Wednesday, March 22, 2017

KULL ETERNAL #1
Coming in June!

Tom Waltz (writer) • Luca Pizzari (art) • Luca Pizzari (color)

Robert E. Howard’s legendary warrior king returns! The evil Serpent Men have attempted to infiltrate and enslave mankind from the time of the very first humans… only to be defeated at every turn by the Elder Race’s ultimate warrior… Kull of Atlantis! And now they must call on Kull once more, as the Serpent Men make a last-ditch gambit to first conquer America… and then the world. Kull’s long journey has come full circle—once a small boy who fled his home of Atlantis, which was lost to a monstrous cataclysm… now a modern warrior who must save the New Atlantis from monstrous creatures!

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99

From writer Tom Waltz:
“The classic Howard stories have been re-told to near perfection through comic iterations of the past and there’s no reason to reinvent the wheel — so I felt we could try something a bit different while still staying true to the core elements that have made Kull such a beloved character for so long,” Waltz continued. “‘Kull Eternal’ is that idea — using the Howard-penned tale (and one of my personal favorites) ‘The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune’ as its foundation, IDW will take Kull on a journey through time… a strange journey that will combine modern conspiracies and political intrigue with the supernatural and sword and sorcery underpinnings of the warrior king’s past. This will be Kull as he’s never been seen before… and yet as legendary as ever. A weird tale we hope is worthy of all the fantastically weird tales that have come before.”


CONAN THE SLAYER #7 
Arriving in comic shops March 29!

Cullen Bunn (Writer), Sergio Dávila (Art), Michael Atiyeh (Color), and Admira Wijaya (Cover)

Superstar writer Cullen Bunn (Harrow County, Uncanny X-Men) and artist Sergio Dávila (Red Sonja, Swords of Sorrow) kick off a brand-new story adaptation in their highly praised Conan run: “The Devil in Iron”!

The barbarian visits the remote island of Xapur and discovers an ancient city in ruins. What deadly secrets does the place hold?

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99

Dark Horse Comics
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Monday, March 20, 2017

SKELOS #2
Now available!

Features an essay on REH:
“The Shadow Kingdom” and the Origins of Gothic Horror in Robert E. Howard’s Heroic Fantasy 
By Charles Hoffman

Order here!

Table of Contents

Short Fiction
The Keeping of Eleanor May – Angeline Hawkes
Slayers at the Gate – Adrian Cole                                                                    
Of Mist, and an Heirloom Sword – Jessica Amanda Salmonson
Medicine For the Dead (excerpt) – Arianna “Tex” Thompson
Bigger Than God – Cynthia Ward
A Binding of Souls – W. H. Pugmire
The Skin Man – Milton Davis (illustrated by Stanley Weaver, Jr.)
The Black Lion – Howard Andrew Jones
Amarante: A Tale of Old Tharduin – Scott Oden

Novelettes
The Eleventh Scarlet Hell – Robert M. Price (A Thongor tale illustrated by Val Mayerik)
Reverse the Charges – Jess Nevins

Poetry
Carmilla – K. A.  Opperman (illustrated by Esteban Maroto)
The Line of Late Retreat – Michael Walton
Xyre – Ashley Dioses
The Night Realm – Chad Hensley
Ride of the Witchfinder – Wade German
The Mockingbird – Pat Calhoun
A Revelation Dream – Kenneth Bykerk
The Wood – Frank Coffman
Shade of a Murdered Child – James McNew

Essays
Clark Ashton Smith in Carmel – Scott Connors
“The Shadow Kingdom” and the Origins of Gothic Horror in Robert E. Howard’s Heroic Fantasy – Charles Hoffman
The Alexander Romance as Weird Fiction – Benjamin Garstad

Special Features
Skull Session – Editorial by Mark Finn
Warrior Women of History – An illustrated gallery by Samuel Dillon (text by Jeffrey Shanks)
Cracking Skulls with Arianna “Tex” Thompson – An interview by Mark Finn
By Crom! – Rachel Kahn

The Bone Yard – Reviews
Dave Brzeski, Bobby Derie, Mike Hunter, Deuce Richardson, Jake Vander Weide, Keith West

Artists
Front cover:  Ernst Fuchs; Back cover; Allen Koszowski; Interior: Hieronymus Bosch, Samuel Dillon, Jean-Léon Gérôme, Mike Hunter, Rachel Kahn, Allen Koszowski, Esteban Maroto, Val Mayerik, Hugh Rankin, Stanley Weaver, Jr.

