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Weird Tales vol. 11, no. 5 (May 1928)

We assume she's being carried away against her will but, I don't know. Her arms are up as if celebrating! That could be excitement on her face! Maybe it's more of a crowdsurfing/wedding tradition deal.

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/WeirdTalesV11N05192805

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A red-haired woman in a red dress is being carried away, her arms outstretched, by two humanoid figures with greenish skin and furry lower limbs.
Weird Tales magazine cover from 1928.

Science Fiction Stories vol. 9, no. 2 (August 1958)

Love it. There's water, there's some weird container up in the sky above an alien city, everyone involved is unconscious, the liquid is about to leak out through the broken window any moment.

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Science_Fiction_Stories_v09n02_1958-08_LennyS-cape1736

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Various human figures, including an attractive blonde woman in revealing clothing up front, are floating, asleep or unconscious, in some kind of liquid, in a container with windows which are breaking; an alien cityscape is seen in darkness below.
Science Fiction Stories magazine cover from 1958.

Science Fiction Quarterly vol. 1, no. 7 (1942)

Why is her hair curly and his hair aggressively straight? Also of course how is he a tree spirit but instead of his body being the trunk and branches, he's the roots and the tree is formed by his legs. Bonkers.

Am I crazy or are those fonts very modern for 1942?

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Science_Fiction_Quarterly_v01n07_1942-Su_jvh-sas

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A woman with flowing blonde hair and a long blue robe is holding out her hand as if casting a spell; in front of her is a supine man whose body is on the ground and whose legs form a tree rising up behind them and whose hand is reaching out as a tree limb forming branches and gripping her skirt.
Science Fiction Quarterly magazine cover from 1942.

Love and Moondogs by Richard McKenna

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/60654

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Amazing Stories vol. 21, no. 5 (May 1947)

Whoever lives in that bell-jar-ass structure is screwed, amirite? If only you had some kind of saying about glass houses and stones.

Once again the woman's expression is incongruous, it's like "good lord!" or "surely not!" not "WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE".

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Amazing_Stories_v21n05_1947-05_cape1736

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A woman's face is superimposed in the background, looking on apprehensively as, in the foreground, a glassy, domed-cylinder structure is hit by meteors or projectiles; the whole image is composed of orange and yellow tones.
Amazing Stories magazine cover from 1947.

Worlds of IF (1986)

This is understated and has no narrative content, not even a hint, but it has a brooding, sinister quality which I really like. Somehow the fact that the ships are blotchy, not smooth, adds to the mood.

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/1986-Fall-If

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Two dark blue space ships, cigar-shaped and patchy in appearance, are seen against a bright orange-red planet or sun below, with the horse-head nebula silhouetted in the background.
Worlds of IF magazine cover from 1986.

Astounding vol. 13, no. 5 (July 1934)

This one is honestly pretty dull, I like the enormous screen and the various old-fashioned-looking technology (turbines? pipes?) but really I wanted to post it just because "BEFORE EARTH CAME" juxtaposed with a big creamy splash is chuckle-inducing.

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Astounding_v13n05_1934-07_dtsg0318-LennyS

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Figures in roman-like robes/togas are dwarfed by huge machines, switches, devices and a screen on which a spiral is seen against a purple background.
Astounding Stories magazine cover from 1934.

Creepy no. 97 (1978)

This is an absolute classic, off-the-hook Frazetta. The man is a legend, no notes.

Except that the people at Creepy decided to put MONSTERS MONSTERS MONSTERS behind his amazing artwork. Shame on you.

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/warrencreepy-097

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A muscular SCUBA diver, in front of a sunken treasure chest surrounded by human bones, is reacting in terror as a humanoid monster with a fanged fish face rises up, lit from below by an eerie glow.
Creepy magazine cover 1978.

Weird Tales vol. 11, no. 4 (April 1928)

Classic Weird Tales cover, in that everyone somehow looks like they're frozen and the scary mummy guy somehow isn't scary.

But hey, imagine being a teenager in 1928 and smuggling this home so your parents don't see it.

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/WeirdTalesV11N04192804sasIfcIbc

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A woman in harem-type clothing raises her hands in horror as a grey-skinned mummy-like figure with glowing eyes approaches her.
Weird Tales magazine cover from 1928.

