57 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.
by Hubert Rogers
With the 4th of July approaching, let’s celebrate the American city with the pulps! Ever since the early days of the pulp industry, writers and artists have excited readers with stories about the lives of those living in America’s cities. Here, curtsey of some of the best artists to have worked in the industry, is a pulp-guided tour of those cities!
by Rudy Nappi
by Robert Stanley
by Rafael DeSoto
by Robert Stanley
by Victor Olson
by Mike Ludlow
by Lou Marchetti
by Raymond Pease
by Walter Popp
by Robert Bonfils
by Victor Kalin
It’s the Halloween season and what better time is there to apply for a job as the governess at an isolated mansion or to learn the secrets of a prominent but mysterious family? This is the season to chase voices in the night and stand outside in the rain while a dark, shadowy structure looms behind you.
Need help getting in the mood for your gothic explorations? Don’t worry! I’ve got your back with these covers!
by Victor Kalin
Artist Unknown
by Lou Marchetti
by Lou Marchetti
by Charles Rehm
by Harry Barton
Artist Unknown
by George Ziel
Artist Unknown
by Harry Bennett
by Walter Popp
Enjoy your explorations!
by Walter Popp
The picture is interesting. Are those tomatoes? Even better is the plot blurb at the top. He’s climbing over beds, bodies, and tomatoes.
56 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 show how people imagined life on the Moon before Neil Armstrong took his one small step.
by Walter Popp
This cover is from 1952.
by Enoch Bolles
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.
by Albert Drake
by Edmund Emshwiller
by Frank Frazetta
by Howard V. Brown
by Joe Orlando
by Lawrence Sterne Stevens
by Robert Graef
by Roger Kastel
by Walter Popp
by John Melo
Today is International Kissing Day! To get everyone in the mood, here is some help from the pulps!
by Al Rossi
Artist Unknown
Artist Unknown
by Norman Saunders
by Raymond Johnson
by Robert Maguire
by Sergio Leone
by Tom Dunn
by Walter Popp
Artist Unknown
by Earle Bergey
Startling Stories was a sci-fi pulp magazine that ran from 1939 through 1955. It went through many different editors and formats during that time but one thing that was always consistent was the quality of the magazine’s covers. Though most of the covers were done by Earle Bergey, a few other notable pulp artists also made contributions to the magazine. Below is a small sampling of the spectacular covers of Starting Stories!
by Alex Schomburg
by Earle Bergey
by Earle Bergey
by Earle Bergey
by Earle Bergey
by Earle Bergey
by Earle Bergey
by Earle Bergey
by Earle Bergey
by Edmund Emshwiller
by Edmund Emshwiller
by Howard V. Brown
by Howard V. Brown
by Howard V. Brown
by Rudolph Belarski
by Rudolph Belarski
by Rudolph Belarski
by Walter Popp
by Walter Popp
This exciting cover is from 1957.
Through the Shattered Lens 