Amazing Stories vol. 22, no. 5 (May 1948)

Amazing sense of depth and scale. Is the bomb going to fall into the sea in front of the ships, or is it in its own space/layer of superimposition? If it hits the sea will it explode?

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Amazing_Stories_v22n05_1948-05_cape1736

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Science Fiction Stories vol. 8, no. 4 (January 1958)

Love how much of a story this tells with its few components.

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Science_Fiction_Stories_v08n04_1958-01

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Startling Stories vol. 8, no. 2 (September 1942)

Love the monster with its big green cat eyes. Great choice of angles, foreshortening adds drama and brings everything together more tightly.

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/StartlingStoriesV08N02194209

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Weird Tales vol. 39, no. 11 (July 1947)

This is the goofiest vampire I have ever seen. I mean if I came across it in a graveyard I would be legit terrified but on this cover it just looks ridiculous.

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Weird_Tales_v39n11_1947-07

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Famous Fantastic Mysteries vol. 1, no. 2 (November 1939)

Interesting that they felt confident enough in the titles and authors to just lay them out there, not a scantily-dressed warrior queen, red-headed goddess or naked experimental subject in a glass tube to be seen.

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Famous_Fantastic_Mysteries_v01_n02_1939-11.Munsey_AK

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Creepy no. 49 (1972)

This is inherently comical. Who cut off his head? Where are they now? Why didn't he die? What's he doing right now, just considering his options? As an image, it's terrifc. As a narrative element, it's useless to me.

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/warrencreepy-049

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