Hither Came Conan: Hour of the Dragon
By Ryan Harvey

New post at the Black Gate blog.
https://www.blackgate.com/2019/04/29/hither-came-conan-ryan-harvey-on-hour-of-the-dragon/

New at Howard Works

Elara (Italian)
Fantasy & Science Fiction anno II n.9
Featuring:
"Yesterdays" (poem)
"The Follower" (poem)
"White Thunder" (poem)
"The Guise of Youth" (poem)
"Cimmeria" (poem)
"Remembrance" (poem)
http://howardworks.com/Fantasy-ScienceFiction_anno_II_n.9-Elara.html

Elara (Italian)
Fantasy & Science Fiction anno III n.12
Featuring: "The Valley of the Lost" (2)
http://howardworks.com/Fantasy-ScienceFiction_anno_III_n.12-Elara.html

Fiction House Press
Strange Tales Volume 2 Number 2
Featuring: "People of the Dark"
http://howardworks.com/StrangeTalesV2N2-FictionHousePress.html

Wildside Press
Strange Tales Volume 2 Number 2
Featuring: "People of the Dark"
http://howardworks.com/StrangeTalesV2N2-WildsidePress.html

Marvel Comics
Savage Tales Volume 1 Number 5
Featuring part 2 of an article on REH Gnome Press books.
http://howardworks.com/SavageTalesV1N5-Marvel.html

2019 REH Foundation Awards – Preliminary Ballot

The Robert E. Howard Foundation has announced the full list of eligible candidates for the 2019 REH Foundation Awards.

Legacy Circle Members will select the top three nominees in each category from this preliminary ballot. From those final nominees all Premium REH Foundation members will vote for the winners.

The awards will be given out at a special ceremony at Howard Days in Cross Plains on June 8.

The complete list of candidates is detailed at the REH Foundation website.

Congratulations to all the nominees!

REH Foundation Awards Preliminary Ballot

Hither Came Conan: “Red Nails”
By Keith J. West

New post at the Black gate blog.
https://www.blackgate.com/2019/04/22/hither-came-conan-keith-j-west-on-red-nails/

New at Howard Works

Thanks to Dmitry Kvashnin and Vyacheslav Bakulin for the info and scan of this book.

ACT (Russian)
Боги Бал-Сагота (The Gods of Bal-Sagoth)
Featuring:
"The Garden of Fear"
"The House of Arabu"
"The Lost Race"
"The Gods of Bal-Sagoth"
"Wolfshead"
"The Voice of El-Lil"
"The Touch of Death"
"The Horror from the Mound"
"The Man on the Ground"
"The Dead Remember"
"Black Hound of Death"
"Black Wind Blowing"
"Black Talons"
"Graveyard Rats"
"Fangs of Gold"
"Names in the Black Book"
"The Tomb's Secret"
"Skull-Face"
http://howardworks.com/GodsofBalSagoth-AST.html

Thanks to Dmitry Kvashnin and Vyacheslav Bakulin for the info and scan of this book.

ACT (Russian)
Безымянные культы: Мифы Ктулху и другие истории ужаса
(Nameless Cults: Cthulhu Mythos and Other Horror Stories)
"The Valley of the Worm"
"Delenda Est"
"Worms of the Earth"
"The Valley of the Lost" (2)
"People of the Dark"
"Dermod's Bane"
"The Cairn on the Headland"
"In the Forest of Villefere"
"Rattle of Bones"
"The Right Hand of Doom"
"Wings in the Night"
"Sea Curse"
"Out of the Deep"
"The People of the Black Coast"
"Casonetto's Last Song"
"The Children of the Night"
"Dig Me No Grave"
"The Haunter of the Ring"
"The House in the Oaks"
"The Dwellers Under the Tomb"
"The Fire of Asshurbanipal" (1)
"The Black Stone"
"The Thing on the Roof"
"The Noseless Horror"
"Black Canaan"
"Moon of Zambebwei"
"Pigeons from Hell"
"The Shadow of the Beast"
"The Dream Snake"
"Old Garfield's Heart"
"For the Love of Barbara Allen"
http://howardworks.com/NamelessCults-AST.html

Necronomicon Press
The Count of Thirty: A Tribute to Ramsey Campbell 
Featuring: "Which Will Scarcely Be Understood" (poem, lines 42-45)
http://howardworks.com/CountofThirty-NecronomiconPress.html

Marvel Comics
Savage Tales Volume 1 Number 4
Featuring: "The Dark Man" (graphic adaptation featuring Conan)
http://howardworks.com/SavageTalesV1N4-Marvel.html

Marvel Comics May Conan Solicitations
for comics shipping in July and November 2019! 

CONAN THE BARBARIAN #8  
Coming in July!

Jason Aaron (Writer) • Gerardo Zaffino (Art)
Cover by Esad Ribic
Variant Cover by Jesus Saiz

THE TWISTED SPELL OF THE WIZARD THOTH-AMON!

• CONAN returns home to Cimmeria!
• But things aren’t exactly as he remembers them…
• Is he that out of touch…or is he falling right into the trap of the wizard THOTH-AMON?!
• “The Life & Death of Conan” continues!

