...on February 20, 1962, John Glenn became an overnight national hero when he became the first American to go into space?

In 1985, Mort Künstler painted this picture of John Glenn in front of the tiny Mercury Spacecraft Friendship 7. Five years later, Künstler was an honored guest at the annual Semper Fidelis Award Dinner of the Marine Corps Command and Staff College Foundation, which was held on February 24, 1990 at the Radisson Mark Plaza Hotel in Alexandria, Virginia. Künstler and his wife, Deborah, were dinner partners with none other than Senator John Glenn and his wife, Anna!

...Mort Künstler painted this football illustration for the story “Scared Scatback”?

...Mort Künstler did this painting for the box cover of The Mad, Mad, Mad Scientist Lab?

...Mort Künstler illustrated the book Dinosaur Story, which was first published in 1974 by Scholastic Book Services?

...The Doctor Disagrees by Elizabeth Seifert was the first cover Mort Künstler did in the long-running series of “Doctor” novels that Elizabeth Seifert wrote for Dodd, Mead & Co. in the 1950’s and through to the 1970’s?

...Mort Künstler painted the cover for Copperhead Moon for Dodd, Mead & Co. around 1953?

...Mort Künstler’s painting of Early Start was done in 1984?

...Mort Künstler painted this gray timber wolf and pup in 1974?

...how being a sickly boy contributed to Mort Künstler becoming an artist?

...Mort Künstler did a painting for the movie poster Busting?

...Mort Künstler painted this cover for Stag, a men’s adventure magazine of the post World War II era.

...Mort Künstler did this painting of Eddie Rickenbacker’s famous Spad from World War I?

...Mort Künstler did the drawing for the Max Brand novel Steve Train’s Ordeal?

...Mort Künstler did this painting for Russ Togs, the clothing manufacturer?

...Mort Künstler illustrated the famous Ernest Thompson Seton classic King of the Grizzlies?

...Mort Künstler was awarded this plaque of Appreciation on February 1983 by the Secret Service?

...on February 20, 1962, John Glenn became an overnight national hero when he became the first American to go into space?

...Mort Künstler painted the first visual concept of Poldark for the cover of the Winston Graham novel Ross Poldark in 1970, published by Berkley Medallion?

...Mort Künstler painted this illustration for National Geographic magazine in 1965?

...Mort Künstler painted this picture of Theodore Roosevelt leading the charge up San Juan Hill?

...this type of harvesting required nine animals and three men?

...during the height of the Cold War, Mort Künstler was commissioned by Newsweek to paint this cover?