John Carter vs Green Martian, Amazing Stories March 1941 – City of Mummies
Published in March 1941, as pulp magazines reached peak circulation and Edgar Rice Burroughs remained a dominant force in popular science fiction, this cover depicts John Carter of Mars locked in desperate combat with a green-skinned, four-armed Martian warrior mounted on a ferocious alien steed. Carter leaps with a spear while the armored green man slashes with a sword, set against a smoldering alien landscape. The painting captures Burroughs' Barsoom at its most visceral and action-packed.
A half-naked earthman leaping at a green four-armed alien on a fanged alien horse, swords and spears flying, on Mars — this is Burroughs pulp at its most gloriously unrestrained. The flaring red cape and snarling beast mount push it firmly into peak planetary romance excess.
“EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS · Smashing New Novel See Back Cover AMAZING STORIES MARCH 20¢ JOHN CARTER BATTLES THE DEAD IN The CITY OF MUMMIES 14 COMPLETE STORIES and FEATURES AMAZING STORIES VOLUME 15 NUMBER 3 MARCH 1941”
