Planet Stories July 1951 – Poul Anderson's Virgin of Valkarion Barbarian Cover
A muscle-bound barbarian warrior brandishes a gleaming dagger while clutching a barely-clad woman against his chest, leaping above a horde of grotesque alien attackers clawing upward from below. The woman's jeweled adornments and desperate expression signal she is the prophesied queen — the prize both sides are fighting over. Lurid torchlight and an eerie pale moon dominate the alien sky, classic Planet Stories spectacle dripping with sword-and-planet pulp danger.
OH BUDDY — a sword-swinging barbarian rescuing a jewel-bedecked queen from a mob of alien goblins under a giant alien moon?! This is Planet Stories firing on ALL cylinders, the absolute pinnacle of sword-and-planet pulp madness that made this magazine legendary!
“STRANGE ADVENTURES ON OTHER WORLDS — PLANET stories JULY 25¢ The 39th Dynasty shall fall with the Mating of the Moons. An Outlander shall seize the Queen— so ran the Prophecy The VIRGIN of VALKARION A Barbarian-Worlds Novel by POUL ANDERSON The TIMELESS ONES by FRANK B. LONG”
