Wonder Stories 'The Man Who Evolved' Cover, April 1931 — Devolved Giant Brain
A grotesque, bulge-skulled creature — humanity evolved beyond recognition — emerges from a glass chamber bathed in eerie white light, its frail body and enormous cranium the terrifying endpoint of forced evolution. Two horrified scientists in suits recoil as they witness the consequences of their own mad experiment. A massive vacuum tube dominates the background, crackling with the pseudo-scientific energy of the age. This is Edmond Hamilton's evolutionary horror made viscerally real.
Oh man, this is the GOOD stuff — a bulbous-brained post-human nightmare crawling out of a glass tank while scientists lose their minds in the background! Frank R. Paul at full throttle with that iconic yellow cover and a vacuum tube the size of a school bus. This is the crown jewel of any Golden Age pulp collection!
“"THE MAGAZINE OF PROPHETIC FICTION" | WONDER Stories | Hugo Gernsback | April | Other Science Fiction Stories In This Issue: "AN ADVENTURE IN FUTURITY" by Clark Ashton Smith | "THE EMPEROR OF THE STARS" by Nathan Schachner and Arthur L. Zagat | "THE RETURN FROM JUPITER" by Gawain Edwards | "THE MAN WHO EVOLVED" by Edmond Hamilton | 25¢”
