Earle Bergey's Space Peril: Startling Stories Jan 1947 'Star of Life'
A blazing palette of scarlet, electric green, and deep cosmic blue drives the breathless danger of this cover: two figures tumble helplessly through open space as sleek silver spacecraft streak past in the void. A auburn-haired woman in a skimpy green dress and gold belt dominates the foreground, arms flung wide in terror, while a grimacing man in a red jumpsuit lunges behind her. Bergey's signature luminous glow outlines both figures, amplifying the vertigo of freefall against the star-scattered black.
Peak Bergey glamour-in-peril energy — a scantily clad redhead tumbling through space with spacecraft blazing past is exactly what 1947 readers paid 15 cents for. Your retro-pulp-loving friend will lose their mind over this one.
“NOVEL OF THE FUTURE COMPLETE IN THIS ISSUE! STARTLING STORIES 15¢ JAN. EARLE BERGEY THE Star of LIFE An Amazing Complete Novel By EDMOND HAMILTON A THRILLING PUBLICATION”
