Demon Materializes at Séance, Startling Stories January 1943
Dread and visceral shock radiate from this wartime pulp cover as a snarling bat-winged demon manifests in a blinding flash of supernatural light, dragging a helpless man's contorted body through what appears to be a dimensional rift or séance portal. A crowd of horrified onlookers recoils while a blonde woman in a red dress and a square-jawed hero gape in disbelief. The glowing energy vortex anchors the composition with raw, menacing pulp energy.
A leering bat-demon with glowing green eyes physically hauls a man through a crackling dimensional portal while a buxom blonde in a skintight red dress recoils in the foreground — absolutely peak Thrilling Publications excess.
“NOVEL OF THE FUTURE COMPLETE IN THIS ISSUE STARTLING STORIES JAN. 15c THE GREEN TORTURI A Hall of Fam Classi By A ROWLEY HILLIARD THRILLING BLICATION WORLD BEYOND THE SKY A Complete Book-Length Novel By ROBERT MOORE WILLIAMS”
