Alex Schomburg's Spacesuit Astronauts on Alien World, Startling Stories May 1952

Signed by Alex Schomburg, whose meticulous gouache technique and talent for dynamic multi-figure space compositions made him one of the defining cover artists of Atomic Age pulp fiction. Here, a team of spacesuited astronauts scrambles across a barren alien landscape beneath a ringed gas giant planet, while a sleek flying saucer hovers overhead. The warm ochre terrain contrasts with deep cosmic blues, and Schomburg's characteristic depth-layering draws the eye from foreground craters to distant star-filled space.