Amazing Stories vol. 20, no. 9 (December 1946)

I love everything about this. Colour, composition, the magnetic-field lines, those red lenses in the helmet. This is why I started this bot in the first place, well done, 1946 designer person.

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Amazing_Stories_v20n09_1946-12_cape1736

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Astounding vol. 52, no. 6 (February 1954)

These little red-and-white lights are probably inspired by computer/device displays of the time, pre-LED era.

However all I can see is a pop singer on the cheap-ass set of a music TV show.

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Astounding_v52n06_1954-02_cape1736

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Astounding vol. 21, no. 4 (June 1938)

That planet is Mars, right? As best people pictured it in 1938. And maybe the foreground is Phobos or Deimos?

I had to look three times at the shiny mountains before I made out the shiny rocket ship crashed(?) among them.

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Astounding_v21n04_1938-06_Firebelly

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Famous Fantastic Mysteries vol. 2, no. 6 (February 1941)

Love the depth, the sense of movement. Don't love the awkwardness of the figure splayed across the foreground. And where is that urn? I genuinely don't know which of the three distinct planes it's in.

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Famous_Fantastic_Mysteries_v02_n06_1941-02.Munsey_cape1736_edit

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Weird Tales vol. 35, no. 8 (March 1941)

Unusual for Brundage, an uncomfortable montage/collage of different elements. What on earth is between the man and the throne, bottom right? It looks like Mjolnir from the Marvel movies but that can't be it.

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Weird_Tales_v35n08_1941-03

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Amazing Stories Volume 9 Number 2 (June 1934)

Relatively calm, undramatic artwork for this collection. Tonally it's nice, with the browns and oranges, but is the ship descending or rising? Is it leaking that creepy smoke or disseminating it on purpose? If this is “Subjugating The Earth” then why start in the Arctic?

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/AmazingStoriesVolume09Number02

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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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Fantastic Adventures vol. 15, no. 2 (February 1953)

Love to hear the story of how this woman got trapped in a Stranger-Things-Like creepy tunnel on her way back from ballet class.

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Fantastic_Adventures_v15n02_1953-02_unz.org

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Amazing Stories vol. 25, no. 9 (September 1951)

I happen to know some guys are REALLY into giant women with regular-sized men and who am I to judge. I'm not sure this one is quite giant enough, she's only say twice the size of a regular person? Not sure when the fetish kicks in.

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Amazing_Stories_v25n09_1951-09_cape1736

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