Monster of the Day #419

Wow, I… yeah. Usually I can figure these things out — I mean, I’m the one who figured out the plots of Mama Dracula and Mutant Hunt — but I’m not getting much from this. My first thought was that the girl fucked up a wheelie on her globular motorcycle because her feet are too small, but that can’t be it. I mean, who goes cycling in a negligee?

You know, it never crossed my mind to try to imagine what a chicken crossed with a Dalek would look like but, nonetheless, I’m grateful that this artist has saved me the trouble.

Yeah, I’d assumed this was a ‘knob-head’ but I suppose it could be from ‘The Atom Prince’ too, I have no idea. Oddest thing to me is the young lady looks mildly upset instead of terrified at being grabbed by a robot thingee being shot at by two motorcycle cops (I’m assuming that’s what they are).

And the title: ‘Science Fiction’- was this the generic SF pulp?

And is that another young lady being grabbed by a red robo-thing in the background? Hard for me to tell.

On second thought it could be from The Atom Prince as I doubt that a planet of Knob Heads would have humans driving around on motorcycles.  Though the relationship between this Prince and the Dalek-Chickens must remain a mystery since I couldn’t find any plot summaries of the story on the internt.

I don’t even want to know what a “knob operation” would require.

And thus, in the year 77353 AD, science had created the ultimate abomination, the intelligent giant atomizer! 

Given the visual evidence, this scene seems to depict an invasion of robots abducting women from their beds (when they would be most vulnerable), being chased by the local police. These robots, I presume, are either the creation of a mad scientist who needs female glands for an experiment to cure his ailing wife or daughter, OR they come from another planet and are collecting breeding stock, dashing off with them to their flying saucer parked outside of the city. They seem to be playing hardball too, since the city is going up in explosions!

I doubt, though, that the image actually has anything to do with the interior stories. Likely these covers were done up in bulk by imaginative painters and kept on file at the publishing house. If a cover image had a vague connection to the slated fiction, fine and dandy. Ultimately, though, all that mattered was that the image fire the imagination, catch your eye on the stands, and prompt you to buy. The image promises action, cheesecake, and science fiction-based thrills and menace. Mission accomplished.

I don’t know lady, let’s see ‘A robot may not injure a human being or, something something’ oh heck lady, I don’t remember anything about humans getting dressed, let’s just get going .

I think the sad thing is those two guys on the motorcycle couldn’t get work again until that A-ha video in the 80s.

 INC-U-BATE!  INC-U-BATE!!

FALCON PUNCH!

It’s only a tentacle away from being downright Japanese.

Thanks a heap!