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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gave up trying to find the cover artist, love to attribute if anyone wants to find it

I think we're so lucky to have this stuff digitized and available, when I was young it was the library or nothing. Used book stores, I guess. So glad we have this record of the way people were, the way they thought and were entertained.

Look at the gams on that dame. And reflected in the tub. I love that this guy basically just took a wire and hooked it up to her slippers while she's in the shower... 🤣🤣 ❤️ 😂 👻

Even the bad guys used to dress well in those days, look at the shine on his shoes. Those are "make it look like an accident" shoes.

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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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How Amazing Stories Served as the Blueprint for American Science Fiction

Ed Simon Goes Back to When the Past was the Future

https://lithub.com/how-amazing-stories-served-as-the-blueprint-for-american-science-fiction/

Amazing stories at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=amazing+stories

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