Famous Fantastic Mysteries Oct — 'The Woman Who Couldn't Die' Immortal Beauty Cover
Like the best Famous Fantastic Mysteries covers of its run, this October issue combines gothic menace with glamour-pulp sensuality in a way that rivals contemporaries like Weird Tales. A serene, near-immortal woman in jeweled regalia stands encased in flowing water or crystal, eyes closed in deathlike repose, while a demonic red figure wreathed in hellfire looms dramatically behind her. The contrast of cool blues against volcanic orange and red creates maximum newsstand drama.
A jewel-clad woman who cannot die facing a fire-demon is exactly the kind of image that made hands reach for wallets at the newsstand. The fiery devil looming over the cool, ethereal beauty is pure pulp contrast at its most effective.
“OCT. / Famous FANTASTIC Mysteries / 25¢ / MATCHLESS AMONG GREAT FANTASY CLASSICS / THE WOMAN WHO COULDN'T DIE / by ARTHUR STRINGER”
