Years before any whistleblowers testified at any Congressional hearings about crashed UFOS and “non-human remains,” the pulps told the world all that it needed to know about spaceships, aliens, and what lies beyond the Milky Way. Here’s a small sampling of the out of this world covers of the pulps (and one comic book that I included because I liked the cover)!
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Celebrate Moon Day With The Pulps
54 years ago today, the first manned spaceflight to the Moon touched down on the lunar surface. Let’s celebrate this wonderful anniversary with a little help from the pulps! Not only were these covers illustrated by some of the finest artists working in the business but they also provide a clue as to how people imagined life on the Moon before Neil Armstrong first stepped out of the capsule.
Artwork of the Day: Dime Mystery Magazine (by Albert Drake)
This is from 1948.
Artwork of the Day: Detective Tales (by Albert Drake)
This cover is from 1948. Even back then, gambling was a dangerous business.
Artwork of the Day: Famous Detective Stories (by Albert Drake)
At first, I thought this cover was about a couple working together to solve a case. Then, I saw where she was holding the knife. This Albert Drake-illustrated cover is from 1951.