Giant Insect Attack: Fantastic Adventures Feb 1940 'Prince of Mars Returns' Cover
Ray-gun technology is front and center as a hero levels a futuristic pistol at a monstrous giant insect creature — a Termanite — looming over a fallen blonde woman in a skimpy green sci-fi costume on the rust-red sands of what appears to be Mars. The enormous arthropod, rendered with compound eyes, segmented legs, and iridescent blue carapace, dominates the composition, threatening the pair in classic pulp damsel-in-peril style tied to Phil Nowlan's Martian adventure serial.
Holy smokes — a giant bug the size of a house is about to eat that space girl and the guy with the ray gun better shoot straight or they're both done for! I nearly knocked my soda off the counter grabbing this off the newsstand, and now I gotta find out if the Termanites are really invading New York too!
“Termanites Invade New York! SEE PAGE 8 Fantastic Adventures FEBRUARY 20¢ SEE BACK COVER The Prince of Mars Returns By Phil Nowlan Author of Buck Rogers GREAT STORIES BY ROBERT MOORE WILLIAMS * THORNTON AYRE * NELSON S. BOND”
