Skeleton Men of Jupiter – Amazing Stories Feb 1942 Burroughs Cover
Pulse-pounding pulp adventure radiates from this vivid cover as a muscle-bound, loincloth-clad warrior battles skeletal alien soldiers on a tropical alien shore. The undead warriors — bony, hollow-eyed, and wielding swords — lunge with terrifying menace while the hero fights back with savage desperation. Brilliant reds, purples, and aquamarine surf create a lurid, electric palette perfectly calibrated for Edgar Rice Burroughs' planetary adventure yarn set on Jupiter.
A nearly naked Earth hero brawling bare-handed against multiple sword-wielding skeletal alien soldiers on a Jovian beach — with one skeleton wearing what appears to be goggles — is peak unhinged pulp energy. Burroughs at his most gloriously deranged.
“THE NEW ADAM by Stanley G. Weinbaum See Back Cover Amazing Stories SKELETON MEN OF JUPITER by Edgar Rice Burroughs FEBRUARY 25¢”
