Pulp Parade #305: Troll attack

This is Thrilling Wonder Stories for February 1950, cover by Earle Bergey. The ISFDB entry for this issue is here. I found this version of the cover at Pulp Covers. The cover preserved at the Internet Archive has somewhat less vivid color by less wear:

In addition to this rather dramatic Earle Bergey cover, there is a fetching Virgil Finlay illustration to Leigh Brackett’s story “The Dancing Girl of Ganymede.”

Leigh Brackett (1915-1978) was a rare example of a woman writing in the pulp science fiction genre. She would survive the pulp era long enough to get a screenwriting credit on The Empire Strikes Back.

You can read and downland this entire issue at The Internet Archive.

Tumblr favorite #2400: The things from outer space

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My original tumblr post was here. This image is an illustration by Virgil Finlay for a novel Things Pass By by Murray Leinster that appeared in the Winter 1955 edition of Fantastic Story Magazine. You can download the whole issue (CBZ file, about 95MB) here via the website Pulp Covers. The image bears the caption “The Things from deep space were moving toward the sun…and Dirk Braddock knew that they would destroy human civilization!” The image was originally posted by Not Pulp Covers.