Ablaze Publishing

THE CIMMERIAN: HOUR OF THE DRAGON #1

Now available!

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

CONAN THE BARBARIAN: 
THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS VOL. 7 
Now available!

Written by Christopher Priest With Don Kraar
Penciled by John Buscema & Val Semeiks With Ernie Chan & Mike Docherty
Covers by Leinil Francis Yu & John Buscema

He was the writer that would put Black Panther back on the map of popularity in the late ’90s, but in the ’80s, Christopher Priest was editing—and writing—tales of Conan the Barbarian! The seventh volume in this popular Omnibus series collects the first half of Priest’s run, as the writer assembles a cast of engaging supporting characters around Conan, including the haunted Tetra and the courageous Captain Delmuro, sending them in pursuit of treasure held by the wicked thief, Keiv. Priest also introduces to the color series one of the great super-villains in Marvel’s Conan mythos—the Devourer of Souls. The dark reaver is one of Conan’s most formidable foes, and their legendary battles begin here! 

Collecting CONAN THE BARBARIAN (1970) #172-194 & ANNUAL (1973) #10-11. 

Hardcover, Full Color, 680 pages, $125.00.

New at Howard Works

Ediciones Forum (Spanish)
Conan el aventurero
Featuring:
"The People of the Black Circle"
"The Slithering Shadow"
"Drums of Tombalku"
"The Pool of the Black One"
http://howardworks.com/Conan_el_aventurero-Ediciones_Forum.html

Ediciones Forum  (Spanish)
Conan el vagabundo
Featuring:
"Shadows in Zamboula"
"The Devil in Iron"
"The Flame Knife"
http://howardworks.com/Conan_el_vagabundo-Ediciones_Forum.html

Thanks to Lee Breakiron for the scans!

Curmudgeon Press
Candles
Featuring:  "Candles" (poem)
http://howardworks.com/Candles-CurmudgeonPress.html

R. Alain Everts
REHUPA [Distributed in REHUPA #23] 
Featuring:
Letter to Emil Petaja, July 23, 1935, 
  "Please believe my delay in answering . . ."
http://howardworks.com/REHUPA-REHupa23-R_Elain_Everts.html

Thanks to Fred Blosser for the info.

Black Stone Press
Exploring the Worlds of REH Omnibus Edition by Fred Blosser
Featuring:  Articles on REH
http://howardworks.com/Exploring_the_Worlds_of_REH-Omnibus-BlackStonePress.html

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09RVDY9M8/

New at Howard Works

Ediciones Forum (Spanish) 
Conan el Cimmerio
Featuring:  
"The Bloodstained God" 
"The Frost Giant's Daughter"
"Queen of the Black Coast"
"The Vale of Lost Women"
"The Snout in the Dark" 
http://howardworks.com/Conan_el_Cimmerio-Ediciones_Forum.html

Ediciones Forum (Spanish) 
Conan el pirata
Featuring:  
"Hawks Over Shem" 
"Black Colossus"
"Shadows in the Moonlight"
"The Road of the Eagles" 
"A Witch Shall Be Born"
http://howardworks.com/Conan_el_pirata-Ediciones_Forum.html

Dennis McHaney
Robert E. Howard and Weird Tales
1. The cover of every issue of WEIRD TALES containing REH.
2. The first page of the REH story.
3. If the "first page" is a poem, that verse is present.
4. REH Coming Next Month advertisments.
5. Some story interior illustrations.
6. Weird Tales letter column comments regarding REH.
7. Several REH letters to Weird Tales.
And more . . . 
http://howardworks.com/REHandWeirdTales-McHaney.html

Richard Toogood
A Solomon Kane Chronology, Part 2 [Distributed in REHUPA #131]  
Featuring:   
"Solomon Kane's Homecoming" (1, poem, lines 11-14) 
"The Footfalls Within" (brief extract)
"The Hawk of Basti" (brief extract)
"Skulls in the Stars" (brief extract)
http://howardworks.com/SolomonKaneChronology2-REHupa131-RichardToogood.html

Dark Horse Comics
King Conan: The Conqueror
Featuring:   
"The Hour of the Dragon" (Parts 7-12 of 12, graphic adaptation)
http://howardworks.com/KingConan-TheConqueror-TPB-DarkHorse.html

