Leo Summers

In 1949 Leo Ramon Summers began to draw illustrations for pulp magazines published by Ziff-Davis, such as Amazing Stories, Fantastic Adventures, and Mammoth Western. He went on to draw hundreds of interior story illustrations for this publisher, William Ziff. At that time the publisher was located in Chicago. In 1952 Leo Summers began to also paint covers for Ziff-Davis pulps Fantastic Adventures and Amazing Stories. That same year Ziff-Davis left Chicago and moved their business to New York City. Leo Summers joined them in NYC, because they hired him as a full-time art director.