• PLUS: The next chapter in the all-new novella “BLACK STARLIGHT”!

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale July 31.

THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #7 
Coming in July!

Jim Zub (Writer) • Patrick Zircher (Art) • Cover By David Finch
Variant Cover by Marco Checchetto
Variant Cover by Philip Tan

HITHER CAME...CONAN THE GAMBLER?!

A chance violent encounter in Shadizar lands young CONAN a position as a bodyguard for a wealthy merchant. But a twist of fate will put Conan in the hot seat — and no choice but to play the hand he’s dealt in a deadly game of SERPENT’S BLUFF! Conan will rely on his sword — and his wits — while navigating the seedy underworld of “civilized” gambling while making sure he stays clear of the deadly “Debtors Lounge”!  Magic, mystery and action abound when writer Jim Zub (CHAMPIONS, AVENGERS: NO ROAD HOME) joins forces with artist Patch Zircher (HULK; TERROR, INC.) for the first of a three-part epic — CONAN THE GAMBLER!

PLUS: The next chapter in the all-new CONAN novella “THE SHADOW OF VENGEANCE”!

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale July 10.

AGE OF CONAN: BÊLIT #5 
Coming in July!

Tini Howard (Writer) • Kate Niemczyk (Art)
Cover by Sana Takeda
Variant cover byJenny Frisson

ALL HAIL THE QUEEN OF THE BLACK COAST!

• BÊLIT undergoes a harrowing experience…
• …but will she emerge stronger or forever broken by the ordeal?
• And: N’Yaga’s greatest challenge!
• PLUS: The conclusion of the all-new BÊLIT novella “BONE WHISPERS”!

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale July 24.

SAVAGE AVENGERS #3 
Coming in July!

Gerry Duggan (Writer) • Mike Deodato Jr. (Art)
Cover by David Finch
Variant Cover by Simone Bianchi
Variant Cover by Leinil Francis Yu

• Kulan Gath’s return is no good for anyone who digs being alive. His trap for the deadliest warriors in the Marvel Universe is sprung, and if humanity is to survive, the Savage Avengers must slay a god.
• Elektra tries to corral Conan, Voodoo and Logan into an effective fighting force, and the Punisher desperately searches for his disinterred family.
• Plus: Conan hefts a deadly new Savage Sword!

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale July 3.

SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN: THE CULT OF KOGA THUN TPB 
Coming in July!

Written by Gerry Duggan
Penciled by Ron Garney
Cover by Ron Garney
Two Editions: Full Color and Black & White

The ancient cult of Koga Thun. A mystical treasure. And the only man who can save the Hyborian Age! But Conan is adrift at sea with no food and no weapons. Death surely awaits him. But by Crom, the lionhearted barbarian is not so easily subdued! When Conan is captured, he unleashes his might on an unsuspecting pirate crew — one whose dark secrets will set him on the trail of an ancient fortune that may prove to be his undoing! Back on the shores of Stygia, a magical guide directs Conan toward dreaded civilization — but it will take all his strength and wits to make his way through the ruined city that awaits him. For to get there, Conan must survive the death cult of sorcerer Koga Thun!

Collecting SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN (2019) #1-5.

Black & White Direct Market Edition
The saga of the death cult of Koga Thun — in brutal black and white!
This special collection features the sword-and-sorcery epic brought to life — and death — by Ron Garney’s sensational inked pages, printed without color so you can savor every barbaric detail!

Trade paperback, 128 pages, Full Color, $17.99, On sale July 24.
Trade paperback, 128 pages, Black & White, $17.99, On sale July 24.

SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN: 
THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS VOLUME 2 HC 
Coming in November!

Written by Roy Thomas
Penciled by John Buscema With Neal Adams, Walter Simonson, Dick Giordano, Barry Windsor-Smith & Tim Conrad
Covers by Simone Bianchi & Jim Starlin


SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN, the cornerstone of Marvel’s black-and-white magazine line, offered up stories of fiction’s most famous barbarian unencumbered by the Comics Code! With the rules of civilized publishing cast off, SAVAGE SWORD presented ferocious, untamed tales the likes of which Conan himself would approve. Writer Roy Thomas and artistic greats including John Buscema and Neal Adams took full advantage — and the results were a sensation! Multi-part sagas like “The People of the Black Circle” luxuriate in extended tellings, while Buscema’s take on “The Tower of the Elephant” explores the nuance of an all-time Robert E. Howard classic. And it’s topped off with MARVEL COMICS SUPER SPECIAL #2, a tale of vengeance lavished with fully painted colors!

Collecting SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN (1974) #13-28 and MARVEL COMICS SUPER SPECIAL #2.


Hardcover, Over sized, 936 pages, $100.00, On sale November 6.

Hither Came Conan:  “Man-Eaters of Zamboula”
By Steven H. Silver

New post at the Black Gate blog.
https://www.blackgate.com/2019/04/15/hither-came-conan-steven-h-silver-on-man-eaters-of-zamboula/