Science Fiction Sunday

"The Flying Robot," cover for Fantastic Adventures, January 1941. Art by Harold W. McCauley.




First Men in the Moon, 1964.




Strange Adventures #1, August 1950.




"Science Fiction Land," theme park design by Jack Kirby and Mike Royer, 1978.






"Men From Space," cover for Popular Magazine, December 1930. Art by Howard V. Brown.

Murphy Anderson: DC Science Fiction

Murphy Anderson (b. 1926) began his career as a comic book artist in 1944 working for Fiction House. Beginning in the 1950's, Anderson began his long association with DC Comics. He contributed heavily to the company's science fiction titles, and Anderson's work inking Curt Swan's pencils on various Superman titles is the stuff of comic book legend. Here is a selection of his science fiction covers for DC from the 1950's:




Strange Adventures #21, June 1952.




Strange Adventures #32, May 1953.




Mystery in Space #9, August 1952.




Mystery in Space #13, April 1953.





Mystery in Space #15, August 1953.





Mystery in Space #16, October 1953.





Mystery in Space #23, December 1954.

DC Science Fiction

Some more DC Science Fiction weirdness.


Strange Adventures #155, August 1963.



Strange Adventures #169, October 1964.



Strange Adventures #197, February 1967. Cover art by Carmine Infantino.