)(war)
NO EPITAPH – ROLAND F. MAXWELL (UNDATED)(war)
OPERATION SURVIVAL – J. K. PRESTON (1966)(war)
DESERT FORK – JOHN K RAYMOND (1980?)(war)
THE BETRAYED – ANTON RICHLER (UNDATED)(war)
THE IRON HEEL – ANTON RICHLER (1960)(war)
SKY COMMAND – ANTON RICHLER (UNDATED)(war)
CORVETTE PATROL – J. T. ROBERTSON (UNDATED)
THE WITCH MARK – S F ROLAND (UNDATED)(horror)
KEEP THE WAGONS ROLLING – TEX RYLAND (1970)(western)
THE ENEMY SKY – PETER SAXON (UNDATED)(war)
THE UNFEELING SKY - a novel of the Royal Flying Corps – PETER SAXON (UNDATED)(war)
LASSITER (?) SIDEWINDER – JAKE SLADE (UNDATED)

• Stephen Frances, who also wrote under the name of Hank Janson, also makes appearances as Astron Del Martia, S. F. Roland and Tex Ryland
  
• Chuck Adams, D.K. Jennings and Tex Bradley are the pen names of John Glasby
  
• Alan K. Echols was the editor of 'Flyers-Air Adventures' from Sep '29 - Mar '30, then the magazine closed shop.
  
• Peter Saxon could either have been Stephen Frances or W Howard Baker as they have both used the name before, though I would hate to guess who wrote the two Trojan war novels. Maybe Baker?
  

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Good work Johnny. i've seen the Peter Saxon pair around - didn't know they were Trojans though - but the rest are all new to me. That angry looking fellow with the rifle also shows up on the cover of GNS's notorious Bamboo Guerillas and the skull-faced SS officer from Betrayed features on front of another NEL, Michael Hughes' Kommando 55 (1980)

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Well, the cover to The Illusionist was also on NEL's The Golden God by Ralph Hayes from 1978.

There were three Sky novels from Peter Saxon, (whichever one it was, certainly not Frances though), but whether the third, The Warring Sky, was also a Trojan I've no idea.

Judging by the amount of Frances, Baker and Saxon titles, I think it's safe to assume that Trojan was another Press Ed. venture along with Five Star and Zenith, though maybe Pulphack could be more definitive.

The Eric Iverson book was actually by Harry Turtledove, it was several years before he was published under his own name, and is the first in his 'Gerin the Fox' fantasy novels.

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Oh Dem, that has SO shot up to the top of the wants list...

Cheers for that Sev - I am a bit obsessed with the Trojan books, so the more info the better!