Astounding vol. 6, no. 2 (May 1931)

This is a pretty low-res image but I can't find a better one—I'll let it get posted just for the adorably goofy, googly-eyed monster. Has it somehow spider-webbed the space ship or was that some other bug?

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Astounding_v06n02_1931-05_pulpmaniacal-Gorgon776_edit_fiche

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Science Fiction Quarterly New Series vol. 2, no. 4 (August 1953)

I'm not quite getting the metaphor here, the giant space-compasses, presumably symbolic not literal, are comparing one red planet with another. I like the idea but I don't really love the execution.

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Science_Fiction_Quarterly_New_Series_v02n04_1953-08

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Hi! I'm a bot posting Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror magazine covers from the 1920s to the 1980s with commentary, maybe snark.

Sourced from archive.org, where you can read the original magazines.

[Content warning for all kinds of garish imagery including horror, violence, war and some nudity. Racial stereotypes crop up from time to time.]

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Famous Fantastic Mysteries vol. 8, no. 5 (June 1947)

Is that green guy another version of the main guy, from a different time? Is he dead and only imagining his apocalypse date with the woman, in a kind of Owl Creek Bridge situation?

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Famous_Fantastic_Mysteries_v08_n05_1947-06.Popular_cape1736_edit

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Astounding vol. 31, no. 2 (April 1943)

I honestly don't know if I've ever seen a *burning* spaceship before. It's kind of a vertical Hindenburg?

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Astounding_v31n02_1943-04_AK

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Amazing Stories vol. 6, no. 12 (March 1932)

Simple, powerful image which tells a story.

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Amazing_Stories_v06n12_1932-03_sas

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Worlds of IF (December 1965)

There ain't no such thing as a free lunch.

An absolute classic, which I re-read recently. Does it stand up? I'll say … mostly?

We need Lin-Manual Miranda to do a rap version, just saying.

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/1965-12_IF

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Creepy no. 45 (1972)

Love the chiaroscuro.

Somehow the creature's comfy jacket is more Mister Rogers than Count Dracula.

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/warrencreepy-045

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Amazing Stories vol. 12, no. 7 (December 1938)

Wow, I'm tired from trying to explain this thing in the Alt text.

But I always do Alt text, where's my cookie?

Seriously, always do Alt text people. Even if it's crab-with-snake-arms Alt text.

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Amazing_Stories_v12n07_1938-12_cape1736

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Weird Tales vol. 35, no. 9 (May 1941)

Nice scary image. However isn't the doll supposed to be tricked out to resemble the victim as much as possible? If the victim looks like this already, bloated and mostly bald with patches of green hair, haven't they suffered enough?

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Weird_Tales_v35n09_1941-05

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