Amazing Priestess

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Harold W. McCauley cover for Amazing Stories,  May 1943, illustrating Edwin Benson's story "Priestess of the Floating Skull."

She’s a priestess with a floating skull (and a nicely translucent dress). Harold W. McCauley provided this cover painting for Amazing Stories for May 1943, and also kept busy providing interior cheesecake, for example for Richard O. Lewis’s story “Adam’s Eve.”

Harold W. McCauley interior illustration for Richard O. Lewis's story "Adam's Eve" in Amazing Stories, May 1943.
“Adam gave up his world for her — and found a small price to pay.”

This issue of Amazing Stories is available to read and download at the Internet Archive.

One thought on “Amazing Priestess

  1. It’s interesting that Amazing Stories fits the ladies on their covers with definite – if sometimes translucent – clothing, while Weird Tales found long hair – strategically placed – and careful posing were usually adequate to protect public morality.
    Does this reflect the publishers’ different policies, or was there a definite change in what was acceptable with WWII?

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