Weird Tales March 1927 — 'City of Glass' Monster Menaces Fleeing Woman
A 1927 newsstand buyer would have recoiled and then immediately reached for this cover — a grotesque, gray-skinned creature lunges with grasping claws at a terrified red-haired woman in a flowing pink gown, her hair wild with panic. The creature's sunken eyes and cadaverous face embody the era's fascination with the monstrous unknown. Rendered in vivid gouache against a deep red background, C. Senf's composition is kinetic and visceral, a perfect embodiment of Weird Tales' promise of lurid, imaginative horror.
A leering, clawed monster lunging at a terrified woman in a pink dress — this is peak Weird Tales energy, shameless and electrifying. It belongs on a dorm room wall and deserves a place in any serious survey of 1920s pulp illustration.
“Weird Tales / The Unique Magazine / The City of Glass / By / Joel Martin Nichols Jr. / March 1927 / 25¢”