New at Howard Works

Dronte (Spanish)
Nueva Dimensión 54
Featuring:   "The Valley of the Worm"
http://howardworks.com/Nueva_Dimension54-Dronte.html

Ediciones Forum  (Spanish)
Conan: Origen de una leyenda
Featuring: 
Letter to P. Schuyler Miller (March 10, 1936)
  "Dear Mr. Miller: / I feel indeed honored . . ."
"The Hyborian Age" Part 1
"The Tower of the Elephant"
"The Hall of the Dead"
"The God in the Bowl"
"Rogues in the House"
"The Hand of Nergal"  
http://howardworks.com/Conan-Origen_de_una_leyunda-Ediciones_Forum.html

Richard Toogood
A Solomon Kane Chronology, Part 1 [Distributed in REHupa #130]
Featuring:   
"Solomon Kane's Homecoming" (2, poem, lines 15-17) 
"The Castle of the Devil" (brief extract)
"Blades of the Brotherhood" (1) (brief extract)
http://howardworks.com/SolomonKaneChronology1-REHupa130-RichardToogood.html

Ablaze Publishing
The Cimmerian Volume 3 
Featuring:   
"Iron Shadows in the Moon" (graphic adaptation) 
"Shadows in the Moonlight"
"The Man-Eaters of Zamboula"  (graphic adaptation) 
"Shadows in Zamboula"
http://howardworks.com/TheCimmerian-Volume3-Ablaze.html

Birdcage Bottom Books
Pretty Conan #1
Featuring: "Cimmeria" (poem)
http://howardworks.com/PrettyConan1-BirdcageBottomBooks.html

Thanks to Gary Romeo for the scan and information on this title.

Howard Days 2022 Guest of Honor is Fred Malmberg!

 Howard Days, Project Pride of Cross Plains and the Robert E. Howard Fountain are happy to announce that Fred Malmberg is the Guest of Honor at our 2022 event.

We hope you can join us at the Robert E. Howard Museum in Cross Plains, Texas, this June 10th and 11th for the Best Two Days in Howard Fandom! With our dual theme this year of the REH Influence on Gaming and Anniversaries Galore: Conan, Cimmeria, Bran Mak Morn and the first Conan movie), you can expect a great two days chock full of events, tours, panels, signings, awards, readings and fellowship - and don't forget the great Texas grub!

Scheduling information is being updated and will be posted very soon, so stay tuned and make plans for a fun two days of Howard Fellowship!

Plus, you'll get to hang out with one of the more important people in the world of Robert E. Howard and Conan these days, Fred Malmberg! Hope to see you there!

Howard Days 2022

Ablaze Publishing
Coming in May!

THE CIMMERIAN: HOUR OF THE DRAGON #3
Writer: Robert E. Howard, Julien Blondel 
Art: Valentin Sécher
Cover A: Kalman Andrasofszky
Cover B: Stephen Segovia
Cover C: Andrea Mutti
Cover D: Carlos Nieto

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 is loose and on the hunt for revenge! But he won't be able to do it alone. He will need to seek help from another mystic and try to return to his people if he hopes to defeat the bloodthirsty kings and the wizard who put them on the throne. And he will have to take to the seas to get it done!  

Bonus: Includes the original prose story.

Full Color, 7x10, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale May 11.

BÊLIT & VALERIA: SWORDS VS. SORCERY #1

Writer: Max Bemis 

Art: Rodney Buchemi 

Cover A: Marco Turini
Cover B: Olivier Vatine
Cover C: Leirix
Cover D: Rodney Buchemi

ROBERT E. HOWARD'S HYBORIAN AGE UNLEASHED! 

See its true skull-cracking barbarian nature, its unrestrained blood-splattering violence, mayhem, and sexuality!

Rising from a watery grave, Belit once again finds herself commanding a ship, sailing the seas in search of adventure…and answers. But when a deal goes wrong, she finds herself teamed up with the woman she was holding prisoner: the equally beautiful and deadly Valeria.

These two iconic characters will find themselves traveling across Hyperborea on a mission to find out how Belit lives once again that will lead them straight into danger…from the gods themselves! 

Bonus material includes the original Robert E. Howard essay, "The Hyborian Age."

Full Color, 7x10, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale May 4.