$14.95 + Shipping and Handling


Sunday, March 19, 2017

New at Howard Works

Ofir (Bulgarian)
Konan Unishtozhitelya
Featuring:
"The Hyborian Age"
"Queen of the Black Coast"
"Shadows in Zamboula"
"Red Nails"
"Beyond the Black River"
"The Snout in the Dark"
http://howardworks.com/Konan_Unishtozhitelya-Ofir.html


Neohron  (Bulgarian)
Cernijat mec SF trilar 12
Featuring:  "The Devil in Iron"
http://howardworks.com/Cernijat_mec_SF_trilar_12-Neohron.html


Ozymandias Press
Four Tales of Terror
Featuring:
"The Dream Snake"
"The Hyena"
"The Fearsome Touch of Death"
"The Cairn on the Headland"
http://howardworks.com/FourTalesofTerror-OzymandiasPress.html


Jovian Press
Four Tales of Terror
Featuring:
"The Dream Snake"
"The Hyena"
"The Fearsome Touch of Death"
"The Cairn on the Headland"
http://howardworks.com/FourTalesofTerror-JovianPress.html





Thursday, March 16, 2017

CONAN THE SLAYER #11
Coming in June!

Cullen Bunn (Writer), Sergio Dávila (Art), Michael Atiyeh (Color), and Thomas Grindberg (Cover)

Within the mystically resurrected island fortress of Xapur, Conan confronts an ancient demon with skin as hard as iron. Only an ancient dagger can slay the malign spirit, and the blade is there for the taking . . . if Conan can get past the enormous serpent that guards it!

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale June 28

Dark Horse Comics


Wednesday, March 15, 2017

THE CHRONICLES OF CONAN VOLUME 34: 
  BETRAYAL IN ZAMORA AND OTHER STORIES
Now available!


by Roy Thomas (Author), Mike Docherty (Illustrator), Ricardo Villagrán (Illustrator), Alfredo Alcala (Illustrator), Ernie Chan (Illustrator)

One step ahead of a vengeful Kothian army, Conan leads a fleeing mercenary band into the dread Dark Valley, a necropolis once throned by a demon slain by Conan himself. But while the demon may be dead, waiting silently in the darkness is an empty suit of armor, waiting only for an unwary host to bring back into the world the armor's owner . . . the malefic Devourer of Souls!

The Chronicles of Conan reaches its final titanic volume, collecting classic Conan the Barbarian tales never-before collected and unavailable for nearly a quarter of a century.

Trade paperback, 7x10,  232 pages, Full Color, $19.99

Dark Horse Comics

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Sunday, March 12, 2017

New at Howard Works

ELF (Bulgarian)
Bury Nad Orienta
Featuring:
"The Lion of Tiberias"
"The Sowers of the Thunder"
"Lord of Samarcand"
"The Shadow of the Vulture"
"The Fire of Asshurbanipal" (1)
http://howardworks.com/Bury_Nad_Orienta-ELF.html



Gemini (Bulgarian)
Mozacna nošt
Featuring: "The Thing on the Roof"
http://howardworks.com/Mozacna_nost-Gemini.html




Jovian Press
Almuric and Other Fantasies
Featuring:
"Almuric"
"Spear and Fang"
"The Voice of El-Lil"
"People of the Dark"
"Witch from Hell's Kitchen"
"The Lost Race"
http://howardworks.com/AlmuricandOtherFantasies-JovianPress.html