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Attack of the Puppet People | 1958

Orbital station. Illustration by Boris Kyshtymov and Erik Benyaminson (1972)

Elle US Nov 1991 - Shana Zadrick by Gilles Bensimon

New Kind Of Eyes - From Popular Mechanics, 1931. (via abecedarian)

Sanya (aka Norma Bengell) and Tiona (aka Evi Marandi) - two crew members of the ill-fated spacecraft, Argos, in director Mario Bava’s 1965 sci-fi horror film, Planet of Vampires. 

Lady Sky Bug - Mary (aka Norma Shearer) the impetuous party girl in the pre-code 1934 MGM romantic drama, Riptide. Costume design by the highly acclaimed, Adrian [Adolph Greenberg]. (image via In Search Of Pagan Hollywood)

Giant From Jupiter - Fantastic Adventures cover art by Malcolm Smith, June 1942

The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet - 1966 Scholastic Books adaptation of the original children’s sci-fi novel by Eleanor Cameron (1954). Illustration adaption by Robert Henneberger.

Brooke Bond Tea “Out Into Space” (series of 50 issued in 1958) #11 Comparative sizes of the planets (via cigarpix)

Well-Rounded Living - Illustration featured in Science and Mechanics magazine, 1961. (via JFGryphon)

The most unique feature of this ‘car of the future’ was the built in jack for each of the 3 wheels - these were fabricated out of military surplus hydraulic cylinders and lifted the car by flipping the appropriate switch. Only eleven Davis Divan’s were produced - Davis Motor Co. came to an ignoble end when the company was seized and liquidated by the LA District Attorney’s office after Gary Davis was hit with fraud and other charges related to failures in meeting contractual agreements. (via The Makes That Didn’t Make It)

Artwork by Eurico Luiz, 2018 (Other tumblr @euricss | Instagram @_toolpa)

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Other Worlds Science Stories, May 1957. Contains “Falcons of Narabedla” by Marion Zimmer Bradley. The cover is credited to Ray Palmer, but a note states that it is “adapted from a black-and-white illustration by Malcolm Smith depicting a scene in Shaver’s Caves.”