Apr 30
Click for full imageFrank Comments: The cover picture makes me think of folks bringing knives to a gun fight, but isn’t exactly a situation from the story, although you can see the characters there: the antagonist, the girl, the adventurer, and some of the nameless drug addicts who do the antagonist’s dirty work.
Published 1971
(Average: 6.39 out of 10)
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April 30th, 2013 at 10:23 am
Could have deployed the BEHIND YOU! tag here.
I don’t find much wrong with this, just the chubby guy’s gleeful look and confusing hands. It’s good to see Ron Ely re-enacting his Doc Savage role.
And I think I’ve already done the gag about A.Merritt being the first answer in a multiple choice question (where the third answer is C. S.Lewis).
April 30th, 2013 at 11:08 am
Perhaps not quite as outstanding as other examples but … BEHIND YOU’d! Thanks Phil!
April 30th, 2013 at 11:13 am
You fools, that’s not Satan, it’s Aleister Crowley pretending!
April 30th, 2013 at 11:41 am
The MANLY MAN so MANLY his TESTES OF IRON FLOAT BEHIND HIM WHEREVER HE GOES!
7 simple footprints for dating my satanic daughter?
April 30th, 2013 at 12:16 pm
No matter how lucky he says it will make you, DO NOT RUB HIS BELLY.
April 30th, 2013 at 12:58 pm
Why is the American explorer forcing those four guys to puncture Mylar party balloons? And why does Satan enjoy watching? “Hurry up you bums – popping bubble wrap is next!”
April 30th, 2013 at 1:18 pm
I never knew that Satan looked like a black Mr. Clean. Thanks unknown paperback artist!
April 30th, 2013 at 1:43 pm
Satan is pretty obviously ogling the cleavage. You’d think he’d be above (or below) such base human distractions!
April 30th, 2013 at 1:48 pm
@ B. Chiclitz. And by cleavage you obviously mean butt cleavage. But which butt is more to his liking?
April 30th, 2013 at 1:58 pm
@Bibliomancer, yeah, I thought about that, but in “a world of evil” (the best kind of world for Satan “himself” to rule, I guess), it probably doesn’t matter. Also, good to see you too are hard at work at your day job. . . .
April 30th, 2013 at 2:49 pm
Using books to conjure and mock Satan IS my day job. I am The Bibliomancer!
… but the hours are terrible and the pay really sucks.
April 30th, 2013 at 3:00 pm
Worst realtors campaign ever.
“We know you’ll love everything here at The Fantastic Worlds of A. Merritt. Parks and public spaces abound, astride major public transportation lines, good schools, and so conveniently close to absolute evil! Just seven footprints to Satan! Hurry, Phase Two is nearly sold out!
April 30th, 2013 at 3:31 pm
Such a cute couple! They even imagined to color coordinate their outfits before taking on Satan’s Minions together!
April 30th, 2013 at 3:35 pm
Exploring is hard on clothing.
April 30th, 2013 at 4:42 pm
Oh hey, and a tip for the tattered twins there. The BIG advantage to having the gun is you can keep idiots with pitchforks and swords from getting close enough toto wallop you.
April 30th, 2013 at 5:44 pm
“From the fantastic worlds of A Merritt.”
But not necessarily written by him.
April 30th, 2013 at 10:55 pm
I read that as “From the fantastic worlds of Amerritt”.
What the heck is an “Amerritt”?
May 1st, 2013 at 1:24 am
I’m Amerritt the Eighth I am!
Amerritt the Eighth I am, I am!
I left a footprint for Satan next door,
He’s gone and taken seven steps before
And every print was fantastic! (Fantastic!)
He wasn’t catapulted on the lam!
I’m the eighth footprint to Satan,
Amerritt the Eighth I am!
May 1st, 2013 at 1:42 am
Color coordinated and cleavage coordinated too.
May 1st, 2013 at 11:43 am
I wondered what had happened to Ainsley Harriott…
May 10th, 2013 at 5:32 pm
In Satan’s world everyone must go with cleavage showing.
July 3rd, 2015 at 1:04 pm
I never realized the Temple of Doomers were buddhists.
No worries, Indiana Schwarzenegger with his big shiny balls will show them the “slug life”, amerritt?
February 16th, 2016 at 8:45 am
Not to sound crass or anything, but this is exactly how I picture the state of things after Donald Trump becomes President of the United States.