Infinity Science Fiction, December 1956

This cover for Infinity Science Fiction depicts a surreal alien landscape where silhouetted humanoid figures flee across flame-swept terrain toward a massive eye-like structure—part spacecraft, part organic form—hovering above them. The composition balances cosmic horror with pulp adventure: golden yellows and reds consume the lower register while purple nebulae dominate the sky. Featured prominently are stories by Isaac Asimov, James Blish, and Milton Lesser, alongside Edward Wellen's "The Superstition-Seeders," promoted as a novel-of-the-year candidate. At 35 cents, this digest-sized magazine exemplified the science fiction pulp market of the 1950s, when painted cover art and dramatic typography sold fantastical narratives to readers seeking imaginative escape.