Weird Tales Nov 1938 — 'I Found Cleopatra' by Thomas P. Kelley
Inspired by Thomas P. Kelley's lost-world pulp serial 'I Found Cleopatra,' this lurid cover depicts the legendary Egyptian queen recumbent in funerary splendor — golden collar, jeweled breastplate, and striped nemes headdress — while a glowing crystal skull artifact hovers menacingly on a pedestal above her. Two shadowy onlookers, a brooding man and a wide-eyed woman, witness the supernatural tableau. Rich teals and golds dominate this quintessential Weird Tales occult-adventure composition.
A hypnotic queen, a glowing skull, and two witnesses who really should have stayed home. Weird Tales at its most gloriously overwrought.
“16th Year of Publication Weird Tales NOVEMBER 25c Paul Ernst H. P. Lovecraft Seabury Quinn A Young American Visits a Terrible Valley I FOUND CLEOPATRA by Thomas P. Kelley”
