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I've got a lot of affection for the '33 "King Kong." It takes so many pulpy elements & spins it into something glorious.

Most promotional material focuses on Kong's last stand on the Empire State Building (spoiler), but it's fun to see dinosaurs pop up in posters & ephemera.

Time machine design possibilities.

From "Worlds of IF" Dec, '64. Gray Morrow illustration for "When Time Was New" by Robert F. Young.

This thread is a little more lurid than what I usually post, but it's Saturday...

Prehistoric beasts featured on the covers of Warren magazines.

art by
1) Vic Prezio (unabashedly riffing on Frank R. Paul)
2) Sanjulian (riffing on Gwangi)
3) Bernie Wrightson
4) Don Maitz

I knew the images from a few sources, though I did eventually see the Tower in person. Smithsonian magazine published the Tower as a centerfold. I also had a calendar featuring the artwork & a poster of the Jurassic that said "Mostly Dinosaurs" on the top. Other posters existed.

Completed in the early 80s, this was a centerpiece of the Smithsonian's then-renovated fossil hall. It followed the progression of various eras of life on Earth from single cell organisms to Uncle Beazley to humanity.

Here are some details.

@dinodadreviews And that Stout Camptosaurus-by-the-stone painting was inspired by Andrew Wyeth.

Find yourself someone who will love you as much as Konstantin Flerov loved indricotheres.

And on the topic of mechanical insides...

The series only lasted 9 issues (April–Sept, '78), but Kirby crammed as much as he could into it, including giant arthropods, space invaders, & even a ham-fisted Garden of Eden story.

Devil is a T. rex (natch!) who, as a tyke, was burned by some hominid brutes. He was nursed back to health by a sensitive hominid named "Moon-Boy", but his skin was forever stained red.

Moon-Boy and Devil become best friends.