The Cromcast

Season 9 Episode 6:
The Progression of "The Spears of Clontarf" by Robert E. Howard

https://thecromcast.blogspot.com/2019/06/season-9-episode-6-progression-of.html

Robert E. Howard’s First (and Best?) Barbarian: 
Kull: The Fabulous Warrior King

New post at Tor Books website.
https://www.tor.com/2019/06/20/robert-e-howards-first-and-best-barbarian-kull-the-fabulous-warrior-king/

New at Howard Works

Thanks to Gianfranco Calvitti for the information on this title.

Providence Press (Italian)
Providence Tales n.1 
Featuring:  "The Pit of the Serpent"
http://howardworks.com/ProvidenceTales1-ProvidencePress.html

Thanks to Gianfranco Calvitti for the information on this title.

Providence Press (Italian)
Providence Tales n.2 
Featuring:  "The Bull Dog Breed"
http://howardworks.com/ProvidenceTales2-ProvidencePress.html

Flame Tree Publishing
Lost Worlds Short Stories
Featuring:  "The Lost Race"
http://howardworks.com/LostWorldsShortStories-FlameTreePublishing.html

Marvel Comics
The Savage Sword of Conan Volume 1 Number 8
Featuring:
"The Hour of the Dragon"
"The Hyborian Age"
http://howardworks.com/SavageSwordofConanV1N8-Marvel.html

The Life and Death of Robert E. Howard 
Part 1 of The Life and Times of Robert E. Howard Series 

New post at Conan.com.
https://conan.com/the-life-and-death-of-robert-e-howard/

Marvel Comics July Conan Solicitations 
for September and beyond.

CONAN THE BARBARIAN #9
Jason Aaron  (Writer)
Mahmud Asrar  (Art)
Esad Ribic (Cover)
Ron Garney  (Variant Cover)

THE BEASTS OF CONAN’S PAST REAR THEIR FEARSOME HEADS!
• Gigantic spiders, man-apes, human-faced serpents, godlike aliens…CONAN has faced them all and lived to tell the tale!
• But as these creatures from the past return, do they presage a doom yet to come – one Conan is powerless to stop?
• Don’t miss this surprising turn on the march to the climax of the epic “LIFE AND DEATH OF CONAN”!
• PLUS: The next chapter in the all-new novella “BLACK STARLIGHT”!

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale September 4.

THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #9
Jim Zub (Writer)
Patrick Zircher (Art)
Marco Checchetto (Cover)
Yasmine Putri (Variant Cover)

A DEBT OF BLOOD REPAID!
• The chips are down, and CONAN will have to play his best hand…
• …the one holding good Brythunian steel!
• The DEMON’S DEN takes its debts seriously, and it will take everything Conan’s got if he is to emerge from the DEBTOR’S LOUNGE alive!
• PLUS: The next chapter in the all-new CONAN novella “THE SHADOW OF VENGEANCE”!

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale September 18.

AGE OF CONAN: VALERIA #2 (of 5) 
Meredith Finch (Writer)
Aneke (Art)
Jay Anacleto (Cover)
Ema Lupacchino  (Variant Cover)

• VALERIA’S quest for revenge brings her one step closer to her brother’s killer…
• But a mysterious stranger with deadly intent has picked up her trail!
• And what secrets do the Knights of MITRA hold, and how do they link to Valeria’s past?
• Plus: The next chapter of an all-new novella featuring one of CONAN’s greatest nemeses—the wizard THOTH-AMON!

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale September 11.

SAVAGE AVENGERS #5 
Gerry Duggan (Writer) • Mike Deodato Jr. (Art)
Cover by David Finch

• The Marrow God has eaten the sentient population of entire planets, but he never had to dance with the Savage Avengers. Kulan Gath is on the verge of defeat...or is that what he wanted the entire time?
• A Pyrrhic victory lights a fuse that will only burn more of the Marvel Universe.
• Plus, the Punisher is curious about Crom...

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale September 4.

CONAN THE BARBARIAN: THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS VOLUME 3 
Written by Roy Thomas with John Jakes and Len Wein
Penciled by John Buscema with Mike Ploog, Howard Chaykin, Val Mayerik & Vicente Alcazar
Covers by Frank Cho & Gil Kane

Reprints: Conan the Barbarian #52-83, Annual #2-3, Power Records: Conan the Barbarian – The Crawler in the Mists, material from F.O.O.M. #14

Hardcover, 824 pages, Full Color, $125.00, On sale January 15, 2020.

CONAN CHRONICLES EPIC COLLECTION: RETURN TO CIMMERIA TPB 
Volume #3 in the Conan Chronicles Epic Collections
Written by Tim Truman & Kurt Busiek
Penciled by Paul Lee, Cary Nord, Tomas Giorello, Greg Ruth & Richard Corben
Cover by Frank Cho

“Rogues in the House” and other tales of Conan! The Barbarian finds himself in the middle of a power struggle in an inspired adaptation of one of Robert E. Howard’s most acclaimed short stories! Then, a lingering curse follows Conan on his journey back to his homeland — and great darkness lies ahead in a doomed city! As evil from his past moves ever closer, unfathomable terrors loom into view on the return to Cimmeria! The barbaric land of Conan’s birth is a welcome change from the treacherous cities of the East — but when a tentative truce with the Aesir is threatened by the first woman Conan ever loved, he again finds himself at the heart of conflict that will test his formidable strength, cunning mind and passionate heart!

Collecting CONAN (2004) #40-50 and CONAN THE CIMMERIAN #0-7.

Softcover, 504 pages, Full Color, $39.99, On sale October 2.

Robert E. Howard Days 2019

The 90th birthday of Sailor Steve Costigan
Filmed by Ben Friberg

Howard Scholars Jeff Shanks, Patrice Louinet and Chris Gruber talk about Howard's Boxing stories and his main boxing character, Steve Costigan. Had some card issues the first minute so it starts about a minute into the panel. But basically all you miss are the introductions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3tBAfwKbA8&feature=share

THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #6 
Now available!

Meredith Finch (Writer) • Luke Ross (Art) • Cover By David Finch

THORFEL’S REVENGE FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE!

• Brought to you by the creative team of Meredith Finch and Luke Ross, this all-new self-contained story springs from classic Conan mythology as Conan is led to death by the son of man he had wronged in the past.  But stripped of his weapons, his strength, and even his wits, Conan will have to dig deep if he wants to live to see the dawn!

• Plus: Continuing the all-new Conan novella “THE SHADOW OF VENGEANCE”!

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99

Marvel Comics