Sunday, February 21, 2021

New at Howard Works

Alfredo Lara López (Spanish)
Opar 2

Featuring:  "For the Love of Barbara Allen"
http://howardworks.com/Opar2-AlfredoLaraLopez.html



Alianza Editorial  (Spanish)
Los mitos de Cthulhu

Featuring:  "The Black Stone"
http://howardworks.com/LosmitosdeCthulhu-AlmaClassicos.html







Carl Osman 
The Burkburnett Papers [Distributed in REHupa #185]

Featuring:  "Something About Eve"
http://howardworks.com/BurkburnettPapers-REHUPA185-CarlOsman.html





Ablaze Publishing
The Cimmerian: The Frost-Giant's Daughter #3

Featuring:  "The Frost-Giant's Daughter" (Part 3 of 3)
http://howardworks.com/TheCimmerian-TheFrostGiantsDaughter3-Ablaze.html






Dark Horse Comics
Robert E. Howard's Savage Sword #3

Featuring:
"Knife, Bullet and Noose" (Part 1 of 2)
To H. P. Lovecraft, ca. December 1932,
"Having read your latest letter . . ." (exerpt only)
To H. P. Lovecraft, March 6, 1933,
"I have just read your recent letter . . ." (exerpt only)
http://howardworks.com/robertehowards-savagesword3.html






Saturday, February 20, 2021

Renegades and Rogues: 
The Life and Legacy of Robert E. Howard 
by Todd B. Vick
Now available!

You may not know the name Robert E. Howard, but you probably know his work. His most famous creation, Conan the Barbarian, is an icon of popular culture. In hundreds of tales detailing the exploits of Conan, King Kull, and others, Howard helped to invent the sword and sorcery genre.

Todd B. Vick delves into newly available archives and probes Howard’s relationships, particularly with schoolteacher Novalyne Price, to bring a fresh, objective perspective to Howard's life. Like his many characters, Howard was an enigma and an outsider. He spent his formative years visiting the four corners of Texas, experiences that left a mark on his stories. He was intensely devoted to his mother, whom he nursed in her final days, and whose impending death contributed to his suicide in 1936 when he was just thirty years old.

Renegades and Rogues is an unequivocal journalistic account that situates Howard within the broader context of pulp literature. More than a realistic fantasist, he wrote westerns and horror stories as well, and engaged in avid correspondence with H. P. Lovecraft and other pulp writers of his day. Vick investigates Howard’s twelve-year writing career, analyzes the influences that underlay his celebrated characters, and assesses the afterlife of Conan, the figure in whom Howard's fervent imagination achieved its most durable expression.

Publisher : University of Texas Press 
Hardcover : 266 pages
Dimensions : 6.25 x 1 x 9.25 inches
$29.95




Friday, February 19, 2021

Ablaze Publishing
Coming in May!

THE CIMMERIAN: IRON SHADOWS IN THE MOON #2
Writer: Robert E. Howard, Virginie Augustin
Art: Virginie Augustin 
Cover A: Leirix Li
Cover B: JB Style
Cover C: Mateo Guerrero
Cover D: 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!

Conan and Olivia escape to a remote island, attempting to flee their oppressors. But as they take refuge inside an ancient temple, avoiding the dangers that lurk in the nearby jungle, they may have awakened an ancient evil that humankind has yet to comprehend. Will they find a way to escape before they are overcome by threats inside and out?

Full Color, 7x10, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale May 12.












Thursday, February 18, 2021

Marvel Comics March REH Solicitations for May 
with collections in August and September!

CONAN THE BARBARIAN #21
Written by Jim Zub
Art by Cory Smith
Cover by Geof Shaw
Variant Cover by Marco Mastrazzo

THE DEADLY SECRET OF HENG THE INSURGENT!
• CONAN must fight for his life against the Bandit King’s deadly power!
• But will Conan have what it takes…even if it costs his very soul?
• The barbarian’s surprising saga in the LAND OF THE LOTUS takes a startling turn!

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale May 12.




CONAN THE BARBARIAN: 
THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS VOL. 6 HC 

Written by Michael Fleisher with John Buscema, Larry Yakata, Priest & Peter B. Gillis

Penciled by John Buscema with Gary Kwapisz, Bob Camp, Val Mayerik, Ernie Chan & Bob Hall 

Covers by Paulo Siqueira & John Buscema

In an omnibus extravaganza that covers the entire run of writer Michael Fleisher’s two years on CONAN THE BARBARIAN, artist John Buscema turns in page after page of iconic artwork — often inked by the great Ernie Chan and by Big John himself! Buscema also takes a turn as plotter, helping bring to life a series of exciting stories featuring Conan opposite some of his most mysterious foes and an old friend: the scheming Jergal Zadh, the magic-wielding Alhambra, the conniving Baron Vjerzak and Conan’s old comrade Fafnir! 

Plus: Two mighty annuals — one pitting Conan against an ancient mystical menace and the other against a god — and a classic issue of WHAT IF? that asks the question: What if Conan were stranded in the twentieth century? 

