New at Howard Works

Arnoldo Mondadori Editore (Italian)
I Miti di Cthulhu
Featuring:  "The Black Stone"
http://howardworks.com/I_Miti_di_Cthulhu-ArnoldoMondadoriEditore.html

Golem Libri (Italian)
I Figli della Notte e altri orrori
Featuring: 
"The Children of the Night"
"The Thing on the Roof"
"The Haunter of the Ring"
"Dig Me No Grave"
http://howardworks.com/I_Figli_della_Notte_e_altri_orrori-GolemLibri.html

Independently Published
The Dark Man Volume V10N2
Featuring:  Articles on REH
http://howardworks.com/DarkmanV10N2-IndependentlyPublished.html

Marvel Comics
The Savage Sword of Conan Volume 1 Number 198
Featuring:   "The Soul-Eater" (poem)
http://howardworks.com/SavageSwordofConanV1N198-Marvel.html

Conan le Cimmérien - La Maison aux trois bandits 

(Rogues in the House)

Now available!

Some city-state somewhere between Zamora and Corinthia. In prison, Conan, whom the reputation of a mercenary precedes, is approached by Murilo, an influential aristocrat who wishes to hire the services of the Cimmerian to get rid of his political opponent: the red priest Nabonidus. Managing to escape, Conan then infiltrates the trapped home of his target. But there, he discovers that, behind the power struggle between Nabonidus and Murilo, it may be someone else who is pulling the strings ...

In this new album, Patrice Louinet and Paolo Martinello describe a thief and murderer Conan, bound by fate to two bandits of a very different species. A less epic tale than the warlike adventures of the Cimmerian, offering a closed door in an urban setting which gives us a dark - but no less interesting - vision of the character.

Format: 242 x 322 mm, Full Color

Pages: 80

€ 14.95

Format: 277 x 370 mm, Black & White

Pages: 72

€ 29.50

Glenat

CONAN THE BARBARIAN: 
THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS VOLUME 4  

Now available!

Written by Roy Thomas with Ed Summer
Penciled by John Buscema with Tony DeZuniga, Ernie Chan, Sal Buscema & Gil Kane
Cover by Valerio Giangiordano
Cover by John Buscema (Direct Market only)

Roy Thomas’ decade-long original run on CONAN THE BARBARIAN ranks as one of the greatest in comic book history, and it was crucial in making Conan an icon known the world over! In this action-packed Omnibus, Roy and artistic collaborator John Buscema bring the saga of Bêlit and her quest for the crown of Asgulun to aconclusion. It’s a tale that will forever change Conan’s life — and the adventuresthat follow feature a more savage Conan, fiercer than ever and truly unbound!Plus: Thrilling sequels to The Hour of the Dragon, an offbeat What If? talethat places Conan in the middle of modern-day New York City and a massivetrove of original art, essays and behind-the-scenes material!

Collecting CONAN THE BARBARIAN (1970) #84-115 and ANNUAL #4-6 and WHAT IF? (1977) #13.

Full Color, 880 pages, $125.00

New at Howard Works

Elara (Italian)
Gli infiniti ritorni. Storie e scritti sulla reincarnazione
Featuring:
"Etchings in Ivory"
A collection of six prose poems:
   "Proem"
   "Flaming Marble"
   "Skulls and Orchids"
   "Medallions in the Moon"
   "The Gods That Men Forget"
   "Bloodstones and Ebony"
"The Children of the Night"
"People of the Dark"
"Marchers of Valhalla"
"The Valley of the Worm"
"The Garden of Fear"
"The Haunter of the Ring"
"The Thunder-Rider"
"Yesterdays" (poem)
"The Follower" (poem)
"White Thunder" (poem)
"The Guise of Youth" (poem)
"Cimmeria" (poem)
"Remembrance" (poem)
"A Far Country" (poem)
"Nights to Both of Us Known" (poem)
"Brachen the Kelt"
"For the Love of Barbara Allen"
http://howardworks.com/Gli_Infiniti_Ritorni-Elara.html

Orecchio Acerbo Editore (Italian)
A volte ritornano. Storie di Fantasmi
Featuring:  "Skulls in the Stars"
http://howardworks.com/A_volte_ritornano-Orecchio_Acerbo_Editore.html

Fiction House Press

Golden Fleece Volume 2 Number 1
Featuring:  "Gates of Empire"
http://howardworks.com/GoldenFleece_Jan39-FictionHousePress.html

Marvel Comics
The Savage Sword of Conan Volume 1 Number 193
Featuring:  "Destiny" (2)
http://howardworks.com/SavageSwordofConanV1N193-Marvel.html

 The Art of Robert E. Howard

This is a series of articles that provides a showcase for the many fine artists that have illustrated the works of Robert E. Howard over the years.

