Sci-fi Covers

Amazing Stories vol 36 no 9, September 1962. Cover by Lloyd Birmingham illustrating “Sunfire!” by Edmond Hamilton.

Amazing Stories, vol 14 no 6, June 1940. Cover art by Julian S. Krupa.

Mexican Lobby Card for Invaders from Mars/Invasores de Marte (1953). 

Ace Double M-101: People of the Talisman by Leigh Brackett, 1964. Cover by Ed Emshwiller.

Ace Double G-576: The Clash of Star-Kings by Avram Davidson, 1966. Cover art by Jack Gaughan, 1966.

If vol 19 no 5, May 1969. Cover by Johnny Bruck illustrating “Groovyland” by Robert Bloch.

Alien Planet by Fletcher Pratt, 1963. Another great cover by Ed Emshwiller, and spectacular typography for the title.

If vol 21 no 6, July-August 1972. Cover by Jack Gaughan illustrating “The Book of Rack the Healer” by Zach Hughes.

This is an excellent example why many of these were done under pseudonyms.

Authentic Science Fiction No. 1, January, 1951 featuring “Mushroom Men from Mars” by Lee Stanton, aka Richard Conroy. Cover art by “D.L.W.”

Ace Books G-650: Space War by Neil R. Jones, 1967 collection of a 1935 story. Cover by Gray Morrow.

Worlds of If, September 1963. Cover by Paul E. Wenzel.

Worlds of If, September 1967. Cover by Gray Morrow.

If vol 11 no 4, September 1961. Cover by Paul E. Wenzel illustrating “Spawning Ground” by Lester Del Rey.

Fantastic, December 1961. Cover by Lloyd Birmingham.

Worlds of If, July 1964. Contains “Farnham’s Freehold” [1 of 3] by Robert A Heinlein. Cover by Gray Morrow.

Fantastic, October 1960. Cover by Leo Summers.

Amazing Stories, February 1963. Contains “How Deep the Grooves” by Philip José Farmer. Cover by Vernon Kramer.