Collecting CONAN THE BARBARIAN (1970) #150-171, CONAN ANNUAL #8-9 and WHAT IF? (1977) #43.

Hardcover, 672 pages, $125.00, On sale September 1.



KULL THE DESTROYER: 
THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS HC 

Written by Roy Thomas, Gerry Conway, Steve Englehart, Doug Moench & Don Glut with John Jakes & Len Wein

Penciled by Marie Severin, Mike Ploog, Ernie Chan & Ed Hannigan with Ross Andru, Bernie Wrightson, Jess Jodloman, Vicente Alcazar, Alfredo Alcala & Howard Chaykin

 Covers by Paulo Siqueira & Mike Ploog

Conan wasn’t the only Robert E. Howard sword and sorcery icon to be adapted into Marvel Comics! Following Conan’s breakout success, Roy Thomas set his sights on Howard’s legendary barbarian king of Valusia: Kull! Marie Severin and John Severin contributed what many consider the creative highlight of their careers, in tales that showed how uneasy hung the crown on the head of Kull — especially when confronting wicked sorcerer Thulsa Doom! The art of Mike Ploog also features heavily, along with contributions from some of the era’s top talents…including Kull’s first appearance, drawn by comics legend Bernie Wrightson! 

Collecting KULL THE CONQUEROR (1971) #1-10, KULL THE DESTROYER #11-29, CREATURES ON THE LOOSE #10 and MONSTERS ON THE PROWL #16 — plus material from KULL AND THE BARBARIANS #1-3, SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN (1974) #9, CONAN THE BARBARIAN (1970) #10 and CONAN ANNUAL #3.

Hardcover, 784 pages, $125.00, On sale August 25.

















Wednesday, February 17, 2021

SAVAGE AVENGERS #18 (Featuring Conan)
Now available!

Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by Kev Walker
Cover by Valerio Giangiordano

AVENGERS MECH STRIKE VARIANT COVER BY LEO CASTELLANI
THROUGH HELLFIRE AND…DEADPOOL?

Conan, Deadpool and the Night Flyer escape Riker's in the endless night during the reign of the King in Black. What crazy heist will ruin Deadpool's 30th anniversary? Here's a hint: It involves the Hellfire Club!

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99




Sunday, February 14, 2021

New at Howard Works

Alberto Santos (Spanish)
Cyber Fantasy 1

Featuring:  
"The Skull of Silence"
"By This Axe I Rule!"
http://howardworks.com/CyberFantasy1-AlbertoSantos.html



Alberto Santos  (Spanish)
Cyber Fantasy 2

Featuring:  
"The One Black Stain" (poem)
"The Return of Sir Richard Grenville" (poem)
"Skulls in the Stars"
"The Right Hand of Doom"
"Red Shadows"
"Rattle of Bones"
"The Moon of Skulls"
"Blades of the Brotherhood" (1)
"The Hills of the Dead"
"Wings in the Night"
"The Footfalls Within"
"Solomon Kane's Homecoming" (1, original, poem)
http://howardworks.com/CyberFantasy2-AlbertoSantos.html



Graeme Flanagan
Bunyips in the Mulga #19 [Distributed in REHupa #71]

Featuring:  
Letter to Emil Petaja, March 6, 1935,
"Glad the ms. proved satisfactory."
http://howardworks.com/BunyipsintheMulga19-REHupa71-GraemeFlanagan.html



Ablaze Publishing
The Cimmerian: The Frost-Giant's Daughter #2

Featuring:  "The Frost-Giant's Daughter" (Part 2 of 3)
http://howardworks.com/TheCimmerian-TheFrostGiantsDaughter2-Ablaze.html






Dark Horse Comics
Robert E. Howard's Savage Sword #2

Featuring:  
"Sea Curse" 
"A New Game for Costigan"
"The Valley of the Worm" (graphic adaptation)
http://howardworks.com/robertehowards-savagesword2.html














Sunday, February 7, 2021

New at Howard Works

Providence Press (Italian)
Steve Harrison. Detective del Macabro, Le Nuove Indagini

"The House of Suspicion"
"The Silver Heel"
"The Black Moon"
"The Voice of Death"
"Lord of the Dead"
"Sons of Hate"
http://howardworks.com/Steve_Harrison-Detective_del_Macabro-Le_Nuove_Indagini-ProvidencePress.html



Ad Astra (Spanish)
Ad Astra Número 4

Featuring:  "The Fire of Asshurbanipal" (1)
http://howardworks.com/AdAstra4-AdAstra.html



Graeme Flanagan
Boys' Own Fantasy Annual 1982 [Distributed in REHupa #60]

Featuring: "The Apparition in the Prize Ring"
http://howardworks.com/BoysOwnFantasyAnnual-REHupa60-GraemeFlanagan.html






Dark Horse Comics
Robert E. Howard's Savage Sword #1

Featuring:   "Worms of the Earth"
http://howardworks.com/robertehowards-savagesword1.html