Captain Gravity and the Power of the Vril #[nn]

A golden-age adventure aesthetic radiates from Sal Velluto's striking cover, where the masked, goggled figure of Captain Gravity stands in heroic profile alongside a glamorous woman, with warplanes streaking overhead, a zeppelin looming in the background, and mysterious crystal spheres glimmering in the foreground. The warm sepia-and-gold palette gives the whole composition a pulp-serial grandeur that feels right at home with the title's promise of retro thrills and enigmatic power. Penny-Farthing Press delivered something genuinely special here in 2006, and writer Paul Dale Roberts's blurb-endorsed tale of daring and intrigue looks every bit as adventurous as its beautifully rendered cover suggests.