Pulp SF Book Covers That Channel Pure Id

Charlie Jane Anders — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 10:00:00 PST

The greatest pulp science fiction book covers aren't just trashy, they're lurid: filled with half-naked squirming and misplaced eyes, with Prince's man/woman glyph bursting out. Here's a gallery of some of our demented favorites.

Book cover scans from Martin Isaac, J Levar, and Kyle Katz and Gojira2012 and Martin Prine.

I Always Wear High Heels to Visit the Moon

Annalee Newitz — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 17:00:00 PST

Over at Spanish pulp blog El Desván del Abuelito, they've got some terrific covers from what look like early 1960s science fiction comics from a series called "El Mundo Futuro" (world of the future). This is one of my favorites, whose title roughly translated means "It will happen tomorrow!" I love the man in his suit and the lady in high heels, hiking on the moon or perhaps an alien planet. And then, they come upon this scary alien statue! We've got a couple more amazing moments from this comic below.

Here's a great one with a psychedelic Saturn whose rings are all rainbowy. The title could be translated to "Beyond Saturn."

And then there El Fiera - the Beast! Totally scary!!!

Boixcar [via el Desván del Abuelito]

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Pulp SF Book Covers That Channel Pure Id

I Always Wear High Heels to Visit the Moon