The Dark Man Volumes 10.1, 10.2, and 11.1

The Dark Man Volumes 10.1, 10.2, and 11.1 are now available.

The Dark Man: Journal of Robert E. Howard and Pulp Studies is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal devoted to the academic study of Howard's literary works as well as the literary historical and print culture contexts associated with it. The journal seeks to publish full-length articles, brief scholarly notes and commentaries, bibliographies, reviews of books, and other scholarship that treats Howard's life, time, literary work, and associated topics such as Weird Tales, H.P. Lovecraft, and the concept of a transhistorical pulp aesthetic. 

Each issue is a 5 x 8 inch paperback for $8.00

The Dark Man Volume 10.1

The Dark Man Volume 10.2

The Dark Man Volume 11.1

 New at Howard Works

Yorick Fantasy Magazine (Italian)
La Saga di Robert Howard: Conan contro Ercole, Taccuino 9
Featuring:
"Roads"  (poem)
"A Song of the Werewolf Folk"  (poem)
"Black Eons"
http://howardworks.com/La_Saga_di_Robert_Howard9-Conan_contro_Ercole-YorickFantasyMagazine.html

Yorick Fantasy Magazine (Italian)
La Saga di Robert Howard: Il sepolcro misterioso, Taccuino 10
Featuring:
"Black Eons"
"The Last White Man"
http://howardworks.com/La_Saga_di_Robert_Howard10-Il_Sepolcro_Misterioso-YorickFantasyMagazine.html

Sportula
The Song of Bêlit
Featuring: "The Hyborian Age"
http://howardworks.com/SongofBelit-Sportula.html

Marvel Comics
The Savage Sword of Conan Volume 1 Number 106
Featuring:  "Men of the Shadows" (Part 4 of 4)
http://howardworks.com/SavageSwordofConanV1N106-Marvel.html

New at Howard Works

Yorick Fantasy Magazine (Italian)
La Saga di Robert Howard: Il Tentatore, Taccuino 7
Featuring:
"The Tempter"  (poem)
Four unknown letters by REH
http://howardworks.com/La_Saga_di_Robert_Howard7-Il_Tentatore-YorickFantasyMagazine.html

Yorick Fantasy Magazine (Italian)
La Saga di Robert Howard: La saga di Robert Howard, Taccuino 8
Featuring:
"The Iron Terror"
"The Adventurer"  (1, poem)
"The Grey Lover"  (poem)
http://howardworks.com/La_Saga_di_Robert_Howard8-La_saga_di_Robert_Howard-YorickFantasyMagazine.html

Fiction House Press

Stirring Science Stories Volume 1 Number 1
Featuring: "Always Comes Evening"
http://howardworks.com/StirringScienceStories-FictionHousePress.html

Marvel Comics
The Savage Sword of Conan Volume 1 Number 104
Featuring:  "Men of the Shadows" (Part 3 of 4)
http://howardworks.com/SavageSwordofConanV1N104-Marvel.html

 Ablaze Publishing
THE CIMMERIAN VOLUME 1: 
QUEEN OF THE BLACK COAST & RED NAILS
Coming in November!

THE CIMMERIAN VOLUME 1

BY CROM! Robert E. Howard's famous Cimmerian UNCENSORED! For the first time, Robert E. Howard's Conan is brought to life uncensored! Discover the true Conan, unrestrained, violent, and sexual. Read the story as he intended!

The Cimmerian Volume 1 includes two complete stories, Queen of the Black Coast, and Red Nails, plus bonus material, in one hardcover collection!

In Queen of the Black Coast, Conan seeks refuge on a merchant ship, after being pursued for killing a judge. But soon after setting sail, the Cimmerian and his new companions face a threat: the legendary Belit, self-proclaimed Queen of the Black Coast! Soon finding himself smitten by the lovely Belit, Conan agrees to joins up with her and her crew to brutally pillage and sail the poisonous river Zarkheba, encountering ancient ruins, lost treasure, and winged, vicious monstrosities!

