Snake-Woman of Lemuria, Other Worlds Science Stories First Issue, Nov 1949
Painted to accompany Richard S. Shaver's 'The Fall of Lemuria,' this explosive debut cover depicts a voluptuous serpent-woman — half glamorous blonde, half coiled cobra — brandishing a ray-gun weapon at a crouching, wild-haired dero creature in a subterranean hellscape. Shaver's infamous 'Shaver Mystery' mythos of underground elder-race degenerates finds vivid expression here: ancient evil, lost civilizations, and pulp eroticism colliding in a lurid, jewel-toned cavern setting teeming with reptilian menace.
A snake goddess with a ray gun faces down a cave-demon — Shaver's fever dreams have never looked this dangerously gorgeous. When Lemuria falls, it falls in sequins and scales.
“OTHER WORLDS SCIENCE STORIES The Fall of Lemuria By Richard S. Shaver November 1949 35¢ FIRST ISSUE WHERE NO FOOT WALKS by G. H. IRWIN VENUS TROUBLE SHOOTER by JOHN WILEY”
