Thrilling Wonder Stories Nov 1940 — Dinosaurs Run Amok in the Lab
A laboratory has erupted into chaos as miniaturized dinosaurs — a snarling tyrannosaur, a long-necked sauropod, and a hulking quadruped — have somehow been brought to life and are advancing on terrified onlookers. A white-gloved scientist grapples with a sparking device while a startled woman in pink recoils and a square-jawed hero in white moves to intervene. Green pterodactyls circle ominously overhead against a screaming yellow background. Mad science has never looked this gloriously unhinged.
OH MAMA — living dinosaurs tearing up a lab while pterodactyls swoop on a blinding yellow background?! This cover has absolutely no chill and I am HERE for it. This is the kind of cover that launched a thousand sleepless nights for ten-year-olds in 1940.
“THRILLING WONDER STORIES 15¢ NOV. A THRILLING PUBLICATION FEATURING THE DAY TO COME A Complete Novel of Earth's Last Stand By DON TRACY THE TOMB OF TIME A Novelet of Magic Life By ROBERT ARTHUR THE WHITE BROOD A Spaceways Novelet By HAL K. WELLS”
