Monster Abduction Cover, Out of This World Adventures July 1950
A grotesque, metallic-skinned alien creature has seized a terrified blonde woman in a red skirt, its clawed hands gripping her as she screams in horror. The monster's face is a nightmare of distorted silver flesh, looming over its helpless prey against a burst of lurid yellow and green light. This is quintessential Atomic Age pulp menace — the alien-as-predator trope rendered with maximum visceral impact, designed to leap off the newsstand and demand a quarter from any passing reader.
OH MAMA — a first issue, a screaming blonde, and a silver-skinned alien monster all on the same cover?! This is the holy trinity of Atomic Age pulp excess, and I cannot believe I found this in a dusty box for two bucks. The claws! The expression! The sheer unbridled nerve of it!
“Vol. 1, No. 1 JULY 25¢ A Great New FANTASY Magazine Out of this World Adventures PLUS 32 PAGES OF FANTASY STORIES ILLUSTRATED IN FULL COLOR THE PLANET SMASHERS — by Ray Cummings A. E. Vogt · Lester Del Ray · A. Bertram Chandler · and others”
