Planet Stories Summer 1947 — 'Vassals of the Lode-Star' Gardner F. Fox Cover
A blue-skinned alien brute raises a curved scimitar over a struggling blonde woman in a torn red outfit — peak planetary romance pulp energy. The hulking extraterrestrial villain, draped in exotic garb and wielding a jeweled blade, dominates the composition as the defiant heroine fights back. A chained companion battles in the smoky background. Lush, lurid colors and dynamic action staging typify the sword-and-planet subgenre that defined Planet Stories throughout the 1940s.
A teal murder-man with a jeweled sword, a fiery-red damsel refusing to be distressed, and a chained sidekick fighting in the background — this cover doesn't walk up to the pulp dial, it rips the dial clean off. Absolutely textbook sword-and-planet maximalism.
“PLANET Stories SUMMER 1947 20c DE PINA WALTON GARSON Vassals of the LODE-STAR SNATCHED FROM SPACE AND TIME TO SERVE A CRYSTAL FLAME Novel by GARDNER F. FOX”
