Weird Tales Feb 1928 — 'The Ghost Table' Black Panther Terror Cover
Classic weird-menace pulp convention rendered in vivid gouache: a man shields a swooning woman in a silver evening gown while a snarling black panther crouches on an oriental rug before them, gun leveled at the beast. The background hints at a séance table with crystal ball, tying the supernatural threat to Elliot O'Donnell's 'The Ghost Table.' The composition packs domestic horror, implied occultism, and animal menace into a single breathless frame — vintage Weird Tales at its lurid finest.
A snarling panther, a fainting blonde, a drawn pistol, a crystal ball, and H. P. Lovecraft's name on the cover — this single frame packs an entire thriller's worth of dread and melodrama into one claustrophobic interior scene. Every element escalates the tension deliberately.
“Weird Tales / The Unique Magazine / The Ghost Table / by Elliot O'Donnell / February 1928 / 25¢ / 30¢ in Canada / H. P. Lovecraft — Ray Cummings — Seabury Quinn / Frank Owen — Wilfred Talman — John Martin Leahy”
