▁from ▁June ▁ 1 9 3 3 ▁to ▁August / Se ptember ▁ 1 9 3 6 , ▁Bru nd age ▁was ▁the ▁only ▁cover ▁artist ▁We ird ▁T ales ▁used . ▁ ▁Another ▁prominent ▁cover ▁artist ▁was ▁J . ▁Allen ▁St . ▁John , ▁whose ▁covers ▁were ▁more ▁action - orient ed , ▁and ▁who ▁designed ▁the ▁title ▁logo ▁used ▁from ▁ 1 9 3 3 ▁until ▁ 2 0 0 7 . ▁ ▁Hann es ▁B ok ' s ▁first ▁professional ▁sale ▁was ▁to ▁We ird ▁T ales , ▁for ▁the ▁cover ▁of ▁the ▁December ▁ 1 9 3 9 ▁issue ; ▁he ▁became ▁a ▁frequent ▁contrib utor ▁over ▁the ▁next ▁few ▁years . ▁ ▁Vir g il ▁Fin lay , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁important ▁figures ▁in ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁science ▁fiction ▁and ▁fant asy ▁art , ▁made ▁his ▁first ▁sale ▁to ▁Wright ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 5 ; ▁Wright ▁only ▁bought ▁one ▁interior ▁illustr ation ▁from ▁Fin lay ▁at ▁that ▁time ▁because ▁he ▁was ▁concerned ▁that ▁Fin lay ' s ▁del icate ▁technique ▁would ▁not ▁reproduce ▁well ▁on ▁pul p ▁paper . ▁ ▁After ▁a ▁test ▁print ▁on ▁pul p ▁stock ▁demonstrated ▁that ▁the ▁reprodu ction ▁was ▁more ▁than ▁ade qu ate , ▁Wright ▁began ▁to ▁buy ▁regularly ▁from ▁Fin lay , ▁who ▁became ▁a ▁regular ▁cover ▁artist ▁for ▁We ird ▁T ales ▁starting ▁with ▁the ▁December ▁ 1 9 3 5 ▁issue . ▁ ▁Dem and ▁from ▁readers ▁for ▁Fin lay ' s ▁art work ▁was ▁so