Pulp Parade #284: Serving her country

The cover painting and the cover of the December 1944 issue of Amazing Stories, art by James B. Settles. The ISFDB entry for this issue is here. I found both these illustrations at Pulp Covers where the curators have also thoughtfully provided the back cover, another of the entries in speculative transportation in which Amazing Stories took an interest.

Text: “Super Train of Tomorrow! With travel taking to the air, such trains as these will come into being to offer competition to the speed and comfort of air travel This super-train is gyro-balanced and tri-decked. See story on page 2[?]6.”

The future sure ain’t as good as it used to be.

You can read and download the whole issue at the Internet Archive.

Pulp Parade #278: Yellow Peril gone strange

This is Amazing Stories for September 1940, cover by Robert Fuqua. The ISFDB entry for this issue is here. I found this version of the cover at Pulp Covers, which also provides us with a back cover:

The included text there is something to behold: “Life on Europa (moon of Jupiter). This member of the solar system is only slightly smaller than Earth’s moon. Science knows little about it, and thus, lacking conclusive observation, our artist pictures its life in imaginative style (see page 144 for details).” Sure, why not?

You can read and download the entire issue at the Internet Archive.