The American Weekly

Editor:		A. Merritt.
Publisher:		Hearst Corporation.
Date of publication:		April 3, 1938.
Format:		Folded newspaper format.
Number of pages:		24 pages.
Size:		approximately 21 x 15¼ inches.

April 3, 1938

Virgil Finlay did only one front cover for The American Weekly, i.e. the cover of the April 3, 1938 issue, illustrating The Ark of Fire by John Hawkins.

Summary of contents:

• Front cover: Ark of Fire by John Hawkins, cover art by Virgil Finlay.
• Ark of Fire - by John Hawkins, art by Virgil Finlay - chapter I through IV.
• Growing Menace to Schoolchildren of the "Devil's Weed" - Marijuana.
• "King" Riker's "Holy City"
• Old Man River - by Joe Curtis.
• "The Most Misunderstood Woman in History".

References:

• Virgil Finlay's drawing for "Probing the Mysteries of the Sargasso Sea - Graveyard of Ships."
• Historical notes on The American Weekly