Marvel Comics April Conan Solicitations
for comics shipping in June 2019 and beyond! 

CONAN THE BARBARIAN #7

Jason Aaron (Writer) • Mahmud Asrar (Art)

Cover by Esad Ribic

Variant Cover by Nick Bradshaw

Hidden Gem Variant Cover By John Buscema

Marvels 25th Anniversary Variant Cover by Carlos Pacheco

THE MANY LOVES OF CONAN!

• There have been many loves of Conan’s life beyond ale and battle.

• But nothing is sacred as the CRIMSON WITCH twists what is truly best in life!

• PLUS: The next chapter in the all-new CONAN novella “BLACK STARLIGHT”!

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale June TBA.

THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #6

Meredith Finch (Writer) • Luke Ross (Art) • Cover By David Finch

Virgin Variant Cover by David Finch

Variant Cover by Max Fiumara

THORFEL’S REVENGE FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE!

• Brought to you by the creative team of Meredith Finch and Luke Ross, this all-new self-contained story springs from classic Conan mythology as Conan is led to death by the son of man he had wronged in the past.  But stripped of his weapons, his strength, and even his wits, Conan will have to dig deep if he wants to live to see the dawn!

• Plus: Continuing the all-new Conan novella “THE SHADOW OF VENGEANCE”!

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale June TBA.

  

AGE OF CONAN: BÊLIT #4 (OF 5)

Tini Howard (Writer) • Kate Niemczyk (Art)

Cover by Sana Takeda

Variant cover by Ben Caldwell

INTO THE DEPTHS OF STYGIA!

• BÊLIT’s mad quest takes her on a new course…

• But will the sea monsters she’s been hunting prove to have a deeper connection to her future?

• N’YAGA returns!  But what has he been up to since Bêlit last encountered him?

• PLUS: The next chapter in the all-new BÊLIT novella, “Bone Whispers” as Bêlit learns the truth behind the mysterious King’s treasure!

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale June TBA.

SAVAGE AVENGERS #2
Gerry Duggan (Writer) • Mike Deodato Jr. (Art)
Cover by David Finch
Variant Cover by Simone Bianchi
Variant Cover by Mike Deodato Jr.
Variant Cover by Nick Bradshaw
Marvels 25th Tribute Variant Cover by Tomm Coker

• The Hand has teamed up with the evil wizards of the Hyborian Age to summon a death god from a celestial hell.
• The only thing standing between Earth and destruction is the Savage Avengers: Conan, Wolverine, Punisher and Voodoo.
• Plus: Logan donates blood, changing one Avenger forever. And Conan discovers a dark secret squirming in a genie bottle.
• Your new favorite ongoing series is knives out in its second chapter.

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale June TBA.

CONAN THE BARBARIAN VOL. 1: 

THE LIFE AND DEATH OF CONAN BOOK ONE TPB

Written by Jason Aaron

Penciled by Mahmud Asrar & Gerardo Zaffino

Cover by Esad Ribic

The greatest sword-and-sorcery hero of all returns to Marvel! From an age undreamed…hither came Conan the Cimmerian, black-haired, sullen-eyed, sword in hand, a thief, a reaver, a slayer, with gigantic melancholies and gigantic mirth, to tread the jeweled thrones of the Earth under his sandaled feet. Conan’s travels have brought him to the far reaches of the unknown, from his birthplace in Cimmeria to the kingdom of Aquilonia and all in between. But as his fighting prowess lets him carve his way through life, so too does it attract the forces of death! And few are more deadly than the Crimson Witch. Robert E. Howard’s legendary barbarian stars in an all-new ages-spanning saga as the destiny of Conan — and King Conan — are forever changed! 

Collecting CONAN THE BARBARIAN (2019) #1-6.

Full Color, 152 pages, $19.99, On sale TBA.

CONAN: THE JEWELS OF GWAHLUR AND OTHER STORIES TPB

Written by P. Craig Russell, Jimmy Palmiotti & Darick Robertson

Penciled by P. Craig Russell, Mark Texeira & Darick Robertson

Cover by P. Craig Russell

Conan the Barbarian hunts one of the world’s greatest treasures! In an action-packed adaptation by P. Craig Russell, Conan seeks the prized Teeth of Gwahlur. But when he discovers that a former dancing girl is being compelled to pose as a long-dead oracle, can he use this knowledge to outfox his opponents on the hunt for the jewels? Plus: In more action-packed tales by top-flight talent, a king’s daughter is kidnapped by a sorcerer — and only Conan and the girl’s sister can save her! And intrigued by a leader known as the “Mad King of Gaul,” Conan joins his army — but when tragedy strikes, will Conan be worthy to wear the crown? 

Collecting CONAN AND THE JEWELS OF GWAHLUR #1-3, CONAN AND THE DAUGHTERS OF MIDORA, CONAN AND THE MAD KING OF GAUL and CONAN: THE WEIGHT OF THE CROWN.

Full Color, 176 pages, $19.99, On sale TBA.

