Rocket Blasts Through Asteroid Belt — Fantastic Adventures December 1948
This cover graces the December 1948 issue of Fantastic Adventures (Vol. 10, No. 12), a flagship Ziff-Davis pulp magazine. A sleek, swept-wing rocketship blazes through a cosmic field of iridescent asteroid bubbles, its green exhaust flame scorching a cratered, lava-cracked planetoid below. Tiny crew figures are visible through the transparent canopy. The deep black void, explosive amber nebula clouds, and jewel-toned spheres create a sensational interplanetary atmosphere, promoting the featured story 'Outlaws of Corpus' by Lee Francis.
This cover cranks well past 'exciting space commute' toward a full-on cosmic spectacle — a rocket torching a crumbling planetoid while dodging glowing asteroid bubbles in a flaming void. It sits comfortably near the 'exploding space station' end of the dial, short only of truly unhinged creature-feature mayhem.
“EXCITING ADVENTURES IN SCIENCE fantastic ADVENTURES ANC DECEMBER 25¢ A SENSATIONAL NEW INTERPLANETARY STORY OUTLAWS OF CORPUS By LEE FRANCIS PRODUCED BY UNZ.ORG ELECTRONIC REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED”
