Planet Stories Nov 1952 — Green Alien Menaces Beauty on Venus
Published in November 1952, this Planet Stories cover arrives at the peak of planetary romance pulp fiction, when sword-and-planet adventures on Venus and Mars dominated newsstands. A snarling green-skinned alien demon seizes a terrified blonde woman in golden jewelry while a muscular hero in blue tunic lunges to her rescue — all set against a blazing crimson alien landscape. The cover promotes Leigh Brackett's 'Shannach-the-Last' and Conan T. Troy's 'The Conjurer of Venus,' two quintessential planetary adventure tales.
An absolutely textbook fever-pitch pulp cover: a fanged green demon, a terrorized buxom blonde, and a square-jawed hero all crammed into a volcanic red hellscape. Every element is cranked to maximum melodrama with zero apology.
“STRANGE ADVENTURES ON OTHER WORLDS — PLANET stories Nov. 25¢ THE CONJURER OF VENUS by Conan T. Troy ENDLESS ROWS OF ALABASTER SHAPES, SITTING ON THEIR CHAIRS OF STONE, LOOKING TOWARD SHANNACH-THE-LAST A STRANGE-WORLD NOVEL by LEIGH BRACKETT”
