vintagegeekculture:Due to an early success with a gorilla on the cover (top), Strange Adventures in
vintagegeekculture:Due to an early success with a gorilla on the cover (top), Strange Adventures in the 1950s believed (with the unsubstantiated beliefs most often seen in problem gamblers) that if you put a gorilla on the cover, the issue sold better, and so the result was that for years, it had nothing but gorilla-themed stories. Remember that at this point, the science of marketing was in its’ infancy.Note the main character in the last issue is named “Edward Smith,” a reference to Edward Elmer Smith, the author of the Lensman series and Skylark of Space, a call out that was common as many of the writers and editors came from 1930s fandom and the pulp world. JESUS CHRIST HUMANS JUST LEAVE THE GORILLAS ALONE -- source link