New Worlds vol. 11, no. 31 (January 1955)

Love it. It tells a story, it sets the scene, it asks questions and makes you want to know what happens.

Why does sci-fi favour barren desert landscapes? Remember how transgressive it felt when that trailer came out with X-wings flying over water and Jedi facing off in a forest?

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/New_Worlds_031v11_1955-01

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Under a bright orange/yellow sky, a space ship is floating nose-up in clear water surrounded by barren rocks, two figures in space suits swimming nearby.
New Worlds magazine cover from 1955.

Fantastic vol. 27, no. 10 (July 1980)

I love this one, it instantly brings you into the scene. My only question is, is that dinosaur/lizard creature armoured too or is that its regular body?

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/fantastic-v-27n-10-1980-07-daisy-chainsaw

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A figure in armour holds a spear/lance over its head in both hands, ready to strike, riding on the back of a dinosaur/lizard creature; the whole image dark and in blue-black tones.
Magazine cover from 1980.

Task Mission by Fox B. Holden

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/59174

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Amazing Stories vol. 2, no. 7 (October 1927)

That alien ship is surprisingly hard to describe… it's a red ring with a fin and a lot of orange portholes and an emerald at the bottom? Whatever it is those guys have their telescope pointed the wrong way.

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/AmazingStoriesV02N07192710

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A steel and glass structure containing a telescope is at the bottom left with two figures inside it, who are looking up at an alien-looking space ship above them.
Amazing Stories magazine cover from 1927.

The Margenes by Miriam Allen De Ford

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/59394

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Weird Tales vol. 29, no. 1 (January 1937)

Another completely shameless Brundage painting of a woman who is not naked but might as well be.

Some confusion here with the bat, but also a dragon?

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Weird_Tales_v29n01_1937-01_sas

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A woman in very revealing clothing is tied to a panel with a painting of a golden east-asian-looking dragon on it, her feet still in the process of being tied by a cloaked, masked figure; a bat is flying across the scene.
Weird Tales magazine cover from 1937.

Famous Fantastic Mysteries vol. 4, no. 4 (August 1942)

This is simple, powerful, with a hint of the Japanese about it, and let's be honest, very sexy. Is she asleep, unconscious or just very chilled out right now?

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Famous_Fantastic_Mysteries_v04_n04_1942-08.Munsey_cape1736_edit

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A naked woman, rendered barely decent by carefully placed sea foam, reclines, possibly unconscious, on the back of a huge fish, swept up by a wave.
Famous Fantastic Mysteries magazine cover from 1942.

Amazing Stories Quarterly vol. 2, no. 3 (1929)

For some reason these creatures make me think of the ones which came out of the tripods in War Of The Worlds, but which iteration? They're not very scary, I have to say.

Two of the three authors featured in this magazine are doctors, I note.

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Amazing_Stories_Quarterly_v02n03_1929-07_slpn

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In the foreground two male figures are being attacked by a big creature with long tentacle arms and big bulging green eyes, on a bridge or gantry. In the background many other such creatures and human figures are seen in conflict and a similar bridge structure is collapsing as a result of an explosion.
Amazing Stories magazine cover from 1929.

Fantastic Adventures vol. 7, no. 3 (July 1945)

That guy is so wildly over-the-top sinister you just have to laugh. Are we assuming he's a caricature of hispanic or middle-eastern manhood? Because he's purple, so maybe just an alien. No idea why she's scared of the diamond but I'm sure she has her reasons.

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Fantastic_Adventures_v07n03_1945-07_Missing_ibc_cape1736

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A dark-complexioned man with a moustache and beard in the foreground is holding a large glowing diamond; a woman behind him wearing a tiara is reacting in fear to the diamond. Fantastical buildings are seen in the distance.
Fantastic Adventures magazine cover from 1945.

Miss Tweedham's Elogarsn by Robert Moore Williams

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/64234

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New Worlds vol. 22, no. 66 (December 1957)

This is a weird one. Not sure what the science fiction content is exactly but those people in regular clothing seem to be threatened by that glowing cylinder, although their eyelines tell me that's not what they're looking at.

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/New_Worlds_066v22_1957-12

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