That cover is by Maurice Whitman, for the one and only issue of Man O' Mars (1953).
Later that year, when a Canadian company published a reprint, they kept the cover but changed the coloring a wee bit:
Saturday, August 17, 2013
Best Cover You've Never Seen--Man O' Mars!!
If this had been the poster, perhaps John Carter would have done better at the box office:
"Earth was his mother but Mars was his home!" Holy crap, that line alone would have garnered an extra $10-$20 million in ticket sales!
That cover is by Maurice Whitman, for the one and only issue of Man O' Mars (1953).
Later that year, when a Canadian company published a reprint, they kept the cover but changed the coloring a wee bit:
Which one is better? You make the call!
That cover is by Maurice Whitman, for the one and only issue of Man O' Mars (1953).
Later that year, when a Canadian company published a reprint, they kept the cover but changed the coloring a wee bit:
Oh, the first one by far. It has that slightly grainy old fashioned look to it...and I love that.
ReplyDeleteThe second one,less dirgey.
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