Planet Stories Fall 1942 – The Rebel of Valkyr by Alfred Coppel Cover Art
Golden chains bite into the wrists of a statuesque blonde woman in a flowing white gown, her defiant posture dominating the entire cover. Pulling back, the composition reveals a swarm of insectoid alien warriors in red and gold armor brandishing blades at her heels — tiny yet menacing against her goddess-scale figure. This is Planet Stories at full throttle: baroque space-fantasy melodrama set on the night-bound world of Kalgan, illustrating Alfred Coppel's 'The Rebel of Valkyr.'
A towering blonde imperatrix shackled in golden chains while insectoid alien warriors swarm around her embodies peak pulp bravado — operatic scale, mythological grandeur, and shameless space-fantasy spectacle crammed into a single cover composition.
“PLANET Stories FALL 20¢ She was Imperatrix, ruler of ten million space-warriors... But here on night-bound Kalgan, where the Great Destroyer called, only one lonely vassal stood true... The REBEL of VALKYR A novel of the Dark Ages of Space by ALFRED COPPEL Strange adventures on Other Worlds, the Universe of Future Centuries— by BRADBURY • POUL ANDERSON • ST. CLAIR”
