Could it be Erol Otus?  It doesn't look like his work or normal initials, though.

Doesn't look too far off this EO signature...

https://www.hobbut.com/products/cgc-7-0 ... h-printing

But also note that the 'E' is exactly the same as the way Diesel signs his signature on this same item, and he was with TSR sometime back them wasn't he?

Other scans I've seen also show the signature, Lordan. It's definitely part of the card, unless everyone is running off the same scan, which I doubt.

I do not, dbartman, but I can offer this.

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/FA4AAOSw ... -l1600.jpg
This is a very definitely different picture, from SPELLFIRE - THRONE of Ice (464/4th edition) EUR 10,50 - PicClick FR

https://italiankarsus.github.io/SPELLFI ... CS/464.jpg
And this is a very definitely different scan, copied from https://spellfire.com/card/2149  (I know they're not allowed to use TSR's other trademarks, but trust me, that card's the same)

I'm pretty sure if the signature matches one scan and two different cards this perfectly, that means it was printed that way. There's no way someone was THAT precise signing their own cards, and their own cards ended up in three different scans.

International delivery goes way higher, and this isn't my only project; to pursue them that way is, indeed, living beyond my means by an order of magnitude. That's why I'm poking people here and there, hoping someone has a collection they're willing to glance at.

It seems TSR's TCGs aren't all that popular here, tho, heh. No worries, I'm spamming all over the internet, including some places without a hope in hell. Someone's bound to bite sooner or later.

Same signature on some other cards, too
(this one is cropped off)

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I'm sure it's Erik Olson. If you have Dragon Magazine 208, take a look at page 30 at some of his illustrations (in b&w) in that article. He used the same signature with his initials. I guess on the bigger paintings, he generally wrote his name out.

I'm pretty sure I've seen a painting of his with just initials, though, but haven't found that yet.

If it is an Olson, that's one even he doesn't remember, because I e-mailed him about that signature and he plain out said it wasn't one of his'. Your signature may remind him, though.

I'll try again with the full set and the sample Gamma World signature, just in case. Those two are extremely close.

That's interesting, I wouldn't have guessed that right away. There are (I think) three illustrators/contributors named David Martin. And two illustrators with the last name Horne, one is Daniel and the other is David (no relation)