Weird Tales Oct 1931 — Tam Son of the Tiger by Otis Adelbert Kline
Surprisingly athletic for a pulp jungle adventure, this October 1931 Weird Tales cover depicts a lean, bare-backed hero wielding a spear against a horde of snarling, upright-walking giant monkeys who have seized a terrified young woman. The dynamic composition bursts with warm ochres, earthy greens, and vivid reds. Illustrating Otis Adelbert Kline's Tarzan-esque serial 'Tam Son of the Tiger,' the image crackles with feral energy and is elevated by a roster of contributors — Lovecraft, Howard, Hamilton, Whitehead — that reads like a pulp hall of fame.
A shirtless man with a spear faces down an army of furious upright monkeys kidnapping a woman — and yet somehow this is not even the wildest cover Weird Tales ever published. Kline's hero has the decency to look mildly concerned rather than smug, which shows admirable restraint under the circumstances.
“Weird Tales / Oct. 1931 / The Unique Magazine / 25¢ / 30¢ in Canada / TAM SON OF THE TIGER / by Otis Adelbert Kline / H.P. LOVECRAFT / ROBERT E. HOWARD / EDMOND HAMILTON / HENRY S. WHITEHEAD”
