Wonder Stories March 1934 'Children of the Ray' Bathysphere Cover

Two figures trapped inside a suspended glass observation sphere become unwilling spectators to a world gone wrong. Against a lurid orange-and-yellow sky, scientists clutch an oxygen tank inside their transparent globe while below them a nightmarish alien landscape teems with giant dragonflies and mutated creatures. The volcanic backdrop radiates heat and menace, perfectly capturing Hugo Gernsback's vision of science run amok — adventurous, garish, and gloriously overwrought.