This is Amazing Stories for August 1949, cover by Arnold Kohn. The ISFDB entry for this issue is here. I found this version of the cover at Pulp Covers. You can
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Pulp Parade #286: Ascension
This is Amazing Stories for August 1934, cover by Leo Morey. The ISFDB entry for this issue is here. I found this version of the cover at Pulp Covers. You can download and read this issue at the Internet Archive.
Pulp Parade #285: Calmly move away from the giant ant
This is Amazing Stories for November 1958, cover by Edward Valigursky. The ISFDB entry for this issue is here. I found this version of the cover at Pulp Covers, where the curator comments “I have to say, she looks less terrified than I would be in that situation.” You can download and read this issue at the Internet Archive.
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 #283: My army of metal-men will get you, spaceman!
This is Amazing Stories for February 1950, cover by Robert Gibson Jones. The ISFDB entry for this issue is here. I found this cover at Pulp Covers, where the curator interjects a rare comment: “I love her cape.” I agree; it’s an awesome cape. You can read and download the whole issue at The Internet Archive.
Pulp Parade #282: Pluck a sleeping beauty
This is Amazing Stories for December 1949, cover by Robert Gibson Jones. The ISFDB entry for this issue is here. I found this version of the cover at Pulp Covers. You can read and downlaod this issue at the Internet Archive.
Pulp Parade #281: We must create a strategic reserve of blonde tootsies in case of national emergency
This is the back cover of Amazing Stories for January 1940, a painting by artist Paul Maxwell. The cover illustrates an article by Henry Gade. The ISFDB entry for the issue is here. I found the back cover itself at Pulp Covers. You can read and download the whole issue at the Internet Archive.
Pulp Parade #280: The original Indiana Jones
This is Amazing Stories for January 1947, cover by Harold McCauley. The ISFDB entry for this issue is here. I found this version on the cover at Pulp Covers. You can read and download this issue at the Internet Archive.
Pulp Parade #279: Tiger Bait
This is Amazing Stories for April 1941, cover by J. Allen St. John. The ISFDB entry for this issue is here. I found this version of the cover at Pulp Covers. You can read and download this 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.