Startling Stories May 1949 — Flight Into Yesterday by Charles L. Harness
Illustrating Charles L. Harness's time-travel novel 'Flight Into Yesterday' (later expanded as 'The Paradox Men'), this cover erupts with sword-and-planet energy: a muscle-bound hero in scaled loincloth and sandals brandishes a broadsword against a burnt-orange alien sky, while a dark-haired woman in a jeweled bikini gazes upward toward an ominous dark planetary body. A futuristic skyline looms to the left, colliding ancient-warrior aesthetics with science fiction in the quintessential pulp tradition.
When Yesterday Fights Back — With a Sword and a Woman Worth Fighting For. Sword-and-planet pulp at full throttle: gladiator abs meet alien skies and a skyline that hasn't decided what century it belongs to.
“STARTLING STORIES MAY 25¢ A THRILLING PUBLICATION FLIGHT INTO YESTERDAY A Complete Novel By CHARLES L. HARNESS CONQUEST OF LIFE”
