A pot of mermaids makes for a hell of a party

When Sex Met Space
A cocktail dress might be the least plausible space costume yet

From Planet Stories, Winter 1946, illustrating a story by Larry Sternig, “Breath of Beelzebub.” Art is uncredited. The issue cover brings the sexy:

The cover is believed to be the work of artist Chester Martin (1924-2013), and I have taken this version of it from his entry page at pulpartists.com.

This issue of Planet Stories can be read at and downloaded from the Internet Archive.