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Thrilling Wonder Stories vol. 36, no. 1 (April 1950)

They look like circus performers, right? Those clothes are decorative rather than practical for space or any kind of military activity. And why are they freaking out about whatever's off to the right when their ship is being attacked right there?

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Thrilling_Wonder_Stories_v36n01_1950-04

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Science Fiction Quarterly New Series vol. 1, no. 4 (February 1952)

It's cool how she's holding a microphone, I like to imagine she was doing a DJ set so wild that the Floating Space City guys had to shut her down.

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Science_Fiction_Quarterly_New_Series_v01n04_1952-02

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What are you watching tonight?
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February 15, 1986. Angela Lansbury of CBS's Murder, She Wrote.
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Amazing Stories vol. 14, no. 6 1940 6 (June 1940)

Logically, this is the Titan story because that's Saturn in the sky? Love the alien and its crazy tentacle arms. Bit puzzled by the primitive spears being held by the space guys.

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Amazing_Stories_v14n06_1940-06

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Astounding vol. 53, no. 5 (July 1954)

There's no science fiction content here at all as far as I can see, except whatever object is in his hand. It looks like a seashell but also maybe it's a human heart? maybe that's just me. The word "INAPPROPRIATE" just sits there. Is something cut off?

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Astounding_v53n05_1954-07_cape1736

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Weird Tales vol. 24, no. 5 (November 1934)

The design/layout/composition of this is outstanding, it's a really arresting image. However as usual, somehow it doesn't look like an action scene, it looks like they're posed and waiting for their photo to be taken.

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/WeirdTalesV24n05193411ATLPM

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Amazing Stories vol. 33, no. 3 (March 1959)

It's not just a stylised image which looks like a roughly-textured wall: it actually IS a wall? You can see the shadow of the ship against it. Maybe that's the "Asimov surprise"?

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Amazing_Stories_v33n03_1959-03

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New Worlds vol. 18, no. 52 (October 1956)

Love the composition of this. As mentioned by one of my followers, the UK magazines had a different approach, a different aesthetic.

Is this earth, in the desert, or a sandy red planet?

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/New_Worlds_052v18_1956-10

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Astounding vol. 58, no. 3 (November 1956)

Fascinating contrast. Intense dramatically-lit clutching-chair-arms guy and chilled-out headphones guy. No idea what story could include the two of them but the one on the right looks like me in my cinema seat at the end of "Avengers: Infinity War".

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Astounding_v58n03_1956-11_ATLPM

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Weird Tales vol. 23, no. 5 (May 1934)

The guy is holding the knife rather noncommittally, as if to say "I have this knife, would that scare you at all …?”

Cannot unsee, her bejewelled bra thingy looks like a goofy bird looking out at us.

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Weird_Tales_v23n05_1934-05_sas

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