Space Pirate Outlaw — Amazing Stories 'Son of the Black Chalice' July 1950s
A cold deep-space blue dominates this high-voltage cover, punctuated by the blazing yellow of the iconic Amazing Stories masthead and the sickly green of the protagonist's pressure suit — a color scheme that radiates paranoia and danger. A grinning, wild-eyed space outlaw tumbles weightlessly through the void, clutching a ray gun emblazoned with a skull-and-crossbones, while yellow-haired pursuers close in from all directions atop the hull of a spacecraft. Peak Golden Age pulp bravado.
This one is absolutely firing on all cylinders — a cackling space pirate with a skull-and-crossbones blaster tumbling through the void while a squad of blonde-helmeted hunters close in. Show this to any pulp skeptic and watch them immediately reconsider their life choices.
“JULY 25¢ ZIFF DAVIS PUBLICATION AMAZING STORIES INC ROMAN HOLIDAY By WILLIAM P. McGIVERN Hated and hunted by all mankind was the SON OF THE BLACK CHALICE By MILTON LESSER”
