Fantastic Adventures June 1944 – Arthur Pendran Meets a Medieval Queen
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Fantastic Adventures June 1944 – Arthur Pendran Meets a Medieval Queen

A modern man in a business suit recoils as a helmeted medieval knight thrusts a glowing sword toward a regal blonde queen seated on an ornate throne, her red gown pooling at her jeweled feet and a golden crown upon her head. The scene crackles with anachronistic tension — a time-displaced protagonist caught between chivalric pageantry and danger. This is the pulp fantasy world of 'The Strange Mission of Arthur Pendran,' rendered with lush, saturated color and dynamic composition.

Category: Magazine Cover
Source: Internet Archive
Artist: Robert Gibson Jones
Era: Pulp Era (1920s-1940s)
Decade: 1940s
Country: United States
Coolness: 7/10

A square-jawed modern man face-to-face with a golden-crowned queen and a knight's naked blade — somebody's gonna need a better plan than a business suit! Pure pulp magic.

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BURY ME DEEP by LEROY YERXA fantastic ADVENTURES JUNE 5¢ THE STRANGE MISSION OF ARTHUR PENDRAN PRODUCED BY UNZ.ORG ELECTRONIC REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED

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