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[[File:SuperScienceStories04-1949.png|thumb|right|upright=1.25|'''Cover by [[Lawrence Sterne Stevens]] for ''[[Super Science Stories]]'', April 1949'''.]]
 
[[File:SuperScienceStories04-1949.png|thumb|right|upright=1.25|'''Cover by [[Lawrence Sterne Stevens]] for ''[[Super Science Stories]]'', April 1949'''.]]
Also called the '''Terrible Triangle''', a reference to the lurid cover [[art]] of [[pulp magazines]], featuring the trinity of bum-[[BBB|babe]]-[[BEM]]: [[Spaceman]], scantily clad female and menacing monster.  
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Also called the '''Terrible Triangle''' and '''[[BBB]]''', a reference to the lurid cover [[art]] of [[pulp magazines]], featuring the trinity of '''B'''um-[[BBB|'''B'''abe]]-[[BEM|'''B'''em]]: [[Spaceman]], scantily clad female and menacing monster.  
  
 
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The [[pulp]]cover trinity of bum-[[BBB|babe]]-[[BEM]], notably as appearing on the covers of [[Bergey]]-illustrated [[Standard Twins]]. Also practically any 3-fan group, especially the [[WO3W]] and [[Wheels of IF]].  
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The [[pulp]]cover trinity of bum-[[BBB|babe]]-[[BEM]], notably as appearing on the covers of [[Earle K. Bergey|Bergey]]-illustrated [[Standard Twins]]. Also practically any 3-fan group, especially the [[WO3W]] and [[Wheels of IF]].  
 
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See also: [[BBB]], [[Bergey Beauty]].  
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See also: [[Bergey Beauty]].  
  
  
 
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Latest revision as of 15:24, 13 May 2023

Also called the Terrible Triangle and BBB, a reference to the lurid cover art of pulp magazines, featuring the trinity of Bum-Babe-Bem: Spaceman, scantily clad female and menacing monster.

From Fancyclopedia 2, ca. 1959
The pulpcover trinity of bum-babe-BEM, notably as appearing on the covers of Bergey-illustrated Standard Twins. Also practically any 3-fan group, especially the WO3W and Wheels of IF.
From Fancyclopedia 2 Supplement, ca. 1960
Some write the abbreviation BEM-FEM-LEM, the last standing for Lascivious-Eyed Male -- although in point of fact most of the heroes in this sort of cover were either clear-eyed and nobel or squinty-eyed and ferocious-looking. But it makes a passable rhyme.

See also: Bergey Beauty.



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