This third Curtis Books cover appears to have used the same GI Joe Action Man Astronaut image as the last one.
I think they've just flipped it vertically and given it a different foreground.
The object to the side is now clearly visible as a Nova-like rocket, which I assume is a model kit, although I don't know which one. You?
More Curtis covers coming.
Another keen eyed find, Woodsy. Yep, a cheap way of producing a paperback cover. I appreciate these archaic paperbacks with their sensationalist period blurb :)
ReplyDeleteJeepers, just read the blurb at the top Tone. See what you mean! Talk about non-PC! "the women are getting out of hand!". The title just makes things worse! To prime the pump - considering the problem faced by men on that planet! Glad you're enjoying these Curtis covers!
DeleteImagine trying to get this published today, Woodsy.
ReplyDeleteI must admit I wrongly assumed that the author's name was a nom de plume for an in-house writer. In fact A. Bertram Chandler(1912-1984)was a well published novelist and story writer (link below). That'll teach me to assume, ha ha!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._Bertram_Chandler
Fascinating that Tone. Read that entry, thanks! His initials were ABC! ha ha. A lively sailor and a prolific writer over decades. Its interesting that the Curtis Accy Man cover book came out in 1971. How long had the astronaut suit been available? I assume its Action Man on the cover and not GI Joe but I don't know.
DeleteI'm sorry, I can't tell by the pic, Woodsy. Both suits look pretty similar, at least from what's on display in the pic. If pushed, I'd guess GI Joe? Either way Curtis scored a hat-trick with this cost effective, generic, ready made astronaut. Fun to see vintage toys pressed in to service for old cover shots :)
ReplyDeleteThe rocket by the way is the "HELIOS" nuclear rocket envisioned by Krafft Ehricke while working for Convair Aeronautics. (http://www.aerospaceprojectsreview.com/blog/?p=3105, https://www.oldmodelkits.com/index.php?detail=4297&page=219) The first stage is a chemically propelled 'glider/booster' with a nuclear powered "ski-tow" reactor and propellant tank, (hence the 'bulged' appearance as Liquid Hydrogen is quite bulky) over a habitation module which would be separated on-orbit and follow behind the nuclear engine on kilometer long cables.
ReplyDeleteThanks Unknown! That's fascinating and very insightful! Thanks again.
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