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Frank Comments: Let’s go for something colourful! Whatever that is in red in the foreground (a suit? a robot?) clearly needs a couple Behind You tags.  One for the Goop From Above, one for the lady with the bow.
Published 1964

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(Average: 7.59 out of 10)

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Good Show Sir’s Art Direction: He’s writing about the fourth dimension? Well I bet there are plenty of space ships, space suits, afros, statues, men in grass skirts and party streamers there!
Published 1963

(Average: 6.82 out of 10)

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Alessandra Comments: This reminded me of the old “Superfriends” cartoon.  Hanna-Barbera does epic fantasy. It’s subtitle is “being a novelized version of the remarkable interplanetary events that took place at the World Science Fiction Convention of 1971,” which makes me wonder what the heck happened.
Published 1971

(Average: 5.64 out of 10)

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Richard Comments: The spaceman in the foreground is both scared and turned on.
Published 1969

(Average: 7.09 out of 10)

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GK Comments: I hope this wasn’t his first choice.
Published 1977

(Average: 8.87 out of 10)

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Jaouad Comments: Does this suit make my package look too small? Or anything else, for that matter?
Published 1978

(Average: 8.06 out of 10)

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Jo Comments: The chrome space-knights’ war against the giant ants was going well, until the mega sock-puppet turned up!
Published 1965

Many thanks to Jo!

(Average: 7.94 out of 10)

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Don Comments: It’s so embarrassing when Mummy catches you playing dress-up in her things, even if you’re an alligator.  Maybe PARTICULARLY if you’re an alligator.
Published 1966

(Average: 9.08 out of 10)

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Danielle Comments: The title phrase says – One man against a wonder planet. Yeah. I wonder why these guys are dressed like some weird bird-fetish group. I wonder why one is holding a ray gun, while the rest have swords. I wonder why they have to have a bird emblazoned on their chest. I guess it’s in case someone misses the fact that they’re full grown men dressed as giant birds
Published 1963

Many thanks to Danielle!

(Average: 9.06 out of 10)

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Happy New Year!

So, just wanted to do a little sum up of a few of the best covers we have posted and some personal favourites of the Good Show Sir staff. Just kidding, we don’t have staff, more like some sort of trained animal that has been taught how to sit correctly and not bite the children.

First, just a couple of thanks.   To JustinLeego who faithfully does all the tags for the covers, finds out who the artist is and corrects any spelling/grammer errors I make about six hours after I post it.  And to CSA, who endured an entire afternoon with me searching through the shelves of three second hand book shops over Christmas. We have quite the collection of covers to add to the site!

And thanks again to those who visit us here. We love to hear from anyone who comes along, so feel free to comment and you will be welcomed with sarcastic undertones!

One of our favourite covers:

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Another favourite:

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Personal Favourite:

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Most under-rated cover, as voted for by CSA:

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(Average: 8.88 out of 10)

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