Dragon's Island Mutant Creature, Startling Stories June 1952
Genetic mutation and biological engineering take center stage as a dark-haired woman in a red bikini and shorts cradles a writhing green tentacled mutant creature — the engineered monster of Jack Williamson's novel Dragon's Island. Behind her, a grim-faced man stands near a crashed flying saucer-style spacecraft on a desolate shoreline. The painting captures Cold War anxieties about biological science gone wrong, combining glamour, danger, and alien genetic horror in classic pulp fashion.
A gorgeous dame holding a squirming green monster while a flying saucer smolders on the beach?! I'm reading every single word of this story tonight under the covers with a flashlight. Jack Williamson knows how to deliver the goods!
“NOW PUBLISHED EVERY MONTH! JUNE STARTLING STORIES IN THIS ISSUE MAN BATTLES MUTANT ON DRAGON'S ISLAND By JACK WILLIAMSON Specially abridged from the $2.50 book LLING ATION ELECTRONIC REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED”
