Super-Science Fiction Dec 1956 — Spaceman Under Meteor Barrage Cover
Raw, visceral desperation radiates from this cover as a helmeted astronaut in a battered spacesuit raises both fists against a relentless meteor shower on an alien world. His face twists in anguish or defiance — a lone human figure dwarfed by cosmic violence. The ruddy alien terrain glows beneath streaking comets, and a blue energy weapon or tool sparks at his side. Classic Golden Age pulp bravado rendered in bold, painterly gouache.
The astronaut's white-knuckled double fist-raise against a full-scale meteor bombardment is gloriously unhinged — he appears to be attempting to punch the meteors. Peak Atomic Age machismo against impossible cosmic odds.
“SUPER-SCIENCE FICTION DECEMBER 35¢ CHANCE OF A LIFETIME by Milton Lesser NEW STORIES by ROBERT SILVERBERG HENRY SLESAR HARLAN ELLISON RUSS WINTERBOTHAM ALL STORIES COMPLETE”