1.  Michael William Kaluta  (Originally posted June 4, 2018)
2.  Virgil Finlay (Originally posted December 3, 2018)
3.  Peter Andrew Jones (Originally posted May 14, 2019)

Training Dr. Howard

By Rob Roehm

New post at the Howard History blog.

https://howardhistory.com/2020/09/17/training-dr-howard/

 Ablaze Publishing
THE CIMMERIAN: 
THE FROST-GIANTS DAUGHTER #1
Coming in December!

(Writer) Robert E. Howard, Robin Recht (Art) Robin Recht
Cover A: Peach Momoko
Cover B: Junggeun Yoon
Cover C: Jay Anacleto

Cover D: Robin Recht
Cover E: Fritz Casas

Robert E. Howard's Conan is brought to life UNCENSORED!

Discover the true Conan, unrestrained, violent, and sexual. Read the story as he intended!

The only survivor of a ferocious battle, Conan sits in the midst of a bloodstained snow field. When the fight is over, the Cimmerian suddenly finds himself overcome with deep weariness and disgust. Until the moment he meets a redheaded woman of supernatural beauty, bonding like the glow of the sun on the snow. Moved by a burning desire, Conan decides to follow her but finds himself caught in a trap, attacked by two titans. In his ardor, he was not suspicious... he did not imagine for a second that his bride was none other than Ymir's own daughter: the frost-giant! 

A mythical tale both in both form and substance, The Frost-Giant's Daughter is masterfully adapted by Robin Recht, who manages to capture the essence of this whirlwind tale of violent desire...a true love trap in which the force of will of the Cimmerian is put to the test. 

As bonus, also includes Robert E. Howard prose story from Weird Tales! 

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale December 9!

Marvel Comics October REH Solicitations for 
December with a collection for January 2021!

CONAN THE BARBARIAN #17 
Written by Jim Zub
Art by Robert Gill
Cover by E.M. Gist
Variant Cover by Roberto de la Torre

CONAN has escaped the Great Crucible, but his "March to Khitai" has just begun! Conan now possesses the TOOTH OF THE NIGHTSTAR, a mighty weapon liberated from the Uttara Kuru leadership. But if he's not careful, the sword will possess him! A dark force is bound to the mystic blade, a spirit hungering for souls — including the Cimmerian's! And It. Must. Feed!

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale December 9.

CONAN THE BARBARIAN #18 
Written by Jim Zub
Art by Luca Pizzari
Cover by E.M. Gist
Variant Cover by Alexander Lozano

CONAN UNLEASHED!

• The Tooth of the Nightstar has warped Conan's perception of reality, driving him to berserker madness he can't control!

• But who will fall to his deadly blade, and how will this alter this quest for Khitai?

• You've never seen CONAN like this!

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale December 23.

Note: The covers are mislabeled as King-Size Conan

KING-SIZE CONAN #1

Written by Roy Thomas, Kurt Busiek, Chris Claremont,  Steven S. DeKnight, and Kevin Eastman

Art by Steve McNiven, Pete Woods, Roberto de la Torre, Jesús Saiz, and Kevin Eastman

Main cover by Andrew C. Robinson

Variant Cover by Jesus Saiz

Variant Cover by Jen Bartel

Variant Cover by Joe Jusko

Variant Cover by Carlos Pacheco

Variant Cover by John Buscema

BY CROM, YOU'VE NEVER SEEN A CELEBRATION LIKE THIS – 

MARKING 50 YEARS OF CONAN THE BARBARIAN IN COMICS!

Revelations, surprises and savage action prevail in the all-new KING-SIZE CONAN! In 1970, Roy Thomas brought CONAN THE BARBARIAN, a creation of author Robert E. Howard, to Marvel Comics. With art by the incomparable Barry Windsor-Smith, CONAN THE BARBARIAN #1 introduced the Hyborian Age to a whole new audience, paving the way for decades of comics and Conan's conquest of pop culture.

Now get ready to celebrate 50 years of CONAN with an oversize special spanning the breadth of Conan's life and times by the most dazzling array of creative talent ever assembled in one book to tread the jeweled thrones of the Earth!

Experience Roy Thomas and Steve McNiven's all-new prelude to that original story from 1970!

Thrill to a tale of revenge by Kevin Eastman (co-creator, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), writing and drawing his FIRST Marvel story!

Chris Claremont and Roberto de la Torre team up to unveil a turning point in Conan's career as a mercenary!

