Brigands of the Moon — Astounding Stories May 1930 Interior Illustration

This stark black-and-white illustration accompanied Ray Cummings' serial 'Brigands of the Moon' in the May 1930 issue of Astounding Stories of Super-Science. Rendered in bold high-contrast woodcut-like linework, the image depicts a domed space structure or lunar habitat beneath a jagged rocky horizon and dark sky, with angular searchlight-like beams cutting across the scene. The composition emphasizes geometric structure and dramatic shadow typical of early pulp science-fiction interior art, evoking themes of space piracy and lunar colonization central to Cummings' story.