Virgil Finlay did this fantastic preliminary painting for The Second Deluge, but the publisher decided to go with a cover by Lawrence Sterne Stevens, instead. This entire issue can be downloaded here
Tag: Full Issue
Wings of Icarus
Did Man Tame The Dinosaur?
The Wings of the Iron Claw
Pleasure Ground
Virgin Brides Mayan Pool
Especially For You
Bask Me Another
The Big Touch
Satan’s Garden
This entire issue can be downloaded here
The Devil In Iron
The plot concerns the resurrection of a mythical demon due to the theft of a sacred dagger, and an unrelated trap that lures Conan to the island fortress roamed by the demon. Due to its plot loopholes and borrowed elements from Iron Shadows in the Moon, some Howard scholars claim this story is the weakest of the early Conan tales.
This complete issue can be downloaded here
Shadows in Zamboula
A classic Conan tale. The story takes place over a night in Zamboula, with political intrigue amidst streets filled with roaming cannibals. It features the character Baal-pteor, one of the few humans in the Conan stories to be a physical challenge for the Cimmerian himself. This entire issue can be downloaded here.
The Heart of Siva
This is my 1,000 post here on Pulpcovers.com, and I think a Weird Tales cover by Margaret Brundage is the perfect way to mark this milestone. She is one of the quintessential artists who defined the look of the quintessential Pulp magazine. This entire issue can be downloaded here