The Enduring Appeal of Conan: 
The elusive Robert E. Howard’s lasting contribution 

to popular culture
By Michael Washburn

https://bookandfilmglobe.com/creators/writers/the-enduring-appeal-of-conan/

Ablaze Publishing
Now available!

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

New at Howard Works  

Argo (Czech)
Conan z Cimmerie, Svazek III.
Featuring:
"Red Nails"
"The Man-Eaters of Zamboula"
"The People of the Black Circle"
http://howardworks.com/Conan_z_Cimmerie-Svazek3-Argo.html

IPS Media (Serbian)
Dolazak Konana Simerijanca
Featuring:
"Cimmeria" (poem)
"The Phoenix on the Sword"
"The Frost-Giant's Daughter"
"The God in the Bowl"
"The Tower of the Elephant"
"The Scarlet Citadel"
"Queen of the Black Coast"
"Black Colossus"
"Iron Shadows in the Moon"
"Xuthal of the Dusk"
"The Pool of the Black One"
"Rogues in the House"
"The Vale of Lost Women"
"The Devil in Iron"
"The Phoenix on the Sword" (first submitted draft)
Notes on Various Peoples of the Hyborian Age
"The Hyborian Age"
Untitled Synopsis  "A squad of Zamorian soldiers, led ..."
Untitled Synopsis ("The Scarlet Citadel")
Untitled Synopsis ("Black Colossus")
Untitled  Fragment "The battlefield stretched silent, ..."
Untitled Synopsis "The setting: The city of Shumballa, .."
Untitled Draft "Amboola awakened slowly, ..."
http://howardworks.com/Dolazak_Konana_Simerijanca-IPS_Media.html

Charles Hoffman
Desire and Other Erotic Poems [Distributed in REHupa #100]
Featuring:
"Prelude"  (poem)
"Desire" (poem)
"Lilith" (poem)
"The Dust Dance" (1, "For I, with the . . .")  (poem)
"Palace of Bast" (poem)
"A Negro Girl" (poem)
"Limericks to Spank By" (poem)
"The Harlot" (poem)
"The Ballad of Singapore Nell" (poem)
"Good Mistress Brown" (poem)
"The Myth" (poem)
"A Song for All Women" (poem)
"Strange Passion" (poem)
"Lesbia" (poem)
"Daughter of Evil" (poem)
http://howardworks.com/DesireandOtherEroticPoems.html

The Robert E. Howard Foundation
Robert E. Howard Foundation Newsletter V15N1
Featuring: 
"Cupid from Bear Creek" (Synopsis)
"The Riot at Cougar Paw" (Synopsis)
"The Apache Mountain War" (Synopsis)
"Cupid from Bear Creek"
"Bran Mak Morn" (Synopsis)
"Bran Mak Morn: A Play"
"A Moment" (poem)
"Days of Glory" (poem, two verses)
"The Desert Hawk" (poem)
http://howardworks.com/rehfoundationsnewsletterV15N1.html

Dark Horse Comics
Pigeons from Hell #3
Featuring:   "Pigeons from Hell" (Part 3 of 4)
To H. P. Lovecraft, ca. September 1930,
"I envy you your sojourn to Quebec." (brief excerpt only)
http://howardworks.com/PigeonsfromHell3-DarkHorse.html

CONAN THE BARBARIAN #21

Now available!

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

Texas Monthly, April 2021
My Life With Conan the Barbarian

By Stephen Graham Jones

https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/my-life-withconan-the-barbarian/

New at Howard Works

Delos Digital (Italian)
Il latrato del vento nero
Featuring:  "Black Wind Blowing"
http://howardworks.com/Il_latrato_del_vento_nero-DelosDigital.html

