Wednesday, December 22, 2021

Marvel Comics January REH Solicitations for March!

KING CONAN #4 (of 6)
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Mahmud Asrar
Cover by Mahmud Asrar
Variant Cover by Declan Shalvey

FATHER VS. SON!
• CONAN fought his way to the crown of Aquilonia…but the most difficult battle is yet to come!
• Yes, it's KING CONAN versus CONAN II, A.K.A. CONN, in a duel that will change the course of the Hyborian Age!
• Plus: The sinister hand of THOTH-AMON enters the fray – is he truly the foe Conan has believed him to be all these decades?

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale March 23.




King Conan #1 (of 6)
Now available!

Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Mahmud Asrar
Cover by Mahmud Asrar
Variant Cover by Marguerite Sauvage
Variant Cover by Alex Maleev
Variant Cover by Stan Sakai
Variant Cover by James Stokoe
Variant Cover by Stephanie Hans

CONAN'S LAST STAND AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD! 

Jason Aaron and Mahmud Asrar return to the saga of CONAN in an all-new adventure that takes the story of the Cimmerian further than has ever been revealed in ANY media to date! As Robert E. Howard posited, when King Conan grows restless on the throne, he sails west, toward land and adventure unknown. Now see the first step of King Conan's fateful journey from Aquilonia, as an old and terrible danger threatens to end the saga of the Cimmerian once and for all! Don't dare miss the first issue of the adventure of a lifetime!

Full Color, 40 pages, $4.99





Monday, December 20, 2021

Ablaze Publishing
Coming in March!

THE CIMMERIAN: HOUR OF THE DRAGON #1
Writer: Robert E. Howard, Julien Blondel 
Art: Valentin Sécher
Cover A: Dan Panosian
Cover B: Valentin Sécher
Cover C: Leirix Li
Cover D: Homage cover

Robert E. Howard's Conan is brought to life UNCENSORED!  
Discover the true Conan, unrestrained, violent, and sexual.  Read the story as he intended!

A world to explore. A throne to be reconquered. Conan the King. The Hour of the Dragon is the only full-length Conan novel written by Robert E. Howard and is considered by many to be one of his best works. It is now adapted into a comic mini-series by two visionaries of heroic fantasy and imagination: Julien Blondel, writer of Elric, and Valentin Sécher, artist of Méta-Baron, brings forth a grandiose, bloodthirsty epic! 

Under the funeral vaults of the mausoleum belonging to the ancient and cruel Emperor Xaltotun of Python, three men devoured by ambition come to offer to the inert body of the deceased sovereign the heart of Ahriman, a source of immortality which once belonged to him. Taken away at the cost of his life. In exchange for this offering, the three men claim a single thing: the world. However, there is only one person able to stand in their way, a Cimmerian who seized the throne of Aquilonia: Conan!

Also contains the original prose story!

Full Color, 7x10, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale March 9.









Sunday, December 19, 2021

New at Howard Works

Independently Published (Italian)
I Racconti Ritrovati

Featuring: 
"The Devils of Dark Lake"
"For the Love of Barbara Allen"
"Two Against Tyre"
"The Children of the Night"
"People of the Dark"
"Spectres in the Dark"
"The Spell of Damballah"
"The Door to the World"
http://howardworks.com/I_Racconti_Ritrovati-IndependentlyPublished.html




Sportula (Spanish)
El fénix en la espada

Featuring: 
"The Pool of the Black One"
"Red Nails"
"Jewels of Gwahlur"
"Beyond the Black River"
"The Phoenix on the Sword"
"The Scarlet Citadel"
http://howardworks.com/El_fenix_en_la_espada-Sportula.html



Charles Gramlich
Razored Zen #82  [Distributed in REHUPA #200]  

Featuring: 
"The Devil's Woodchopper"
"Recompense"  (poem)
http://howardworks.com/RazoredZen82-REHupa200-CharlesGramlich.html




Thanks to Brian Berriman for the contents listing.

Arcturus Publishing
The Necronomicon: 
Tales of Eldritch Horror from the Masters of the Genr
e
Featuring: 
"The Tomb's Secret"
"Skull-Face"
"Sea Curse"
"In the Forest of Villefère"
"Wolfshead"
"Rattle of Bones"
"The Haunter of the Ring"
"The Horror from the Mound"
"The Cairn on the Headland"
"The Fearsome Touch of Death"
http://howardworks.com/The_Necronomicon-ArcturusPublishing.html




Dark Horse Comics
King Conan: The Hour of the Dragon #5

Featuring: 
"The Hour of the Dragon" (Part 5 of 12)
http://howardworks.com/KingConan-HouroftheDragon5-DarkHorse.html


Updated at Howard Works

Added a new cover image, back cover image, and two interior images.
Thanks to Marvin Green for the new images.

Real Free Press
Red Blades of Black Cathay

Featuring:   "Red Blades of Black Cathay"
http://howardworks.com/redbladesofblackcathay.html







Monday, December 13, 2021

CONAN THE BARBARIAN #1 FACSIMILE EDITION
Now available!

Roy Thomas (Writer) • Barry Windsor-Smith (Art/Cover)

Over fifty years ago, legendary writer Roy Thomas teamed with visionary artist Barry Windsor-Smith for the first comic book adaptation of Robert E. Howard's pulp novel icon — introducing True Believers to swords and sorcery in the Mighty Marvel Manner! Conan comic books soon became a huge, industry-changing success story — and it all began with CONAN THE BARBARIAN #1 in 1970! Join the young Cimmerian warrior as he and an Aesir raiding party invade the land of Vanaheim — setting Conan on a path of adventure leading to winged demons, a dark temple and the mysterious Star-Stone, which would offer a vision of Conan's future as a king! It's one of the all-time great Marvel comic books, boldly re-presented in its original form, ads and all! 

Reprinting CONAN THE BARBARIAN (1970) #1.

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99.



SAVAGE AVENGERS #27 (Featuring Conan)
Now available!

Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by Patch Zircher
Cover by Valerio Giangiordano

This is the one you've been waiting for—Conan, Dr. Strange, Dr. Doom and a time master to be named later all join your favorite Savage Avengers to put a dagger-sized pin into the heart of the Kulan Gath saga. You won't see this end coming...'cause we didn't either.

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99.








Sunday, December 12, 2021

New at Howard Works

Bragelonne (French)
Conan le Cimmérien (July 2021)

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/Conan_the_Cimmerian-2021-Bragelonne.html



Glénat (French)
Conan le Cimmérien: L'Heure du Dragon

Featuring:  "The Hour of the Dragon"
http://howardworks.com/Conan_le_Cimmerien-LHeure_du_Dragon-Glenat.html




Charles Gramlich
Razored Zen #39 [Distributed in REHUPA #156]

Featuring:  "The Dead Remember"
http://howardworks.com/RazoredZen39-REHupa156-CharlesGramlich.html





Adventure House
Pulp Facsimile: The Magic Carpet Magazine January 1934 (Nov. 2021)

Featuring:
"Alleys of Darkness"
"The Shadow of the Vulture"
http://howardworks.com/MagicCarpet-January1934-AdventureHouse.html




Dark Horse Comics
King Conan: The Hour of the Dragon #4

Featuring:
"The Hour of the Dragon" (Part 4 of 12)
"The Beast from the Abyss"  (brief excerpt)
http://howardworks.com/KingConan-HouroftheDragon4-DarkHorse.html