EXTRAS:
Vol 3 No 8: Yes, the nurse is holding an old fashioned "grease gun," (the actual tool, obviously, not the mass-manufactured sub-machine gun stamped out in vast numbers during WWII). What one does with such an implement in a hospital in space -- ?
Vol 3 No 12: The jungle planet environment is part of a very large fish tank in the Phipps Conservatory in Pittsburgh. That I could get the POV at just above the waterline drew me to taking a few shots across that tank, since I was unlikely to get such a scene any other way without (1) going to the tropics, and then (2) getting wet.
Back late in 2016, I came across an image (at left) on-line, for what I was looking I don't remember, but I found this. Whoo-hoo! science fiction pulp cheesecake! In the thumbnail view, that title "Hunting License" was practically un-readable, and in my mind, I thought it stated something about a nurse. A larger view naturally proved me wrong, but the idea of a nurse in space stuck with me.
That idea was the incept for the first cover of Inter-Galactic. Once done, one done, I just had to keep going! I'd be lying if I said I didn't like the old magazine covers and their sci-fi cheesecake, though the "brass brassiere" look is not always my favorite. Making a foray into the pulpy periodical has been something I've considered for some time, and now I've got 'round.
Y'know, looking at this now, I have to wonder if the costume designer for Star Trek (the original series - remember that one?) saw this woman's dress and said "I'm going to file that away for future use." Just add the little Starfleet badge - well, and different shoes - and it's pretty close. Although, as the dress is red, she'll be the first one to die in an episode.
My favorites of those that I've found so far:
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My response to the blonde on the left was "Yowza!" Typical guy I guess, but, still --
At right is the cover art for Planet Stories' "War-Maid of Mars" by Allen Anderson (1952 or 53). Yes, the brass brassiere, but at least with more brass and style than some.