Sunday, December 26, 2021

New at Howard Works

Círculo de Lhork (Spanish) 
Weird Tales de Lhork 37

Featuring:  "The Shadow of the Vulture"
http://howardworks.com/Weird_Tales_de_Lhork37-CirculodeLhork.html



Círculo de Lhork  (Spanish) 
Weird Tales de Lhork 38

Featuring:  "The Shadow of the Hun"
http://howardworks.com/Weird_Tales_de_Lhork38-CirculodeLhork.html



Arcturus Publishing
The Haunter of the Ring - Necronomicon Boxed Set

Featuring:
"In the Forest of Villefère"
"Wolfshead"
"The Valley of the Worm"
"The Garden of Fear"
"Rattle of Bones"
"The Haunter of the Ring"
"Graveyard Rats"
"Skull-Face"
"The Thing on the Roof"
"Sea Curse"
"The Tomb's Secret"
"The Horror from the Mound"
"The Cairn on the Headland"
"The Fire of Asshurbanipal" (1)
"The Fearsome Touch of Death"
"Dig Me No Grave"
http://howardworks.com/The_Haunter_of_the_Ring-NecronomiconBoxedSet-ArcturusPublishing.html







Mark Kimes
Redflame #3 {Distributed in REHUPA #88]

Featuring:  "Redflame"
http://howardworks.com/Redflame3-REHupa88-MarkKimes.html




Dark Horse Comics
King Conan: The Hour of the Dragon #6

Featuring:  
"The Hour of the Dragon" (Part 6 of 12)
To Harold Preece, ca. August 19, 1929,
"I’ve been reading DESTINY BAY and in . . ." (brief excerpt)
http://howardworks.com/KingConan-HouroftheDragon6-DarkHorse.html









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



Sunday, December 5, 2021

New at Howard Works

Círculo de Lhork (Spanish)
Weird Tales de Lhork 35

Featuring:  "The Shadow of the Beast"
http://howardworks.com/Weird_Tales_de_Lhork35-CirculodeLhork.html


Círculo de Lhork  (Spanish)
Weird Tales de Lhork 36

Featuring:  "The Fearsome Touch of Death"
http://howardworks.com/Weird_Tales_de_Lhork36-CirculodeLhork.html



Garry Adrian
Ravenwolf #11 [Distributed in REHUPA #100]

Featuring:   "The Pool of the Black One" (verse heading)
http://howardworks.com/Ravenwolf11-REHupa100-GarryAdrian.html




Ablaze Publishing
The Cimmerian: Beyond the Black River #2

Featuring: 
"Beyond the Black River" (Part 2 of 2, graphic adaptation)
"Beyond the Black River" (Part 2 of 2)
http://howardworks.com/TheCimmerian-BeyondtheBlackRiver2-Ablaze.html






Dark Horse Comics
King Conan: The Hour of the Dragon #3

Featuring: 
"The Hour of the Dragon" (Part 3 of 12)
http://howardworks.com/KingConan-HouroftheDragon3-DarkHorse.html




Thursday, December 2, 2021

Wednesday, December 1, 2021

Upcoming REH related publications.
Target ship dates as of December 1, 2021
All dates are subject to change.

Date Format: MM/DD/YYYY

Available since last update (11/01/2021)
THE BOOK OF THE HOWARD REVIEW (SECOND EDITION)  (Dennis McHaney) 
THE CIMMERIAN: BEYOND THE BLACK RIVER #2 (Ablaze)
CONAN THE BARBARIAN BY JIM ZUB VOL. 2:LAND OF THE LOTUS TPB  (Marvel)
CONAN THE BARBARIAN: THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS VOL. 6 (Marvel)
KULL THE CONQUEROR: THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS HC 
KULL THE DESTROYER: THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS HC (Marvel)
ROBERT E. HOWARD AND WEIRD TALES (Dennis McHaney) 
SAVAGE AVENGERS #26(Featuring Conan)(Marvel)

In your future

12/01/2021
CONAN LE CIMMÉRIEN - L'HEURE DU DRAGON
CONAN THE BARBARIAN EPIC COLLECTION: 
  THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS QUEEN OF THE BLACK COAST TPB (Marvel)

12/15/2021
CONAN THE BARBARIAN #1 FACSIMILE EDITION (Marvel)
CONAN: THE PEOPLE OF THE BLACK CIRCLE AND OTHER STORIES TPB (Marvel)
KING CONAN #1 (of 6)  (Marvel)
SAVAGE AVENGERS #27 (Featuring Conan)(Marvel)

12/29/2021
CONAN CHRONICLES EPIC COLLECTION: SHADOWS OVER KUSH TPB

01/12/2022
THE CIMMERIAN VOLUME 3: IRON SHADOWS  IN THE MOON & THE MAN-EATERS OF ZAMBOULA (Ablaze)
KING CONAN #2 (of 6)  (Marvel)
SAVAGE AVENGERS #28(Featuring Conan)(Marvel) - Final Issue
SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN: THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS VOL. 6 (Marvel)

01/19/2022
CONAN CHRONICLES EPIC COLLECTION: BLOOD IN HIS WAKE TPB (Marvel)

01/26/2022
CONAN THE BARBARIAN: THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS VOL. 7  (Marvel)

02/16/2022
KING CONAN #2 (of 6)  (Marvel)

03/09/2022
SAVAGE AVENGERS VOL. 5: THE DEFILEMENT OF ALL THINGS (Marvel)

03/30/2022
CONAN THE BARBARIAN EPIC COLLECTION:
   THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS — OF ONCE AND FUTURE KINGS TPB  (Marvel)

04/27/2022
SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN: THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS VOL. 7 (Marvel)

06/29/2022
CONAN THE BARBARIAN: THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS VOL. 8  (Marvel)
CONAN THE KING: THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS VOL. 1  (Marvel)

To Be Announced
CONAN AND THE LIVING PLAGUE (Titan)
ROBERT E. HOWARD IN THE PULPS VOLUME 1:
    ROBERT E. HOWARD AND WEIRD TALES (Old Tiger Press)
THE ROBERT E. HOWARD COLLECTOR VOLUME TWO (Old Tiger Press)



Conan le Cimmérien - Le Heure du Dragon 
(The Hour of the Dragon)
Now available!

