The Dark Man Volumes 10.1, 10.2, and 11.1

The Dark Man Volumes 10.1, 10.2, and 11.1 are now available.

The Dark Man: Journal of Robert E. Howard and Pulp Studies is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal devoted to the academic study of Howard's literary works as well as the literary historical and print culture contexts associated with it. The journal seeks to publish full-length articles, brief scholarly notes and commentaries, bibliographies, reviews of books, and other scholarship that treats Howard's life, time, literary work, and associated topics such as Weird Tales, H.P. Lovecraft, and the concept of a transhistorical pulp aesthetic. 

Each issue is a 5 x 8 inch paperback for $8.00

The Dark Man Volume 10.1

The Dark Man Volume 10.2

The Dark Man Volume 11.1

 New at Howard Works

Yorick Fantasy Magazine (Italian)
La Saga di Robert Howard: Conan contro Ercole, Taccuino 9
Featuring:
"Roads"  (poem)
"A Song of the Werewolf Folk"  (poem)
"Black Eons"
http://howardworks.com/La_Saga_di_Robert_Howard9-Conan_contro_Ercole-YorickFantasyMagazine.html

Yorick Fantasy Magazine (Italian)
La Saga di Robert Howard: Il sepolcro misterioso, Taccuino 10
Featuring:
"Black Eons"
"The Last White Man"
http://howardworks.com/La_Saga_di_Robert_Howard10-Il_Sepolcro_Misterioso-YorickFantasyMagazine.html

Sportula
The Song of Bêlit
Featuring: "The Hyborian Age"
http://howardworks.com/SongofBelit-Sportula.html

Marvel Comics
The Savage Sword of Conan Volume 1 Number 106
Featuring:  "Men of the Shadows" (Part 4 of 4)
http://howardworks.com/SavageSwordofConanV1N106-Marvel.html

New at Howard Works

Yorick Fantasy Magazine (Italian)
La Saga di Robert Howard: Il Tentatore, Taccuino 7
Featuring:
"The Tempter"  (poem)
Four unknown letters by REH
http://howardworks.com/La_Saga_di_Robert_Howard7-Il_Tentatore-YorickFantasyMagazine.html

Yorick Fantasy Magazine (Italian)
La Saga di Robert Howard: La saga di Robert Howard, Taccuino 8
Featuring:
"The Iron Terror"
"The Adventurer"  (1, poem)
"The Grey Lover"  (poem)
http://howardworks.com/La_Saga_di_Robert_Howard8-La_saga_di_Robert_Howard-YorickFantasyMagazine.html

Fiction House Press

Stirring Science Stories Volume 1 Number 1
Featuring: "Always Comes Evening"
http://howardworks.com/StirringScienceStories-FictionHousePress.html

Marvel Comics
The Savage Sword of Conan Volume 1 Number 104
Featuring:  "Men of the Shadows" (Part 3 of 4)
http://howardworks.com/SavageSwordofConanV1N104-Marvel.html

 Ablaze Publishing
THE CIMMERIAN VOLUME 1: 
QUEEN OF THE BLACK COAST & RED NAILS
Coming in November!

THE CIMMERIAN VOLUME 1

BY CROM! Robert E. Howard's famous Cimmerian UNCENSORED! For the first time, 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 Cimmerian Volume 1 includes two complete stories, Queen of the Black Coast, and Red Nails, plus bonus material, in one hardcover collection!

In Queen of the Black Coast, Conan seeks refuge on a merchant ship, after being pursued for killing a judge. But soon after setting sail, the Cimmerian and his new companions face a threat: the legendary Belit, self-proclaimed Queen of the Black Coast! Soon finding himself smitten by the lovely Belit, Conan agrees to joins up with her and her crew to brutally pillage and sail the poisonous river Zarkheba, encountering ancient ruins, lost treasure, and winged, vicious monstrosities!

In Red Nails, Conan finds himself in the Darfar region, whose territory is almost entirely covered by a huge forest. Here Conan pledges himself a mercenary, promising his sword to the highest bidder, fighting alongside fellow mercenary and fierce female warrior Valeria. After a clash against a terrible dragon, the two go to a strange fortified city, apparently deserted...but the duo will quickly discover that a civilization lives hidden inside, and that the citadel hides a heavy secret.

