Image contains the text “Weird Tales. The People of the Black Circle: a smashing weird novel of eery black magic, by Robert E. Howard. Seabury Quinn, Greye La Spina.”
Image contains the text “Weird Tales. A Witch Shall Be Born: Dark Magic, Mad Passion, Red Carnage, by Robert E. Howard. Clark Ashton Smith, Bassett Morgan, C.L. Moore.”
Image contains the text “Weird Tales. The Slithering Shadow, by Robert E. Howard.”
Image contains the text “Weird Tales. Black Colossus, by Robert E. Howard. Hugh B. Cave, Clark Ashton Smith, Paul Ernst.”
Image contains the text “Weird Tales. Shadows in Zamboula: stark horror in the sinister house or Aram Baksh, by Robert E. Howard. Doctor Satan spreads icy terror in Detroit: ‘The Consuming Flame.’ Paul Ernst, Leslie F. Stone, E. Hoffman Price.”
Image contains the text “Weird Tales. Queen of the Blakc Coast: a tale of mystery, fantasy, intrigue by Robert E. Howard. Anthony Rud, Carl Jacobi, C.L. Moore, A.W. Bernal.”
Image contains the text “Weird Tales. The Devil in Iron: weird adventure in an amazing island city of green stone by Robert E. Howard. C.L. Moore, Hugh B. Cave, Francis Flagg, Arlton Eadie, F.B. Long, Jr.”
Image contains the text “Weird Tales. The House of the Dragon: a vivid weird story of a thousand eery thrills, by Robert E. Howard. Paul Ernst, Clark Ashton Smith, Edmond Hamilton, Harold Ward.”
Image contains the text “Weird Tales. Red Nails: a fascinating story of the black lotus and the queerest people ever spawned, by Robert E. Howard. Clark Ashton Smith, Edmond Hamilton, Ronal Kayser, C.L. Moore”
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Original covers for Robert E. Howard’s Conan stories, published between 1933 and 1936
All nine were painted by Margaret Brundage, who was the most popular of Weird Tales’ cover artists. She was known for her images depicting bondage and flagellation of women. Authors would insert unnecessary scenes depicting nude women being tortured or whipped to ensure their story got the cover of an issue.
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