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Magnus, Robot Fighter #4. “Menace from the Depths” Cover art by Russ Manning. Underwater food-processing facilities are sabotaged by a robot that wants to destroy all mankind.
Two great things about this cover. First, check out the head on that robot! It’s a “think-rob” so of course its head is huge. Second, Magnus proves to be the exception to the rule by being a male wearing a cellophane suit.
“Nepher Has Two Mummies”, Fastner & Larson.
Girlie pulp magazine Broadway Nights, September 1930. Nice scan of a 1929 issue here.
Magneto Pin-up by Evan Munday. One of the sexy supervillains available in either postcard or print form as a premium in The Cultural Gutter’s Gutter-A-Go-Go fundraiser!
We’re raising money so we can continue paying our writers and supplying thoughtful articles on disreputable art.
Vintage Halloween Pin-ups c. 1930’s-1970’s
On the left, Alison Bechdel’s re-creation of a vintage paperback edition of Patricia Highsmith’s 1952 novel, The Price of Salt. On the right, the Norton edition released in 2004 (and made available as an e-book last month). The novel was originally published under the pseudonym ‘Claire Morgan’. Cate Blanchett and Mia Wasikowska are scheduled to star in the upcoming film based on the book.
Alison Bechdel—a serious Highsmith fan—was kind enough to mention our Highsmith recommendation engine on her blog(!):
Check out [Norton’s] great website. You can “choose your Highsmith” by answering a branching list of funny questions about what exactly you’re in the mood to read. And you can see a 3 minute promotional video with people like Joanne Schenkar and Terry Castle and me (Alas,no! I did not get to meet the infamous Castle or the mysterious Schenkar…we were all interviewed separately.) talking about Highsmith’s work.
You may remember us talking up Highsmith a ton last month.
King Kong
The USPS is releasing an Edgar Rice Burroughs stamp. (via Beyond the Perf and Matt Staggs).
A gallery of Thai pulp covers linked to in Tars Tarkas’ fantastic look at Insee Daeng/Red Eagle and other Thai pulp heroes in film. Click through the image for more covers.
