Pulp Parade #219: I’m not sure how most of the people on this cover are still alive

This is This Spider for May 1937, cover by John Newton Howitt. I found this version of the cover at Pulp Covers.

5 thoughts on “Pulp Parade #219: I’m not sure how most of the people on this cover are still alive”

DNASaur says:

2017/06/21 at 15:07

Must be special cinematic convection-free lava.
Or water with a lot of food-colouring in it.
- Dr. Faustus says:
  
  2017/06/21 at 18:21
  
  I thought molten gold, which would still be a big problem convection-wise (melting point about 1065^oC).
  - Galane says:
    
    2017/06/24 at 04:59
    
    Gear grease.
Petronius says:

2017/06/21 at 21:19

And the profile of the devil’s pawnbroker at the right seems to be an anti-Semitic stereotype
- Dr. Faustus says:
  
  2017/06/21 at 22:07
  
  Yes. That sort of thing shows up from time to time in these covers, unfortunately. It seems to be less common than the “yellow peril” trope, but it’s there.

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