Kurt Busiek and Pete Woods recount an early brush with sorcerous forces that will shape Conan's destiny!

Conan and Bêlit sail together again for the first time since the 2019 relaunch, with Jesús Saiz illustrating the Marvel Comics maiden voyage of Steven S. DeKnight (Netflix's DAREDEVIL writer/director/showrunner)!

The perfect introduction for new fans, and an essential adventure for die-hards, this is the can't-miss CONAN comic of the decade!

Full Color, 64 pages, $6.99, On sale December 23.

SAVAGE AVENGERS #15 (Featuring Conan)
Gerry Duggan (Writer) • Patch Zircher (Art)
Cover by Valerio Giangiordano

While Conan's team is busy trying to take treasure from a dragon, Kulan Gath's forces are poisoning the world's drug supply to summon Shuma Gorath. Black Widow, Wolverine and Son of Satan take on the Priest of Sickles. Ain't no party like a Savage party, and you can't throw a poison drug caper without the Punisher crashing it.

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale December 2.

SAVAGE AVENGERS #16 (Featuring Conan)
Gerry Duggan (Writer) • Patch Zircher (Art)
Cover by Valerio Giangiordano

Magik joins Conan with guest Avenger the Black Knight and…the Juggernaut. An Asgardian dragon with the second eye of Agamotto doesn't stand a chance. Or maybe he does. Either way, the Sweet Sixteenth of this comic is going to be a knock-down, drag-out fight that will punch you upside the head. Fair warning.

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale December 16.

CONAN CHRONICLES EPIC COLLECTION:

THE SONG OF BÊLIT TPB

Volume #6 in the Conan Chronicles Epic Collections

Written by Brian Wood

Penciled by Becky Cloonan, Vasilis Lolos, Declan Shalvey, Mirko Colak, Andrea Mutti,

Davide Gianfelice, Paul Azaceta, Riccardo Burchielli & Leandro Fernandez

Cover by Massimo Carnevale

The Queen of the Black Coast! Conan the Barbarian and the maritime monarch Bêlit are the undisputed masters of the Western Ocean, their names whispered in fearful awe! But while most seafarers know better than to challenge their reign, strange new threats are arriving from unexpected shores. Conan must return to Cimmeria to hunt an impostor destroying villages in his name, but he discovers a shocking connection to his own past! In the wake of an unthinkable tragedy and an enormous strain, Conan and Bêlit find their bond buckling. As Bêlit returns to her childhood home, what she discovers in the sands of Shem could separate her from Conan — forever! Meanwhile, Conan seeks clarity through the mind-altering power of the yellow lotus — but will the visions revealed to him be more than he can bear? 

Collecting CONAN THE BARBARIAN (2012) #7-25.

Trade paperback, Full Color, 448 pages, $44.99, On sale January 13.

CONAN: BATTLE FOR THE SERPENT CROWN #5 (OF 5)

Now available!

Saladin Ahmed (Writer) • Luke Ross (Art)
Cover by Mahmud Asrar

MEPHISTO TRIUMPHANT?!
• The trail leading to the SERPENT CROWN has brought MEPHISTO’s ultimate goal within reach!
• As CONAN makes his last-ditch effort to stake his claim on the treasure, NYLA SKIN makes a daring move!
• But will the Serpent Crown’s newly revealed secret doom Conan to a fate undreamed of?

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99

New at Howard Works

Providence Press (Italian)
Providence Tales n.5
Featuring:  "The Fire of Asshurbanipal" (2)
http://howardworks.com/ProvidenceTales5-ProvidencePress.html

Elara  (Italian)
El Borak, avventuriero del deserto
Featuring:  
"The Daughter of Erlik Khan"
"The Coming of El Borak"
"Swords of the Hills"
"Blood of the Gods"
"The Country of the Knife"
"Son of the White Wolf"
http://howardworks.com/El_Borak-avventuriero_del_deserto-Elara.html

Ablaze Publishing
The Cimmerian: People of the Black Circle #1 (of 3)
Featuring:
"The People of the Black Circle" (Part 1 of 3) (graphic adaptation) 
"The People of the Black Circle" (Part 1 of 3) 
http://howardworks.com/TheCimmerian-PeopleoftheBlackCircle1-Ablaze.html

Marvel Comics
The Savage Sword of Conan Volume 1 Number 177
Featuring:
"Exile of Atlantis" (excerpt only)
"By This Axe I Rule!" (excerpt only)
"The Striking of the Gong" (excerpt only)
"The Shadow Kingdom" (excerpt only)
"Swords of the Purple Kingdom" (excerpt only)
"The King and the Oak" (poem) (excerpt only)
http://howardworks.com/SavageSwordofConanV1N177-Marvel.html