In Red Nails, Conan finds himself in the Darfar region, whose territory is almost entirely covered by a huge forest. Here Conan pledges himself a mercenary, promising his sword to the highest bidder, fighting alongside fellow mercenary and fierce female warrior Valeria. After a clash against a terrible dragon, the two go to a strange fortified city, apparently deserted...but the duo will quickly discover that a civilization lives hidden inside, and that the citadel hides a heavy secret.

Hardcover, Full Color, 144 pages, $24.99, On sale in comic shops November 11!

Ablaze Publishing

CONAN: BATTLE FOR THE 
SERPENT CROWN #4 (OF 5)
Now available!

Saladin Ahmed (Writer) • Luke Ross (Art)
Cover by Mahmud Asrar

IN TOO DEEP!
* The SERPENT CROWN's roots in the Pre-Cataclysmic Age lead CONAN back to where it all started...
*...but ATLANTIS is not quite what it once was.
* And even if he can locate the Crown, NAMOR isn't going to let that treasure slip through his grasp!

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99

Marvel Comics September REH Solicitations for 

November with a collection for March 2021!

CONAN THE BARBARIAN#16 

Written by Jim Zub
Art by Roge Antonio
Cover by E.M. Gist
Variant Cover by Cary Nord
THE REVENGE OF CONAN!
* The true nature of the Great Crucible is revealed!
* CONAN has angered the leadership of Uttara Kuru, but he will not be crushed by their punishment so easily!
* The dramatic conclusion to "Into the Crucible: and the start of Conan's next quest!

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale November 25.

SAVAGE AVENGERS #14 (Featuring Conan)
Gerry Duggan (Writer) • Patch Zircher (Art)
Cover by Valerio Giangiordano

Conan leads a team of Savage Avengers against an Asgardian dragon in a quest for treasure.
Get out your twenty-sided dice and roll to attack with Conan, Magik and new Savage recruits the Black Knight and Juggernaut!

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale November 11.

CONAN: BATTLE FOR THE SERPENT CROWN TPB
Written by Saladin Ahmed
Penciled by Luke Ross
Cover by Mahmud Asrar

A deadly quest and a daring heist -- in the age of Marvels! Conan wanders the desert -- but as he reaches a city, no Stygian temple or Vendhyan fortress greets him. No, something far stranger stands in wait: the lights of Las Vegas! Conan is far from home, and it's time for him to tread the thrones of the Marvel Universe under his sandaled feet! The City of Sin is just the beginning for Conan's solo jaunt as the barbarian finds himself on a quest for a relic that predates even his Hyborian Age: the Serpent Crown of Atlantis! But will his battle for this crown earn Conan his own kingdom or doom him to a nefarious trap laid by Mephisto? 

Collecting CONAN: BATTLE FOR THE SERPENT CROWN #1-5.
Full color, 112 pages, $15.99., On sale November 25.

CONAN THE BARBARIAN: 

THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS VOLUME 5

Written by J.M. DeMatteis, Bruce Jones & Roy Thomas with Len Wein, Larry Hama, Steven Grant, Alan Zelenetz & Jo Duffy

Penciled by John Buscema & Gil Kane with Marc Silvestri, Alfredo Alcala, Val Mayerik, Richard Howell, Ron Wilson, Franc Reyes & Romas Kukalisl

Covers By Alex Ross & Gil Kane

Conan the Barbarian enters a new creative phase as J.M. DeMatteis (“Kraven’s Last Stand”) debuts as series writer. He will take Conan to the magical city in the clouds, Mreead-Zza; return fan-favorites Jenna and Murilo to the supporting cast; and team with John Buscema on a set of stories pitting Conan against Eilaynia, Princess of Mist.

Then, Marvel legend Gil Kane takes the artistic reins for an extended run featuring “The Creation Quest” saga, while writer Bruce Jones (Incredible Hulk) mixes a blend of humor and horror.

