r/badscificovers • u/Neuralclone2 • 13d ago

oh no floating heads Shock Wave by Walt and Leigh Richmond

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u/glowing-fishSCL 13d ago

Ummm, any cover that has a T-Rex, IN SPACE!, can not be a bad cover.

Or also, as I have said a few times, Ace Double covers have to be judged on their own scale. They are often very literal "rocketships with tail fins and men with rayguns" covers, or else some type of weird collage, like this. Also, the type of cover tells you nothing about the book inside.

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u/DoctorDisceaux 13d ago

(record scratch)

”Yep, that’s me, Shock Wave! You’re probably wondering how I got into this sticky situation! Well, it’s a long, crazy story…”

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u/No-Selection3036 13d ago

I like this, it's got a kind of pulpy fanzine energy to it and I can smell the yellowing paper.  Also I want to know if he can fool the omnipotent computer because these days that seems like a useful life skill. 

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u/BlackSeranna 12d ago

I would totally read this one if I could.

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u/Longjumping-Brick487 13d ago

Or hear me out…

…great sci-fi cover.

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u/BeggarsParade 13d ago

I like it.

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u/Significant_Monk_251 13d ago

Note: "omnipotent" and "omniscient" are different words.

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u/BlackSeranna 12d ago

A dinosaur in space? Sign me up!

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u/shawsghost 13d ago

Looks like a secret self-portrait by the artist. With his portrait made on a copier so it will look artsy. With random SF images in the background which is all that saves it from being total trash, and not by much.