Retro Pulp Magazine Cover

## Pulp Magazine Cover Formula

### Core Structure
[Dramatic scene], pulp magazine cover, [genre], [illustration style], [typography], [era details]

### Template
{{dramatic_scene}}, vintage pulp magazine cover, {{pulp_genre}}, {{illustration_style}}, {{title_typography}}, {{era_aesthetic}}, dramatic composition, classic pulp art --ar 2:3 --v 6.1 --s 400

### Pulp Genres
- science fiction (Amazing Stories)
- detective noir (Black Mask)
- weird horror (Weird Tales)
- adventure action (Argosy)
- romance (True Romance)
- western (Western Story)
- fantasy (Unknown)
- war stories

### Illustration Styles
- painted realism
- exaggerated drama
- lurid color palette
- heavy shadows
- dynamic poses
- stylized anatomy
- bold outlines

### Title Typography
- bold sans-serif title
- dramatic serif headline
- distressed vintage type
- hand-lettered pulp style
- metallic effect letters
- shadowed 3D type

### Era Aesthetics
- 1930s Depression era
- 1940s wartime
- 1950s atomic age
- 1960s spy craze
- aged paper texture
- worn cover creases
- price stamp detail

### Dramatic Scene Ideas
- spaceship and alien encounter
- detective with smoking gun
- monster attacking victim
- explorer in danger
- femme fatale intrigue
- western showdown
- mad scientist laboratory

### Famous Pulp Artists
- Frank R. Paul (sci-fi)
- Margaret Brundage (Weird Tales)
- Norman Saunders (action)
- Virgil Finlay (fantasy)

### Example Prompt
Astronaut battling tentacled alien on Mars surface, vintage pulp magazine cover, 1950s science fiction genre, painted illustration with lurid red and blue colors, bold title "AMAZING STORIES" at top, atomic age aesthetic, dramatic heroic pose, classic pulp art --ar 2:3 --v 6.1 --s 400