Plus: A story illustrated by titans John Buscema and Neal Adams, a pair of Annuals by Roy Thomas and Thomas and Buscema’s Conan of the Isles graphic novel, reprinted for the first time!

Collecting CONAN THE BARBARIAN (1970) #116-149, ANNUAL (1973) #6-9; CONAN OF THE ISLES (1988); WHAT IF? (1977) #39.

Hardcover, Full Color, 1048 pages,$125, On sale March 3.

What’s in a Name?: 

Discovering the Origin of Solomon Kane’s Name 
By Todd B. Vick

New post at the On An Underwood No. 5 blog.

https://onanunderwood5.blogspot.com/2020/08/whats-in-name-discovering-origin-of.html

 New at Howard Works

Yorick Fantasy Magazine (Italian)
La Saga di Robert Howard: Mondi Howardiani, Taccuino 5
Featuring:
"Black Seas"  (poem)
"The Shadow in the Well"
http://howardworks.com/La_Saga_di_Robert_Howard5-Mondi_Howardiani-YorickFantasyMagazine.html

Yorick Fantasy Magazine (Italian)
La Saga di Robert Howard: Il re e il barbaro, Taccuino 6
Featuring:  "Recompense"  (poem)
http://howardworks.com/La_Saga_di_Robert_Howard6-Il_re_e_il_barbaro-YorickFantasyMagazine.html

Thanks to Terry Allen for the tip!

Hjem House
Stories of Shape-Shifting
Featuring:
"Wolfshead"
"Black Hound of Death"
"The Hyena"
"Pigeons from Hell"
"The Lost Race"
"Black Canaan"
"The Shadow Kingdom"
"The Pool of the Black One"
"Black Talons"
"Worms of the Earth"
"The Scarlet Citadel"
"In the Forest of Villefere"
"Black Wind Blowing"
http://howardworks.com/StoriesofShapeShifting-HjemHouse.html

Marvel Comics
Featuring: The Savage Sword of Conan Volume 1 Number 103
"Men of the Shadows" (Part 2 of 4)
http://howardworks.com/SavageSwordofConanV1N103-Marvel.html

Revisiting Hyboria in Robert E. Howard’s 
‘Conan: Beyond the Black River’
By John C. Wright

New post at the Bleeding Fool blog.
https://bleedingfool.com/books/revisiting-hyboria-in-robert-e-howards-conan-beyond-the-black-river/

 New at Howard Works

Yorick Fantasy Magazine (Italian)
La Saga di Robert Howard: Il Signore della Torre Nera, Taccuino 3
Featuring:
"Redflame"
"Silence Falls On Mecca's Walls"  (poem)
"Marching Song of Connacht"  (poem)
http://howardworks.com/La_Saga_di_Robert_Howard3-Il_Signore_della_Torre_Nera-YorickFantasyMagazine.html

Yorick Fantasy Magazine (Italian)
La Saga di Robert Howard: Il ritorno di Conan, Taccuino 4
Featuring:  "Whispers on the Nightwinds"  (poem)
http://howardworks.com/La_Saga_di_Robert_Howard4-Il_ritorno_di_Conan-YorickFantasyMagazine.html

Hall Publications
The Conan Companion
Featuring:  Articles on Conan
http://howardworks.com/ConanCompanion-hallpublications.html

Thanks to Jake Vander Weide for the cover scan.

Marvel Comics
The Savage Sword of Conan Volume 1 Number 102
Featuring:  "Men of the Shadows" (Part 1 of 4)
http://howardworks.com/SavageSwordofConanV1N102-Marvel.html

 CONAN THE BARBARIAN: 
THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS EPIC COLLECTION - THE COMING OF CONAN TPB 
Now available!

