Demon Battles Man on Giant Clock Face — Weird Tales January 1950
A terrified man fights desperately against a green demon on the blazing red face of a massive ormolu clock, while a skull-headed spider-monster looms above and gargoyle faces leer from the shadows — time itself weaponized as an instrument of doom. Skulls float in dark waters below the clock's base. The tagline 'Strike two, strike doom!' ties the image directly to August Derleth's featured story, making this one of Weird Tales' most viscerally dramatic clock-themed covers.
OH MY GOD — a skull-spider demon presiding over a giant doom clock while a half-naked man gets mauled by a grinning imp, AND there are skulls floating in the water below?! This is peak Weird Tales fever-dream energy, absolute must-have for any serious pulp collection!
“"Black Harvest of Moraine" — ARTHUR J. BURKS JANUARY Weird Tales ANC 25¢ Strike two, strike doom! "The Ormolu Clock" — AUGUST DERLETH”
