Clark Gable didn’t tiptoe into pop culture, he exploded. In 1931, he went from a virtual nobody to a superstar practically overnight. By the time 1932 arrived, he was declared either the next big thing or the next flash in the pan. Fan magazines of the time are of course full of fluff and are driven by studio publicity hounds–but what did the fans think?  The following letters were all written to Picture Play magazine in 1932. From January 1932: After seeing Clark Gable in “Dance, Fools, Dance,” “The Finger Points,” and “A Free Soul,” I believe him to be the greatest find the screen has ever known. He has…