Written by Roy Thomas with John Jakes
Penciled by Barry Windsor-Smith with Gil Kane
Cover by Barry Windsor-Smith

The greatest saga in sword-and-sorcery history begins! Born on a battlefield in the frozen lands of Cimmeria, Conan has spent his life fighting his way across the untamed Hyborian kingdoms -- sparing no man, woman or wizard his wrath. His adventures will become legend. He will become king. He is...Conan the Barbarian! Roy Thomas and Barry Windsor-Smith brought Robert E. Howard's iconic creation to four-color lifewith work that set new standards for comic book storytelling. Now, Marvel is honored to present their epic sagas -- painstakingly restored to match the majesty of the original editions. In these early exploits, Conan ventures from his homeland for the first time, honing his skills as a thief and mercenary-- and above all, a warrior! 

Collecting CONAN THE BARBARIAN (1970) #1-13and material from CHAMBER OF DARKNESS #4.

Full Color, 352 pages, $34.99

 SAVAGE AVENGERS VOL. 2: TO DINE WITH DOOM TPB 
Now available!

Written by Gerry Duggan
Penciled by Kim Jacinto, Patch Zircher & Ron Garney
Cover by David Finch

Conan continues to make new friends (and enemies!) in the modern-day Marvel Universe! 

First, Conan and the Punisher are attempting to escape the Savage Land, with the caskets of Frank's family in tow -- but they'll have to make it across Antarctica!Then, when a barbarian walks into a brothel, it's no laughing matter. Conan takes on human traffickers alongside the Black Widow and the Son of Satan himself, Daimon Hellstrom! Finally, Conan hates wizards -- but as this strange modern-day world that he's found himself in celebrates the holidays,the Cimmerian must deal with two famous magic-wielders: Doctor Strange and Doctor Doom! Can these three set aside their differences to deal with Kulan Gath, the sorcerous name at the very top of all their naughty lists?

Collecting SAVAGE AVENGERS #6-10 and ANNUAL #1.

Full Color, 144 pages, $19.99

SOLOMON KANE: 
THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS HC 
Now available!

Written by Robert E. Howard, Roy Thomas, Don Glut & more

Penciled by David Wenzel, Howard Chaykin, Steve Carr, Bret Blevins, Mike Mignola, John Bogdanove, John Ridgeway, Al Williamson & more

Cover by Howard Chaykin, Frank Giacoia & John Romita (Direct Market only)

He’s a weapon of God, stalking the Sixteenth Century! A tall, grim wanderer, roving the Earth to right all its wrongs! Let those who worship the power of evil beware, lest they face…Solomon Kane! He sprang from the mind of Conan the Barbarian creator Robert E. Howard — and just like the Cimmerian, this Puritan adventurer wasa comic book sensation! Now Kane’s complete, classic Marvel adventures arecollected in one jaw-dropping Omnibus volume! Featuring adaptations of Howard’sformative tales and new chapters by such scribes as Roy Thomas and RalphMacchio — all filled with pirates, cannibals, demons and vampires!

Collecting MARVEL PREMIERE (1972) 33-34; SOLOMON KANE (1985) 1-6; MATERIAL FROM CONAN SAGA (1987) 50, DRACULA LIVES! (1973) 3, KULL AND THE BARBARIANS (1975) 2-3, MARVEL PREVIEW (1975) 19, MONSTERS UNLEASHED (1973) 1, SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN (1974) 13-14, 18-20, 22, 25, 26, 33-34, 37, 39, 41, 53-54, 62, 83, 162, 169, 171, 219, 220.

Full Color, 624 pages, $100.00

The First Robert E. Howard Horror Comic?

By Bobby Derie

New post at The Pavilion Blog

https://www.thedarkmanjournal.org/the-pavilion-blog/the-first-robert-e-howard-horror-comic

New at Howard Works

Yorick Fantasy Magazine (Italian)
La Saga di Robert Howard: 
   Robert Howard, un cantore giunto dal Texas, Taccuino 1
Featuring:
"The Moor Ghost" (poem)
"Genseric's Fifth Born Son"
Letter to H. P. Lovecraft (The exact letter is unknown.)
http://howardworks.com/La_Saga_di_Robert_Howard1-Robert_Howard_un_cantore_giunto_dal_Texas-YorickFantasyMagazine.html

