ESCAPE ON VENUS
ERB commenced writing this series of four segments
for what would become the fourth Venus novel in May 1940
"To Brigadier General Truman H. Landon"
(Pt1WT=Captured on Venus, Pt2WT=The Fire Goddess,
Pt3WT=War on Venus -- Pt1MT=Slaves of the Fish Men, Pt2MT=Goddess of Fire)
PULP
Fantastic Adventures: March 1941: "Slaves of
the Fish Men"
J. Allen St. John fron cover and
two full-page interiors
Fantastic Adventures: July 1941: "Goddess of
Fire"
J. Allen St. John cover (but H.W.
McCauley repainted St. John nude girl) and two full-page interiors
Fantastic Adventures Quarterly: Winter 1941: "Goddess of Fire"
Unidentified cover artist ~ St.
John reprinted two interiors
Fantastic Adventures: November 1941: "The Living
Dead"
J. Allen St. John cover and two
full-page interiors
Fantastic Adventures Quarterly: Summer 1942: "The Living Dead"
Frank Durban cover ~ Jay Jackson
back cover ~ St. John: two reprinted interiors
Fantastic Adventures: March 1942: "War On Venus"
J. Allen St. John cover and two
full-page interiors
Fantastic Adventures Quarterly: Fall 1942: "War On Venus"
McCall cover ~ S. Krupa back cover
~ St. John: two repeated full-page interiors
FIRST EDITION
ERB Inc. Tarzana: October 15, 1946 ~ 347 pages
John Coleman Burroughs
DJ and five b/w interiors ~ ERB Venus map on endpapers
REPRINT EDITIONS
Canaveral Press: 1963 and 1975 ~ 347 pages
John Coleman
Burroughs (Sam Sigaloff adaptation of original DJ) and five interiors
Ace paperback: March 1964 and two later reprints ~ 254 pages
Roy G. Krenkel cover
and title page
Ace paperback
Frank Frazetta cover
~ Roy G. Krenkel frontispiece
Ballantine paperback: July 1991 ~ 246 pages
Richard Hescox
cover
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