Planet Stories May 1954 — Lost Tribes of Venus Underwater Alien Abduction
Depicting aquatic alien capture technology — spear-wielding extraterrestrial sea-creatures use lasso-like glowing tethers to ensnare a human woman in the dense, bubble-filled waters of Venus. Two grotesque amphibian monsters, one scaled and spined, one dark and simian, close in on their struggling prey amid an alien underwater landscape of rocky formations. The composition crackles with kinetic danger, embodying the planetary romance tradition of pulp science fiction at its most visceral.
Holy smokes — two slobbering alien monsters are about to drag that girl into the deep dark waters of Venus and nobody's coming to save her! I'm buying three copies and hiding one under my mattress.
“STRANGE ADVENTURES ON OTHER WORLDS — PLANET stories A.N.C. MAY 25¢ Out of the dark waters of anonymity stormed THE LOST TRIBES of VENUS Novelet by Erik Fennel SIXTY-YEAR EXTENSION He died twice — once for himself and once for the stars. Novelet by Alan E. Nourse”