Yorick Fantasy Magazine (Italian)
La Saga di Robert Howard: 
    A sessant'anni da Robert Howard, Taccuino 2
Featuring:
"The Shadow in the Well"
"Universe" (poem)
Letter to Clark Ashton Smith (The exact letter is unknown.)
http://howardworks.com/La_Saga_di_Robert_Howard2-A_sessant_anni_da_Robert_Howard-YorickFantasyMagazine.html

Marvel Comics
Conan: Serpent War
Featuring: "The Valley of the Worm"
http://howardworks.com/Conan-SerpentWar-Marvel.html

Marvel Comics
The Savage Sword of Conan Volume 1 Number 82
Featuring:  "Tarentella" (poem, lines 32-37)
http://howardworks.com/SavageSwordofConanV1N82-Marvel.html

Upcoming REH related publications.
Target ship dates as of 08/01/2020
All dates are subject to change.

Available since last update (7/01/2020)
THE CIMMERIAN: RED NAILS #2 (Ablaze)
CONAN: BATTLE FOR THE SERPENT CROWN #3(OF 5)(Marvel)
CONAN: SERPENT WAR TPB (Marvel)
EMPYRE: SAVAGE AVENGERS #1 (Marvel)
THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN:
     THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS VOLUME 3 (Marvel)

In your future

08/05/2020
CONAN THE BARBARIAN:  THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS  EPIC COLLECTION
     - THE COMING OF CONAN TPB
SAVAGE AVENGERS VOL. 2: TO DINE WITH DOOM TPB (Marvel)
SOLOMON KANE: THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS HC

08/19/2020
BACK ISSUE #121 [50th Anniversary of CONAN #1] (TwoMorrows)
CONAN: BATTLE FOR THE SERPENT CROWN #4 (OF 5)(Marvel)
CONAN THE BARBARIAN: THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS VOL. 4 HC

08/26/2020
THE CIMMERIAN: PEOPLE OF THE BLACK CIRCLE #1 (Ablaze)

09/16/2020
CONAN: BATTLE FOR THE SERPENT CROWN #5(OF 5) (Marvel)

09/23/2020
THE CIMMERIAN: PEOPLE OF THE BLACK CIRCLE #2 (Ablaze)

09/30/2020
SAVAGE AVENGERS #12 (Marvel)

10/2020
CONAN CHRONICLES EPIC COLLECTION: HORRORS BENEATH THE STONES TPB (Marvel)

10/07/2020
THE OFFICIAL HANDBOOK OF THE CONAN UNIVERSE ANNIVERSARY EDITION (Marvel)

10/14/2020
ROBERT E HOWARD RATTLE OF BONES (Clover Press)

10/21/2020
CONAN THE BARBARIAN #15 (Marvel)
THE MARVEL ART OF SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN HC (Marvel)

10/28/2020
THE CIMMERIAN: PEOPLE OF THE BLACK CIRCLE #3 (Ablaze)
SAVAGE AVENGERS #13 (Marvel)

11/10/2020
THE CIMMERIAN VOLUME 1: QUEEN OF THE BLACK COAST & RED NAILS (Ablaze)

11/18/2020
CONAN THE BARBARIAN BY KURT BUSIEK OMNIBUS(Marvel)

01/06/2021
THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN: THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS VOLUME 4 (Marvel)

02/02/2021
CONAN THE BARBARIAN BY AARON & ASRAR HC (Marvel)

2021
KULL: THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS VOLUME 1 (Marvel)
KING CONAN #1 (Marvel)
CONAN THE BARBARIAN: THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS VOL. 5 (Marvel)
THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN: THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS VOLUME 4 (Marvel)

To Be Announced
CONAN AND THE LIVING PLAGUE (Titan)

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The following previously solicited comics are missing in action.

DARK AGNES #3(OF 5)(Marvel)
DARK AGNES #4(OF 5)(Marvel)
DARK AGNES #5(OF 5)(Marvel)