Two Complete Science-Adventure Books No.2 Spring 1951 Dual Cover
A breathless sense of pulp adventure erupts from this split-diagonal composition showcasing two complete novels in one digest. The upper panel blazes with a menacing robot, laser beams, alien invaders, and a glamorous woman's face looming against a star-filled void for Edmond Hamilton's The Star Kings. Below, a muscular hero battles a winged purple dragon beside a statuesque blonde in a strapless gown for Arthur C. Clarke's Seeker of the Sphinx — two worlds of sci-fi spectacle crammed onto a single cover.
The cover audaciously crams two entirely different sci-fi universes into a single diagonal split composition — a chrome robot firing laser beams at flying saucers shares real estate with a purple dragon being punched by a bare-chested hero flanked by a glamorous blonde. Maximum pulp density per square inch.
“Two Complete Science-Adventure Books No. 2 Spring $5.00 value for 25¢ Book No. 1 The Star Kings by Edmond Hamilton Book No. 2 Seeker of the Sphinx by Arthur C. Clarke A.N.C.”
