{"id":2100,"date":"2013-01-20T17:35:27","date_gmt":"2013-01-20T22:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/yellowedperils\/?p=2100"},"modified":"2013-01-20T17:53:36","modified_gmt":"2013-01-20T22:53:36","slug":"operator-5-december-1934","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/yellowedperils\/2013\/01\/20\/operator-5-december-1934\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Operator #5\u2019 (December 1934)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Most of the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/PulpWiki\/Operator5\">Operator #5<\/a><\/em> covers are pretty pedestrian compared with, say, <em><a href=\"\/the-links\/thespider\/\">The Spider<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"\/the-links\/docsavage\/\">Doc Savage<\/a><\/em> or the other hero pulps. They featured <strong>Jimmy Christopher<\/strong>, alias <a href=\"http:\/\/heropulp.com\/opnumber5\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Operator #5<\/a>, along with various supporting characters, confronting a horde of armed monsters\/demons\/Purple invaders.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepulp.net\/yellowedperils\/files\/2013\/01\/Operator-5-3412.jpg?resize=400%2C571&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"&quot;Operator #5&quot; (December 1934)\" width=\"400\" height=\"571\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepulp.net\/yellowedperils\/files\/2013\/01\/Operator-5-3412.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepulp.net\/yellowedperils\/files\/2013\/01\/Operator-5-3412.jpg?resize=210%2C300&amp;ssl=1 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The first cover was painted by <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pulpartists.com\/Rozen,J.html\" target=\"_blank\">Jerome Rozen<\/a><\/strong> and features a larger-than-life depiction of Christopher, which brings to mind the sorts of covers that <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pulpartists.com\/Scott,HW.html\" target=\"_blank\">H. Winfield Scott<\/a><\/strong> would later paint for <em>The Avenger<\/em> pulp. All subsequent <em>Operator #5<\/em> covers were by <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pulpartists.com\/Howitt.html\" target=\"_blank\">John Newton Howitt<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The cover of the December 1934 number jumps out at me. It leaps above Howitt&#8217;s other 47 covers for the pulp, and it reminds me of a twisted Work Projects Administration mural. Rather than depicting resolute workers going about the business of American industry, the cover shows Christopher and <strong>Tim Donovan<\/strong> facing down desperate farm workers armed with axes and pitchforks above which charge skeletal figures on backs of white fire-snorting steeds.<\/p>\n<p>Call it a WPA mural for the pulps, or&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/yellowedperils\/category\/pulps\/great-pulp-art\/\">Great Pulp Art<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most of the Operator #5 covers are pretty pedestrian compared with, say, The Spider, Doc Savage or the other hero pulps. 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