Cover Art: Lou Fine
Story Art: Dick Briefer
The One-Eyed Monsters of Mars is the origin story of Flint Baker who takes over his deceased father's Mars Rocket project. Not much else is given about Flint's background.
Lou Fine produced an epic cover and Dick Briefer's art deco story work is pretty cool. To me the rocket and all of the other vehicles appear to be made of cast iron. Maybe it's just the art deco look.
The plot takes a Dirty Dozen turn when Flint conscripts three men on death row to be his crew. The plot then takes another turn when New York Globe journalist Mimi Wilson is found stowed away in the provisions room and of course it takes very little work to convince Flint to keep her on board. After all without the obligatory helpless yet resourceful hottie, who would they have to rescue?
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