Giant Carnivorous Plant Attacks Humans, Wonder Stories Oct 1931
Surprisingly botanical for a sci-fi cover, this shrieking yellow composition depicts an enormous carnivorous plant — rendered in lurid red, green, and orange — hurling a helpless blue-suited figure skyward while two companions watch in horror below. The alien flora dwarfs its human victims entirely, inverting the usual monster-versus-man dynamic by making vegetation the predator. Frank R. Paul's characteristic vivid palette and dynamic figure work transforms a garden gone wrong into genuine extraterrestrial menace.
A man is being catapulted into the sky by an angry flower. Hugo Gernsback apparently considered this 'prophetic fiction,' which raises some urgent questions about his garden.
“MYSTERY-ADVENTURE-ROMANCE "The Magazine of Prophetic Fiction" WONDER Stories Hugo Gernsback Editor October 25 CENTS Canada 30c A Gernsback Publication Other Science Fiction Stories FRANCIS FLAGG RALPH WILKINS FRANK J. BRIDGE CLARK ASHTON SMITH”
