Wonder Stories Feb 1933 — 'The Mad World' Spaceship Battle Cover
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Wonder Stories Feb 1933 — 'The Mad World' Spaceship Battle Cover

A sleek yellow-and-crimson rocket ship blazes through the void, its ribbed hull gleaming as a catastrophic explosion erupts behind it — green debris and orange fire scattering across the star-filled black of deep space. Below, a scarred alien world looms in muted greens and ochres. The composition crackles with velocity and danger, a quintessential Gernsback-era vision of interplanetary warfare and reckless cosmic adventure set to A. L. Burkholder's pulp tale.

Category: Magazine Cover
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Artist: Frank R. Paul
Era: Pulp Era (1920s-1940s)
Decade: 1930s
Country: United States
Coolness: 8/10

A yellow rocket screaming past a planetary explosion while a cracked alien world watches from below — Gernsback delivers the goods at fifteen cents a pop!

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NOW 15 CENTS Wonder Stories Hugo Gernsback Editor February A Gernsback Publication "THE MAD WORLD" By A. L. Burkholder THE BEST IN IMAGINATIVE FICTION

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