 New at Howard Works

Letterelettriche (Italian)
Lost Tales: Sword & Sorcery Numero 3
Featuring:  "A Song of the Race" (poem)
http://howardworks.com/Lost_Tales_Sword_and_Sorcery_Numero_3-Letterelettriche.html

Ithaki Yayinlari (Turkish)
Ejderhanin Saati
Featuring: "The Hour of the Dragon"
http://howardworks.com/Ejderhanin_Saati-Ithaki_Yayinlari.html

Black Stone Press
Swords of Havoc
Featuring articles on REH by Fred Blosser
http://howardworks.com/Swords_of_Havoc-BlackStonePress.html

Marvel Comics
The Savage Sword of Conan Volume 1 Number 162
Featuring:
"Solomon Kane's Homecoming" (1, original, poem)
http://howardworks.com/SavageSwordofConanV1N162-Marvel.html

Robert E. Howard: A Closer Look
By Charles Hoffman and Marc Cerasini

Now available!
  
In 1987, Charles Hoffman and Marc A. Cerasini published a volume on Robert E. Howard for the acclaimed Starmont Reader’s Guides series. Even then, the book was a pioneering study of Howard’s life and work. In the decades that have followed, a great deal of additional research has been done on the life and times of the inventor of Conan, and the authors have now prepared a radically expanded and updated version of their monograph, taking account of these new discoveries.
 
The book is structured along the lines of the superheroes that Howard created as a means of expressing his admiration for the values of barbarian and pioneer life: Bran Mak Morn, the Pictish chieftain who battles the Romans in Britain; Solomon Kane, the 17th-century Puritan who spans the globe in quest of adventure and the righting of wrongs; King Kull of Valusia, a valiant warrior at the dawn of history; and, of course, Conan of Cimmeria, who embodied Howard’s thirst for untrammeled freedom and the virtues of combat.
 
Hoffman and Cerasini also study Howard’s tales of pure horror, including “Pigeons from Hell,” his other fantasy tales, his poetry, and other elements of his work. All in all, Robert E. Howard: A Closer Look is an invaluable guide to the life and literary output of this powerfully original writer whose work has inspired imitations, film and comic book adaptations, and devoted readers around the world.

Paperback
352 pages
$20.00
Cover art and frontispiece by Rick McCollum. 

Cover design by Daniel V. Sauer (draft cover shown)

Hippocampus Press

TwoMorrows Publishing 
BACK ISSUE #121

50th Anniversary of CONAN THE BARBARIAN #1 

Now available!

Back Issue #121 is our Conan and the Barbarians issue, celebrating the 50th anniversary of Roy Thomas and Barry Windsor-Smith's Conan #1! The Bronze Age Barbarian Boom, Top 50 Marvel Conan stories, Marvel's Not-Quite Conans (from Kull to Skull), Arak-Son of Thunder, Warlord action figures, Gray Morrow's Edge of Chaos, and Conan the Barbarian at Dark Horse Comics. Joining Roy Thomas are Kurt Busiek, Ernie Colon, Chuck Dixon, Mike Grell, Ron Randall, Dann Thomas, Timothy Truman, Marv Wolfman, and many more.

Featuring the never-before-published alternate cover for Marvel's Conan #9, from 1971.

Magazine, 84 pages, 8.5 x 11 inches, Full Color, $9.95

TwoMorrows Publishing

Ablaze Publishing
THE CIMMERIAN: PEOPLE OF BLACK CIRCLE #1
Now available!

(Writer) Robert E. Howard, Sylvain Runberg 

(Art) Jae Kwang Park
Cover A: Jae Kwang Park
Cover B: Frederick Rambaud
Cover C: Mirka Andolfo
Cover D: Belen Ortega
Cover E: Fritz Casas

Robert E. Howard's Conan is brought to life UNCENSORED!

Discover the true Conan, unrestrained, violent, and sexual. Read the story as he intended!

In the kingdom of Vendhya, the king has just died, struck down by the spells of the black prophets of Yimsha. The king's sister, Yasmina, decides to avenge him…and contacts Conan, then chief of the Afghuli tribe. But several of Conan's warriors have just been killed by the men of the kingdom of Vendhya, further complicating the matter. The princess thought she could use the Cimmerian, but rather it is she who will serve his interests...

Sylvain Runberg and prodigious designer/illustrator Jae Kwang Park adapt one of the most ambitious and complex Conan stories of Robert E. Howard. An adventure where epic battles, witchcraft and plots mingle in a mystical and scary Orient. Where revenge is an art…

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99

Ablaze Publishing