Startling Stories 'Prisoner of Mars' Cover, Edmond Hamilton 1939
Illustrating Edmond Hamilton's 'The Prisoner of Mars — A Complete Book-Length Novel of a War Between Worlds,' this explosive cover depicts a pitched battle between pith-helmeted Earth soldiers and towering Martian war machines. Massive segmented alien walkers with viewport-studded heads loom over struggling humans, while energy beams crackle and futuristic airships streak across the background. A humanoid robot creature advances on the right, and the entire composition pulses with the kinetic chaos of interplanetary warfare at its most gloriously overwrought.
When towering Martian tank-beasts stomp Earth's finest into the dirt, only one question remains — who let Hamilton write the battle plan? This cover doesn't ask for your attention; it seizes it by the collar.
“NOVEL OF THE FUTURE COMPLETE IN THIS ISSUE STARTLING STORIES 15¢ A THRILLING PUBLICATION FEATURING THE PRISONER OF MARS A Complete Book-Length [Novel] of a War Between Worlds By EDMOND HAMILTON [THE] STORY OF ROB[OT] [TOLD IN...]”
