Ed Valigursky, "The Dark Destroyers"

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Title:	Ed Valigursky, "The Dark Destroyers"
Artist:	Ed Valigursky (All)
Media Type:	Paint - Watercolor
Art Type:	Cover
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	762
Likes on CAF:	6 7
Comments:	9
Added to Site:	12/1/2022
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Addendum: Oops! Checked my Astounding stash and the "Nuisance Value" abridged is actually from an older story; I was thinking of Eric Frank Russell's story of the same name from '57.
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Cover for Manly Wade Wellman's "The Dark Destroyers," one side of a 1959 Ace Double. Curiously, this short novel is a radical abridgement of Wellman's "Nuisance Value," from the December 1938 and January 1939 issues of Astounding.

A recent pickup from CAF's lovely and talented John Davis, and many thanks to him!

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Duke Fleed aka #1 Groo Fan
Member Since 2013

1 - Posted on 12/1/2022

This is truly fun! Especially neat is the chicken head shaped creature with tentacles for the beak.

Bruce W
Member Since 2015

Posted on 12/2/2022

Duke Fleed aka #1 Groo Fan wrote:

This is truly fun! Especially neat is the chicken head� shaped creature with tentacles for the beak.�

I was somewhat puzzled by the chicken motif, but damned if it ain't right there in the story: "They were great, transluscent, helmet-shaped things.... The comblike crest stood a full five feet from the ground.... At a point just forward of the top sprouted a spray of from six to eight tentacles, like a wriggling plume for the helmet." So there you have it, Valigursky rendered it with absolute fidelity to the story.

Ian Saint
Member Since 2021

1 - Posted on 12/2/2022

What a fun piece. I love the composition and want to know more about the character with the tentacles and a mowhawk.

Bruce W
Member Since 2015

2 - Posted on 12/2/2022

Ian Saint wrote:

What a fun piece. I love the composition and want to know more about the character with the tentacles and a mowhawk.

I'm reading the story right now, savoring the acrid smell of decaying pulp paper...

Victor Dricks
Member Since 2006

1 - Posted on 12/2/2022

Classic Valigursky and an Ace Double cover to boot! Congratulations on a great pickup.

Bruce W
Member Since 2015

Posted on 12/2/2022

Victor Dricks wrote:

Classic Valigursky�and an Ace Double cover to boot!� Congratulations on a great�pickup.

Thanks, Victor!

Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 12/2/2022

The tranlucent property of the creature's body and the mechanical tendrils makes for a very intriguing contrast in the design.

artless artmore
Member Since 2013

1 - Posted on 12/2/2022

Like at least 2 other commenters before me, fun was the word that immediately came to mind when I saw this! Great Valigursky example!

CJ Design
Member Since 2018

1 - Posted on 8/25/2023

Classic Illustration w/ a Sci-Fi twist

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