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Genie of Bagdad – Fantastic Adventures June 1940s Pulp Cover
Inspired by William P. McGivern's 'Genie of Bagdad,' this vivid pulp cover blends Arabian Nights fantasy with pulp-era spectacle. A glamorous woman in a white evening gown and red cape recoils as a towering blue-green djinn materializes from a smoking cauldron, its smoky body looming over a bubbling brass vessel. The electric blue background and jewel-bright palette are quintessential Ziff-Davis house style — eye-catching, sensational, and dripping with exotic menace.
Category: Magazine Cover
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Artist: McCauley
Era: Pulp Era (1920s-1940s)
Decade: 1940s
Country: United States
Coolness: 7/10
She rubbed the lamp — and wished she hadn't. Arabian Nights meets pulp-magazine terror in a cauldron of smoky, jewel-toned excess.
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“Lost Legions of Carthage by Leroy Yerxa fantastic ADVENTURES JUNE 25¢ GENIE OF BAGDAD by William P. McGivern McCauley”





