Giant Carnivorous Sea Monster Attacks Men, Amazing Stories Nov 1930
Illustrating Capt. S. P. Meek's aquatic adventure 'The Drums of Tapajos,' this explosive cover depicts two helpless men being hauled skyward by the writhing tentacle-like tongue filaments of a colossal, bulbous sea creature — its grotesque gaping maw ringed with fang-like cilia and stalk-mounted compound eyes. Crashing surf and alien shoreline vegetation frame the carnage. The creature's orange-green globular body dominates the composition, conveying unstoppable predatory power in classic Amazing Stories pulp fashion.
A slobbering, eyeball-encrusted death-globe the size of a house wants you for lunch — and it brought its own lasso. Pure unhinged pulp nightmare fuel.
“NOVEMBER AMAZING STORIES 25 CENTS IN CANADA 30 CENTS THE DRUMS OF TAPAJOS By Capt. S. P. MEEK, U.S.A. Other scientifiction stories by: R. F. STARZL JOHN W. CAM[PBELL] JACK WILLIA[MS]”
