Stone Giant Awakens — Super-Science Fiction February 1957 Cover
Alien animation or psychic hypnosis technology drives this striking 1957 cover, where a crumbling stone colossus — a green-skinned giant bursting free from ancient masonry — looms over a terrified blonde woman in a futuristic jumpsuit with a metallic collar. Tiny human figures flee below the awakening titan, suggesting a lost-civilization-reanimation concept. The composition masterfully contrasts the monstrous supernatural scale of the creature with the vulnerable but defiant human figure in the foreground.
Holy smokes, a giant green monster busting out of a stone idol while a pretty space gal runs for her life — and Harlan Ellison wrote one of the stories inside! This one's going straight under my mattress after Mom goes to bed.
“SUPER-SCIENCE FICTION FEBRUARY 35¢ 1957 EVERY DAY IS CHRISTMAS A BRILLIANT NOVELETTE by James E. Gunn MISSION: HYPNOSIS by HARLAN ELLISON WOMAN'S TOUCH”
