Virgil Finlay's Dragon-Queen of Jupiter, Planet Stories Summer 1941
A newsstand browser in 1941 would have stopped cold: a silver-haired queen in a glittering gown wrestles a coiling green dragon-serpent while winged, spear-wielding warriors clash across a volcanic alien landscape under a blazing yellow sky. Virgil Finlay's cover for Planet Stories Vol. 1 No. 7 crackles with mythic alien-world energy — part Greek epic, part pulp fever dream — illustrating Leigh Brackett's 'The Dragon-Queen of Jupiter' with muscular dynamism and lush chromatic spectacle.
Virgil Finlay at full throttle: a platinum-haired queen, a writhing alien serpent-dragon, and an army of winged warriors all crammed into one incandescent yellow canvas. This belongs on a museum wall AND a dorm room wall — simultaneously.
“PLANET STORIES STRANGE ADVENTURES ON OTHER WORLDS — THE UNIVERSE OF FUTURE CENTURIES THE DRAGON-QUEEN OF JUPITER by LEIGH BRACKETT MUTINY ABOARD THE "TERRA" by ROSS ROCKLYNNE INVADERS OF THE FORBIDDEN MOON A NOVEL OF SPACE-ADVENTURE by RAYMOND Z. GALLUN 20c FICTION HOUSE MAGAZINES HASSE • WINTERBOTHAM • BOND • CUMMINGS • KUMMER JR. Virgil Finlay”
