“Amazing Stories,” Vol. 12, No. 6 (November 1938). Cover art by Robert Fuqua, depicting a scene in “Ray of Eternity” by Richard Tooker.

“Vingie and Ron Sherman came down into the valley searching for her father. They found instead a terrible desolation, and an incredible menace. . . Death cut a grim swath across the blasted valley, making it a tomb of mummies.”

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