excellently , he make over his October 1953 pass over paint forAstounding Science Fictionat the behest of the set world-beater for the masking of their 1977 albumNews of the World .

But it ’s his study for Avon Publications that interest us here , because in increase to being a paper-back book and mush newspaper publisher , that ship’s company also find into the comic strip record business organization .

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Witchcraft #5 cover by Kelly Freas (Avon, 1953)

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Freas paint thisWitchcraft # 5cover in 1952 and come after up with a covering for Fiction House’sThe First Christmasa few month afterward .

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Witchcraft #5 cover by Kelly Freas (Avon, 1953)

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His subsequent workplace forMad Magazinewas the only graphics he did for comedian for almost 15 age ( again , per GCD datum ) until his cover for Marvel Comics cartridge holder , Warren Publishing magazine , andNational Lampoonbeginning in the seventies .

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