I read Death Dealer when I was a kid just because of the art on the cover. Learned about Frazetta that way. It's been many years, but I remember the Horned Helmet. Fucking nuts!
Oddly enough I was just reading a book last night that made a joke about the bikini armor women have on fantasy airbrushed vans. Scott Meyer's Magic 2.0 series is hilarious if anyone is looking for a light-hearted read.
Oh I'm very much aware. In fact somewhere in my collection I've still got some death dealer art tucked away.
I'm just saying that back in my day, those vans were being typically driven by thirty to forty year olds with handlebar moustaches and mullets who would hang out around the highschool macking on the underage girls.
I mean, cool-van art is neat, but it'd be cooler if it was actually painted on there and not a photoshop. Also: side pipe exhaust is reeaaal convincing there.