Earle Bergey Fire Woman Cover, Startling Stories September 1950
Visceral danger and lurid spectacle radiate from this classic Earle Bergey cover, where a flame-wreathed redhead — her violet skin glowing against roiling orange fire — raises her arms in apparent agony or ecstasy while flanked by ominous dark mechanical projectors aimed directly at her. The composition suggests a sinister machine-intelligence experiment gone catastrophically right, perfectly capturing the 'men and machines' theme of the featured Raymond F. Jones novel. Bergey's signature glamour-meets-peril aesthetic is on full display.
A nearly nude violet-skinned woman is being irradiated by enormous green machine-guns while consumed by living fire — and she appears to be enjoying it. Peak Bergey.
“ANC STARTLING STORIES SEPT. 25¢ FEATURING THE CYBERNETIC BRAINS A Novel of Men and Machines By RAYMOND F. JONES THE HARPERS OF TITAN A Captain Future Novelet By EDMOND HAMILTON EARLE BERGEY A THRILLING PUBLICATION”