A world to explore. A throne to be reconquered.

Under the funeral vaults of the mausoleum of the ancient and cruel Emperor Xaltotun of Python, three men devoured by ambition have come to seek the key to their power. They come to offer the lifeless body of the former emperor the heart of Ahriman, the source of immortality that once belonged to him and was only taken away at the cost of his life. In return for this offering the three men only claim one thing from the former emperor: the world. However, there is only one being able to stand in their way, a Cimmerian who has seized the throne of Aquilonia: Conan. Deep in the plain of Valkia, the armies of Conan and Xaltotun will clash. Led by their leader, the soldiers of the Cimmerian will believe in victory until the end before failing in the face of the power of Xaltotun's incantations. In his fall, Conan will hear the cries of his brothers in arms before recovering his senses in the jails of the enemy. But even fallen so low, even witnessing the immeasurable strength of the enemy, Conan will rise again.

The only Conan novel in Robert E. Howard's bibliography, L'Heure du dragon has now been adapted into a comic book by two heroic fantasy figures: Julien Blondel and Valentin Sécher. Over the virtuoso boards of an album loaded with the breath of legend, the two authors reconstruct a grandiose, epic and bloodthirsty adventure.

Scriptwriter: Julien Blondel
Colourist: Valentin Dry
Designer: Valentin Dry

Format: 240 x 320 mm, Full Color
Pages: 80
€ 14.95

Format: 275 x 368 mm, Black & White
Pages: 72
€ 29.50

Glénat







Tuesday, November 30, 2021

 THE BOOK OF THE HOWARD REVIEW 
(SECOND EDITION)
AND
ROBERT E. HOWARD AND WEIRD TALES
By Dennis McHaney
Now available!

Profits from the sale of these books will benefit Project Pride!

THE BOOK OF THE HOWARD REVIEW (Second Edition)

By Dennis McHaney & Robert E. Howard

This is the best of the fanzine THE HOWARD REVIEW, which published fourteen issues between 1974 and 2008. The Howard Review contained articles about Robert E. Howard and this book collects all the fiction and verse published in the magazine. Some of that Howard material made its first appearance in THE HOWARD REVIEW.

Pages: 184
Binding: Paperback
Interior Color: Black & White
Dimensions: US Letter (8.5 x 11 in / 216 x 279 mm)




ROBERT E. HOWARD AND WEIRD TALES

By Dennis McHaney

The unique relationship between Robert E. Howard and Weird Tales is explored in Howard's own words, letters from his friends and the readers of the legendary pulp in the magazine's letters columns. The book is lavishly illustrated with cover reproductions in color and the interior art that appeared in the classic original period of the magazine by some of the best illustrators of that period.

Pages: 188
Binding: Paperback & Hardcover
Interior Color: Color
Dimensions: US Letter (8.5 x 11 in / 216 x 279 mm)




Sunday, November 28, 2021

New at Howard Works

Círculo de Lhork (Spanish)
Weird Tales de Lhork 29

Featuring:
"The King's Service" 
"Three-Bladed Doom"  (Long Version)
Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith (ca. August 1930)
"Well, Fear Finn: / I haven't heard from our story . . ."
Letter to H. P. Lovecraft (ca. August 1930)
"Dear Mr. Lovecraft: / Let me first thank you for the . . ."
Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith (ca. September 1930)
"Well, Fear Finn, me bauld braw Hieland bully . . ."
Letter to H.P. Lovecraft (ca. September 1930)
"Dear Mr. Lovecraft: / I envy you your sojourn in Quebec . . ."
http://howardworks.com/Weird_Tales_de_Lhork29-CirculodeLhork.html



Círculo de Lhork (Spanish)
Weird Tales de Lhork 30

Featuring: "The Tower of Time"
http://howardworks.com/Weird_Tales_de_Lhork30-CirculodeLhork.html



Lionel Londeix
Pale Horse [Distributed in REHUPA #114]

"Moon Shame" (poem)
"Lines Written In the Realization That I Must Die" (poem)
"One Who Comes At Eventide" (poem)
"Which Will Scarcely Be Understood" (poem)
"The Poets" (poem)
"Autumn" (poem)
"Emancipation" (poem)
"The Song of a Mad Minstrel" (poem)
http://howardworks.com/PaleHorse-REHupa114-LionelLondeix.html





Adventure House
Pulp Facsimile: Strange Tales V3N1 (Oct. 2021)

Featuring:   "The Cairn on the Headland"
http://howardworks.com/StrangeTalesV3N1-AdventureHouse.html



Dark Horse Comics
King Conan: The Hour of the Dragon #2

Featuring:   
"The Hour of the Dragon" (Part 2 of 12)
To H. P. Lovecraft, November 2, 1932,
"I want to begin this letter by an apology." (brief excerpt)  
http://howardworks.com/KingConan-HouroftheDragon2-DarkHorse.html