Astounding Stories of Super-Science 1930 'Phantoms of Reality' Ray Cummings Cover
Published circa 1930, this cover art appeared during the explosive early years of Astounding Stories of Super-Science, a Clayton Publications title that launched in January 1930 to rival Hugo Gernsback's Amazing Stories. The chaotic cover depicts a fourth-dimensional invasion scene for Ray Cummings' novella 'Phantoms of Reality,' featuring beetle-headed monsters menacing terrified human figures in a swirling, frenzied composition that epitomizes the raw, breathless energy of early American pulp science fiction illustration.
A gloriously frenetic melee of beetle-skulled horrors and panicked humans swirling through dimensional chaos — classic early Astounding excess. The promise of a 'Complete Novelette of Adventure in the Fourth Dimension' for a mere 20 cents is the definition of pulp ambition.
“20¢ ASTOUNDING STORIES OF SUPER-SCIENCE PHANTOMS OF REALITY A Complete Novelette of Adventure in the Fourth Dimension By RAY CUMMINGS THE BEETLE HORD A Startling Story”
