Weird Tales, volume 25, number 5

Title

Editor

Farnsworth Wright

The death cry by Arthur B. Reeve; Yellow Doom by Robert H. Leitfred; Under the tomb by Robert Nelson; The bronze casket by Richard H. Hart; Beyond the black river by Robert E. Howard; Lord of the lamia (end) by Otis Adelbert Kline; The flower-women by Clark Ashton Smith; On hangman's hill by Robert Avrett; Muggridge's Aunt by August W. Derleth; The secret in the tomb by Robert Bloch/ Weird story reprint: Arthur Jermyn by H.P. Lovecraft; Tea-drinking by hung Long Tom (gross)/ The Eyrie

Cover Description

The cover is dark. A man in brown coat, white shirt, red tie, and black fedora leans to read the tombstone his flashlight illuminates at the bottom left. Behind him, a pair of hands holding a large rock above his head are visible.

Notable Details

This issue features the publication of a Robert E. Howard Conan the Barbarian story, “Beyond the Black River.” Conan is Howard’s most popular creation and one of the most successful, enduring characters to emerge from the pulp era. Conan has become a multimedia franchise and Howard’s stories have become the basis for films, comic books, games, cartoons, etc. Because of the character’s popularity and longevity, copies of this 1930s Weird Tales issue is highly sought after by collectors.