Astounding Stories 'Planet of Dread' R.F. Starzl Cover, 1931
Inspired by R.F. Starzl's 'The Planet of Dread,' this explosive pulp cover plunges two desperate humans into combat with a towering alien monstrosity — a writhing, tentacled green creature with a pulsating crimson eye-pod looming over its hapless prey. One figure in red struggles at the creature's coiling appendages while a companion flees in the background. The composition crackles with kinetic terror, the alien's sickly emerald flesh dominating the frame in classic Astounding Stories nightmare-fuel fashion.
A bulbous green nightmare with a throbbing red eye-pod — and two very bad days happening simultaneously. Peak Clayton-era pulp terror, no apologies.
“20c ASTOUNDING STORIES OF SUPER-SCIENCE THE PLANET OF DREAD By R. F. STARZL Also: Mark Firestin Leon Isacovitch-Bartles THE FLYING CAT By R. THOMPSON Jr.”
