Wonder Stories Quarterly Winter 1931 — Meteor Strike Spaceship Cover Art
This is the Winter 1931 'Interplanetary Number' cover of Wonder Stories Quarterly, Hugo Gernsback's prestige pulp science fiction publication. A massive yellow-green interplanetary spacecraft with a transparent cross-section hull blazes through an asteroid field, trailing vivid red and orange rocket exhaust as meteors shatter around it. The cutaway view reveals the ship's interior compartments, a hallmark of Gernsback-era didactic sci-fi illustration that married spectacle with pseudo-technical detail. Featured story: 'The Mark of the Meteor' by Ray Cummings.
This cover sits firmly near the exploding space station end of the dial — a colossal spacecraft plowing through a meteor storm with full cutaway drama and blazing rocket trails. It's peak Gernsback-era spectacle: educational ambition colliding head-on with pure pulp bombast.
“Interplanetary Number Wonder Stories Quarterly "The Mark of the Meteor" By Ray Cummings WINTER 1931 Hugo Gernsback Editor Gernsback Publications 50 Cents”