Hardcover, Full Color, 144 pages, $24.99, On sale in comic shops November 11!

Ablaze Publishing

CONAN: BATTLE FOR THE 
SERPENT CROWN #4 (OF 5)
Now available!

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

IN TOO DEEP!
* The SERPENT CROWN's roots in the Pre-Cataclysmic Age lead CONAN back to where it all started...
*...but ATLANTIS is not quite what it once was.
* And even if he can locate the Crown, NAMOR isn't going to let that treasure slip through his grasp!

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99

Marvel Comics September REH Solicitations for 

November with a collection for March 2021!

CONAN THE BARBARIAN#16 

Written by Jim Zub
Art by Roge Antonio
Cover by E.M. Gist
Variant Cover by Cary Nord
THE REVENGE OF CONAN!
* The true nature of the Great Crucible is revealed!
* CONAN has angered the leadership of Uttara Kuru, but he will not be crushed by their punishment so easily!
* The dramatic conclusion to "Into the Crucible: and the start of Conan's next quest!

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale November 25.

SAVAGE AVENGERS #14 (Featuring Conan)
Gerry Duggan (Writer) • Patch Zircher (Art)
Cover by Valerio Giangiordano

Conan leads a team of Savage Avengers against an Asgardian dragon in a quest for treasure.
Get out your twenty-sided dice and roll to attack with Conan, Magik and new Savage recruits the Black Knight and Juggernaut!

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

CONAN: BATTLE FOR THE SERPENT CROWN TPB
Written by Saladin Ahmed
Penciled by Luke Ross
Cover by Mahmud Asrar

A deadly quest and a daring heist -- in the age of Marvels! Conan wanders the desert -- but as he reaches a city, no Stygian temple or Vendhyan fortress greets him. No, something far stranger stands in wait: the lights of Las Vegas! Conan is far from home, and it's time for him to tread the thrones of the Marvel Universe under his sandaled feet! The City of Sin is just the beginning for Conan's solo jaunt as the barbarian finds himself on a quest for a relic that predates even his Hyborian Age: the Serpent Crown of Atlantis! But will his battle for this crown earn Conan his own kingdom or doom him to a nefarious trap laid by Mephisto? 

Collecting CONAN: BATTLE FOR THE SERPENT CROWN #1-5.
Full color, 112 pages, $15.99., On sale November 25.

CONAN THE BARBARIAN: 

THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS VOLUME 5

Written by J.M. DeMatteis, Bruce Jones & Roy Thomas with Len Wein, Larry Hama, Steven Grant, Alan Zelenetz & Jo Duffy

Penciled by John Buscema & Gil Kane with Marc Silvestri, Alfredo Alcala, Val Mayerik, Richard Howell, Ron Wilson, Franc Reyes & Romas Kukalisl

Covers By Alex Ross & Gil Kane

Conan the Barbarian enters a new creative phase as J.M. DeMatteis (“Kraven’s Last Stand”) debuts as series writer. He will take Conan to the magical city in the clouds, Mreead-Zza; return fan-favorites Jenna and Murilo to the supporting cast; and team with John Buscema on a set of stories pitting Conan against Eilaynia, Princess of Mist.

Then, Marvel legend Gil Kane takes the artistic reins for an extended run featuring “The Creation Quest” saga, while writer Bruce Jones (Incredible Hulk) mixes a blend of humor and horror.

Plus: A story illustrated by titans John Buscema and Neal Adams, a pair of Annuals by Roy Thomas and Thomas and Buscema’s Conan of the Isles graphic novel, reprinted for the first time!

Collecting CONAN THE BARBARIAN (1970) #116-149, ANNUAL (1973) #6-9; CONAN OF THE ISLES (1988); WHAT IF? (1977) #39.

Hardcover, Full Color, 1048 pages,$125, On sale March 3.

What’s in a Name?: 

Discovering the Origin of Solomon Kane’s Name 
By Todd B. Vick

New post at the On An Underwood No. 5 blog.

https://onanunderwood5.blogspot.com/2020/08/whats-in-name-discovering-origin-of.html