Earle Bergey's Space Vixen Gunfight — Thrilling Wonder Stories Dec. 1946
A bold palette of warm golds, fiery reds, and cold silver-white dominates this quintessential pulp cover, amplifying the breathless action and danger. A statuesque redhead in a skintight gold spacesuit and bubble helmet braces herself against an icy alien surface, unleashing a ray-gun at a monstrous tentacled creature whose craft looms in the background. A male companion in red crawls behind her. Bergey's trademark glamorous heroine commands every inch of the composition with unapologetic bravado.
This is peak Bergey — a nearly undressed space goddess firing a ray-gun at a tentacle monster while her male companion cowers behind her. Absolutely unhinged in the best possible way; frame it immediately.
“THRILLING WONDER STORIES DEC. 15¢ PHALID'S FATE An Amazing Novelet By JACK VANCE I AM Eden A Complete Fantastic Novel By HENRY KUTTNER THE END An Astonishing Novelet By MURRAY LEINSTER A THRILLING PUBLICATION EARLE BERGEY”
