Amazing Stories June 1936 – Rocket Cannon Fires Over New York City
A colossal electromagnetic cannon mounted atop a skyscraper has just fired — a sleek, finned rocket projectile screams upward through a lurid pink stratosphere, trailing blazing white exhaust. Far below, a recognizable Manhattan skyline hugs a glittering river, its suspension bridge and art-deco towers dwarfed by the machinery of tomorrow. The drama is pure pulp: technology gone monumental, a city at the mercy of science, and a rocket destined for the stratosphere — or beyond.
A building-mounted rocket cannon blasting over Manhattan? This is the kind of cover that made kids spend their lunch money without a second thought! Leo Morey is firing on all cylinders — the vertiginous rooftop angle and that lurid pink sky are pure Golden Age adrenaline.
“AMAZING STORIES JUNE 1936 25 cents Beyond the Stratosphere by William Lemke, Ph.D. A.B. Mc Kenzie Bob Olsen”
