Two Complete Science-Adventure Books vol. 1, no. 10 (December 1953)
The poor woman in the top-left portion of the cover is about to meet a terrible fate, right? She's going to be read Vogon poetry from that book.
Lower right … "ballroom" of the skies? Those ships are *performing* for the giant creature, not just escaping from it?
Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/two-complete-science-adventure-books-v-01-n-10-1953-winter
Weird Tales vol. 24, no. 4 (October 1934)
Instagram influencers beware. This woman is violating social norms for clout and I'm pretty sure she comes to a bad end.
The weirdest story ever told! In Weird Tales magazine no less! All I get so far is "pretty lady kisses statue". I've done weirder stuff than that when drunk.
Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/WeirdTalesV24N04193410saspages4856Damaged
Amazing Stories vol. 10, no. 11 (August 1936)
The man who shrank, and whose strangely prosaic shorts luckily shrank with him, sparing his modesty. I'm not sure which giant-to-him phenomenon is shooting the lightning. Has he shrunk down to molecule lever, skipping the traditional threats like the cat and the vacuum cleaner?
Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Amazing_Stories_v10n11_1936-08
Weird Tales vol. 26, no. 1 (July 1935)
Oh so that's what happened to Atlantis? A volcano erupted and it shot all the Atlanteans out into the sky? Because of this young woman and her nun friend?
Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Weird_Tales_v26n01_1935-07_ATLPM-Sas
Astounding vol. 42, no. 6 (February 1949)
Yeah no idea what's going on here, it's all a little mad. What are those three disks? Are those space-text-messages supposed to be literal, as in, he can see them floating in space? Or less literal, like he can hear them or see them on a console but they're reproduced for us?
Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Astounding_v42n06_1949-02_cape1736
Worlds of IF (February 1973)
There's a volcano, obv. But also those meteor things are shooting down? What's the ship doing? Looking for survivors? I have some bad news if so. Maybe the dude in the corner is the survivor in which case shouldn't he be waving?
Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/1973-02_IF
Astounding vol. 51, no. 3 (May 1953)
This is both ugly and incomprehensible, so yeah. I can't find anything to like here at all. Which I suppose makes it unique among all the thousands of images posted by this account?
Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Astounding_v51n03_1953-05_cape1736
Famous Fantastic Mysteries vol. 9, no. 5 (June 1948)
Wow, this is pretty wild. Lots of places in the UK are called "The Devil's Punchbowl" but this is very literal. He's going to eat the angel first and leave the regular humans with no wings for later?
Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Famous_Fantastic_Mysteries_v09n05_1948-06_TroutBreath
Creepy no. 103 (1978)
“Animals breaking out from a travelling circus” was a staple of the pulp literature I read as a little kid, but I'm guessing their red eyes are an indication of something a bit more supernatural?
Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/warrencreepy-103
Worlds of IF (July 1954)
“That's right, Billy, these are the ships which will launch against the Russkies and precipitate a global nuclear apocalypse!”
“Golly gee grandpa, that's so neat! Hey what does this button do?”
Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/1954-07_IF
Astounding vol. 28, no. 2 (October 1941)
I really like this one. Has he just appeared through a portal—that blue light—or is he about to explode? Either way the twin guys on either side of him are desperate to be elsewhere ASAP,
Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Astounding_v28n02_1941-10
Astounding vol. 62, no. 3 (November 1958)
Two old friends talking about their jobs as, I'm guessing, space ship captains? They don't seem very happy, do they, despite the beers they're having. There's a clue in the story title but it just makes it more puzzling.
Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Astounding_v62n03_1958-11_EXciter-LennyS
Amazing Stories vol. 7, no. 6 (September 1932)
I can't quite be sure what he's looking at here—some sort of forge/foundry in which a mechanical process is taking place? Maybe he's looking down at a fiery planet/sun? His expression does a lot of work here.
Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Amazing_Stories_v07n06_1932-09_cape1736
Weird Tales vol. 21, no. 3 (March 1933)
No subtlety here, just plain nudity, though the angle/posture is very careful I guess. She has amazing hair. Society was obsessed with red hair back then, right? Nowadays it's scorned. Who are our red-haired role models? Julianne Moore? Ellie Kemper?
Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/WeirdTalesV21N03193303
Fantastic Adventures vol. 12, no. 5 (May 1950)
Evil plants! Always fun.
Whoever drew this very fit, very attractive damsel in distress went down to the millimetre in portraying her bikini top, didn't they? It's somehow more sexy than just drawing her topless, drawing the moment just before.
Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Fantastic_Adventures_v12n05_1950-05_cape1736
Amazing Stories vol. 14, no. 4 (April 1940)
I love the drama here and how bright the colours are; also the fact that everything's diagonal totally ramps up the action. I could wish for the Fish Man Of Venus to look less goofy and apologetic though.
Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Amazing_Stories_v14n04_1940-04_cape1736
Amazing Stories vol. 9, no. 3 (July 1934)
I really like how the aliens are seen from the back only and we have to guess at what's going on with their … faces? Front … body parts?
Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Amazing_Stories_v09n03_1934-07_Gorgon776_-ibc_bc
Weird Tales vol. 26, no. 6 (December 1935)
He really doesn't seem very happy about being rescued by this very attractive young harem girl, does he? He's all whatevs, just get me out of here, lady.
I'm sure this wasn't the artist's intention but that skull looks like it's chomping on him, nom nom nom.
Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Weird_Tales_v26n06_1935-12_sas_-783-784_ifcibc
Astonishing Stories vol. 1, no. 2 (April 1940)
The woman here is curiously Disneyfied here, her eyes are almost manga/animé size, and her hand/arm are in a very uncomfortable position, possibly to gratify armpit fetishists. What on earth is going on on that monitor?
Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/astonishing-stories-v-01-n-02-1940-04
Out Of This World Adventures vol. 1, no. 1 (July 1950)
This image is annoyingly low-res: what's on her head/what's going on with her hairstyle? His helmet? What's the deal with her … I want to say hand-lingerie?
I'm going to guess this magazine didn't last long, I've never heard of it.
Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Out_Of_This_World_Adventures_v01n01_1950-07
