Dragon Moon: Warrior vs. Beast, Weird Tales January 1941 Cover — art by Harold DeLay — Weird Tales — 1940s
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Dragon Moon: Warrior vs. Beast, Weird Tales January 1941 Cover

A monstrous dragon-like creature lunges forward with gnashing teeth and bulging eyes, its clawed limbs threatening a swooning woman in green silks while a golden-armored warrior raises his sword and shield in desperate defense. Behind them, a sickly yellow moon illuminates a dark battlefield swarming with cavalry. This is Henry Kuttner's 'Dragon Moon' made viscerally real — an Atlantean nightmare of scaled horror, imperiled beauty, and sword-swinging heroism at peak pulp intensity.

Category: Magazine Cover
Publication: Weird Tales
Source: Internet Archive
Artist: Harold DeLay
Decade: 1940s
Country: United States
Coolness: 9/10

OH BUDDY — a bug-eyed dragon, a fainting damsel in green chiffon, a sword-swinging Viking, and a moonlit cavalry charge ALL on one cover?! This is the holy grail of pulp excess and I am absolutely losing my mind right now!

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All Stories New and Complete — No Reprints JANUARY Weird Tales JANUARY, 1941 15¢ SEABURY QUINN ROBERT BLOCH DAVID H. KELLER NELSON S. BOND Powerful Novelette of Drowned Atlantis DRAGON MOON By HENRY KUTTNER WEIRD TALES

Public domain. This vintage illustration is free of known copyright restrictions — free to download, share, and reuse for any purpose.

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