John Carter vs. Jet Aircraft – Amazing Stories Jan 1941 Cover
A newsstand browser in January 1941 would have stopped cold at this explosive cover: a savage, bare-chested Martian warrior hurling a primitive club-weapon at a formation of sleek, futuristic jet aircraft screaming across the sky — a jaw-dropping clash of the primitive and the technological. This is the visual world of Edgar Rice Burroughs' Barsoom, rendered with muscular pulp bravado, vivid red loincloths, and dynamic action composition that made Amazing Stories impossible to walk past.
A loincloth-clad Martian savage hurling a bone club at a jet fighter squadron is peak pulp absurdity executed with genuine painterly skill. This belongs on both a dorm room wall AND a museum display case devoted to Golden Age genre art.
“THE INVISIBLE WHEEL OF DEATH by Don Wilcox See Back Cover Amazing Stories JANUARY 20¢ JOHN CARTER AND THE GIANT OF MARS by EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS HAMILTON ★ CABOT ★ O'BRIEN ★ HARRIS AMAZING STORIES JANUARY 1941 VOLUME 15 NUMBER 1”
