Nazi U-Boat Sinks into Atlantis – Amazing Stories November 1941
Likely the work of Robert Fuqua or a contemporary Amazing Stories house artist working in bold gouache, this cover crackles with wartime pulp energy. A swastika-marked Nazi submarine plunges nose-first into a luminous undersea realm of Atlantean ruins — gothic spires, golden towers, and tropical fish — while aerial combat blazes above the surface. The composition masterfully bridges WWII propaganda anxiety with lost-civilization fantasy, using vivid turquoise, gold, and crimson to maximize newsstand impact.
This cover runs hotter than a depth charge — Nazi subs crashing into Atlantis while dogfights rage overhead is peak fever-dream pulp. It's less Buck Rogers, more 'what if WWII met Jules Verne on acid.'
“ARMAGEDDON, 1948 by ED EARL REPP See BACK COVER AMAZING STORIES NOVEMBER 20c VOLUME 15 NUMBER 11 CONVOY TO ATLANTIS By WILLIAM P. McGIVERN NOVEMBER 1941”