Dagon Press  (Italian)
Zothique 7
Featuring:
Letter to Wilfred Blanch Talman, ca. September 1931,
"Thank you very much for the letter you wrote . . ." (excerpt only)
"An Autobiography" 
"The Song of the Bats" (poem)
"A Dream" 
Excerpts from the following letters:
Letter to the The Ring magazine, April 1926
("Here is my opinion on the greatest heavyweights of all time")
Letter to Harold Preece, Oct 20, 1928
("Your stationery is alright. How is the university?")
Letter to Weird Tales, April 1928
("Mr. Lovecraft's latest story, The Call of Cthulhu, is indeed a masterpiece")
Letter to Harold Preece, ca. Oct 1930
("Well, Harold, how did you like my story, The Voice of El-Lil, in the new Oriental Stories?")
Letter to Clark Ashton Smith, March 15, 1933
("I hardly know how to thank you for the copy of THE DOUBLE SHADOW")
Letter to August Derleth, July 1933
("Thanks immensely for the opportunity of reading "Five Alone")
Letter to H.P. Lovecraft, August 1933
("I am sending on to you the enclosed manuscript, according to instructions.")
Letter to R. H. Barlow, June 1, 1934
("Concerning the illustrations you mentioned, I am very sorry")
Letter to R. H. Barlow, June 14, 1934
("If I ever decide to dispose of the Rankin drawings")
Letter to Farnsworth Wright, May 6, 1935
("I always hate to write a letter like this, but dire necessity forces me to.")
Letter to Clark Ashton Smith, July 23, 1935
("I'm ashamed of my long delay in answering your letter, . . .")
Letter to August Derleth, May 9, 1936
("I am indeed sorry to learn of the deaths in your family.")
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"Wolfsdung"
"The Moor Ghost" (poem)
"The Shadow of Doom"
"The Gondarian Man"
"The Supreme Moment"
"The Hashish Land"
http://howardworks.com/Zothique7-DagonPress.html

Frank Coffman
The Cross Plainsman, December 2006 [Distributed in REHUPA #202]
Featuring: 
"The Ghost Kings" (poem)
"The One Black Stain" (poem)
"Marching Song of Connacht" (poem)
"The Song of a Mad Minstrel" (poem)
"The Song of the Last Briton" (poem)
"An Echo from the Iron Harp" (poem)
http://howardworks.com/TheCrossPlainsman-Dec2006-REHupa202-FrankCoffman.html

University of Texas Press
Renegades & Rogues: The Life and Legacy of Robert E. Howard
Featuring: REH biography
http://howardworks.com/RenegadesandRogues-UniversityofTexasPress.html

Dark Horse Comics
Pigeons from Hell #2
Featuring: 
"Pigeons from Hell" (Part 2 of 4)
To H. P. Lovecraft, ca. September 1930,
"I envy you your sojourn to Quebec." (excerpt only)
http://howardworks.com/PigeonsfromHell2-DarkHorse.html

KULL THE SAVAGE: 

THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS HC 

Now available!

Written by Roy Thomas, Chuck Dixon, Doug Moench & John Arcudi With Gerry Conway
& Steve Englehart

Penciled by E.R. Cruz, Val Semeiks, John Bolton, Marie Severin & Geof Isherwood With
Sal Buscema, Mike Ploog, Howard Chaylin, Sonny Trinidad, Dave Wenzel, Dale Eagesham & more
Covers by Mark Brooks & Michael Whelan

Thousands of years before the dawn of Conan, barbarian tribes rose across the Thurian continent, threatening the civilizations whose crumbling city walls still stood against them. In this ruthless age, there rose a man—an exile, no less—who would come to rule mighty Atlantis in the years before it crashed beneath the waves. This man was Kull and a host of Marvel's greatest talents would chronicle his saga—his exile and savage youth; his exploits on the high seas; his rise through the gladiatorial pits and military ranks; his reign as king; and his epic battles with the skull-faced sorcerer Thulsa Doom. 

Experience Kull's complete black-and-white magazine tales in this Omnibus volume, all painstakingly restored from the highest fidelity materials in Marvel's archives. 

Collecting material from KULL AND THE BARBARIANS #1-3; MARVEL PREVIEW #19; BIZARRE ADVENTURES #26; SAVAGE TALES (1971) #2; SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN (1974) #1-3, #7, #9, #14-16, #19, #23, #34, #39, #42-43, #52, #55, #61, #119-122, #124-141, #143-145, #147-152, #158-159, #161, #165, #169-170, #172-173, #177, #182-183, #186, #190-194, #196-199, #202, #213, #215, #229-223 and ANNUAL #1 and CONAN SAGA #13, #25, #47, #57 and #97.

Hardcover, B&W, 968 pages, $125.00.