The Horror From The Mound 
by Robert E. Howard

Hosted by: Matthew Clark
Produced by: KBOO
Program: Gremlin Time
Air date: Mon, 03/18/2019 - 11:00pm to Tue, 03/19/2019 - 12:00am

Considered to be the first "weird western" short story, 'The Horror From The Mound" is about a former cowpuncher, Steve Brill, who regrets having left the cowboy life to become a farmer in West Texas. He is also curious to see if there might be spanish treasure buried in a nearby hullock, which his mexican neighbors avoid walking past. As if it were haunted. A classic story from the pulp era, by Robert E. Howard which combines elements of regional legends and the horror story.

https://www.kboo.org/media/71898-horror-mound-robert-e-howard

Robert E. Howard (1906-1936)
Brief biography by Tomi M. Taipaleenmäki

New post at the PlayerNone blog.
https://playernone.blogspot.com/2019/03/robert-e-howard-1906-1936.html

Hither Came Conan: The Devil In Iron
By Scott Oden

New post at the Black Gate blog.
https://www.blackgate.com/2019/03/18/hither-came-conan-scott-oden-on-the-devil-in-iron/

New at Howard Works

Editrice Nord (Italian)
La Saga di Conan il Cimmero (2 volume boxed set, 1994)
Individual volumes were previously released in 1989.
Featuring:
Letter to P. Schuyler Miller, March 10, 1936
"I feel indeed honored that you and Dr. Clark . . ."
"The Hyborian Age" (Part 1 of 2)
"The Tower of the Elephant"
"The Hall of the Dead"
"The God in the Bowl"
"Rogues in the House"
"The Hand of Nergal"
"The Bloodstained God"
"The Frost Giant's Daughter"
"Queen of the Black Coast"
"The Vale of Lost Women"
"The Snout in the Dark"
"Hawks Over Shem"
"Black Colossus"
"Shadows in the Moonlight"
"The Road of the Eagles"
"A Witch Shall Be Born"   
"Shadows in Zamboula"
"The Devil in Iron"
"The Flame Knife"
"The People of the Black Circle"
"The Slithering Shadow"
"Drums of Tombalku"
"The Pool of the Black One"
"Red Nails"
"Jewels of Gwahlur"
"Beyond the Black River"
"The Treasure of Tranicos"
"Wolves Beyond the Border"
"The Phoenix on the Sword"
"The Scarlet Citadel"
"Conan the Conqueror"
"The Hyborian Age" (Part 2 of 2)
http://howardworks.com/La_Saga_di_Conan_il_Cimmero-Editrice_Nord.html

Editrice Nord (Italian) 
L'era hyboriana di Conan
Featuring: "The Hyborian Age" (Part 2)
http://howardworks.com/Lera_hyboriana_di_Conan-Editrice_Nord.html

The Cimmerian Press
Lovecraft's Southern Vacation
Featuring articles on REH
http://howardworks.com/LovecraftsSouthernVacation-Cimmerian_Press.html

Marvel Comics
Marvel Treasury Edition #23
Featuring: "A Witch Shall Be Born"
http://howardworks.com/MarvelTreasuryEdition23-Marvel.html

Weird Talers: Essays on Robert E. Howard and Others
By Bobby Derie 
Now available for pre-order!
On sale April 1st!

For more than a decade, Bobby Derie has written insightful and penetrating essays on some of the leading authors of pulp fiction in the 1920s and 1930s, especially Robert E. Howard and his friends, colleagues, and fellow-writers. In this collection of twenty-six essays, Derie covers an extraordinarily wide range of subjects; but in every instance he draws upon primary documents to illuminate some of the obscurer corners in the realm of the pulp magazines, especially the legendary Weird Tales.

Here we find studies of the expansive and at times contentious correspondence of H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard; Howard’s association with such colleagues in the pulp world as Clark Ashton Smith, Henry S. Whitehead, and Frank Belknap Long; Howard’s sporadic involvement with such fans as R. H. Barlow, Stuart M. Boland, and Francis T. Laney; a discussion of Howard’s writing for amateur papers; and numerous other topics.

Derie’s perspicacity and keenness of analysis are apparent on every page of his work. His thorough familiarity, not only with Robert E. Howard’s fiction but also with his bountiful letters, serves as the foundation of his critical work, and he exhibits a wide knowledge of the work of Lovecraft, Smith, and others who form the inexhaustibly fascinating cadre of writers associated with Weird Tales.

Bobby Derie is the author of Sex and the Cthulhu Mythos (2014) and the compiler of The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard: Index and Addenda (2015). He has written numerous articles on pulp fiction that have appeared in print and in online venues.

Paperback, 352 pages
Cover design by Dan Sauer, incorporating Bobby Derie's photomontage of Robert E. Howard.
Pre-order price: $20.00

Hippocampus Press

AGE OF CONAN: BÊLIT #1 
Now available!

Tini Howard (Writer)
Kate Niemczyk (Art)
Cover by Sana Takeda
Variant Covers by Afu Chan, Sara Pichelli, and Olivier Vatine

THE SHE-DEVIL OF THE SEA WHO WOULD BE QUEEN! BÊLIT. The name alone conjures fear up and down the coasts of the Hyborian Age. And the sight of her ship, the Tigress, is an omen of despair for any town in the pirate queen's path! The AGE OF CONAN kicks off with one of Conan's most formidable -- and memorable -- female compatriots, in an all-new story revealing how she became the undisputed QUEEN OF THE BLACK COAST!

The teenage Belit, obsessed with the sea -- as well as the monsters and treasures she thinks are summoning her there -- stows away on the ship of the dread Admiral ATRAHASIS into a deadly adventure even she could not predict! PLUS: The first chapter in an all-new BÊLIT prose novella, presented here for the first time!

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99
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