Sunday, February 27, 2022

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




Sunday, February 20, 2022

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.





Saturday, February 19, 2022

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!

Friday, February 18, 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.





Thursday, February 17, 2022

Marvel Comics March REH Solicitations for May
with collections in July and September!

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

THE FATE OF THE CROWN, THE ISLAND AND THE BARBARIAN KING!

• CONAN makes his Last Stand!
• THOTH-AMON shows his true colors!
• The fate and fortunes of Aquilonia and the Hyborian Age turn!
• Don't miss the poignant, powerful and unbelievable chapter that closes out this saga of KING CONAN!

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




CONAN THE BARBARIAN: 
THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS VOL. 9 

Written by Val Semeiks, Charles Santino, Gerry Conway & Michael Higgins with Larry Hama, Don Perlin, Michael Fleisher, Roy Thomas & Glenn Herdling

Penciled by Val Semeiks, Ron Lim & Gary Hartle with Gary Kwapisz, Don Perlin, Geoff Senior, Alfredo Alcala, José Delbo, Dwayne Turner, Frank Springer & Rodney Ramos

Covers by Jim Lee & Micael Higgins

As CONAN THE BARBARIAN closed out the 1980s, it was a time of transition for the title — with storytelling innovations coming from veteran creators and new talent alike! In Val Semeiks' climactic run on the title, Conan weighs pleasure and pain in a magical desert city, wrests the Blade of Zed from a mad cleric and runs a gantlet of fantastic beasts in a city of shadows. Larry Hama delivers the elegiac verse of "Drumsong," while Don Perlin writes and draws the Western-styled "The Mask of Vengeance." Gerry Conway makes Conan a cat's paw to a cult of cat people, and Michael Higgins turns back the clock for an eight-issue storyline exploring Conan's formative years in Cimmeria! 

Collecting CONAN THE BARBARIAN (1970) #214-240 and WHAT IF? (1989) #16.

Hardcover, Full Color, 704 pages, $125.00, On sale September 28.


SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN: 
THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS VOL. 8 

Written by Michael Fleisher & Larry Yakata with Don Kraar, Bill Mantlo, Christopher Priest, Jim Neal, Alan Rowlands & Craig Anderson

Penciled by Gary Kwapisz, Ernie Chan, Val Mayerik, Rudy Nebres & Dave Simons with John Buscema, Pablo Marcos, Andy Kubert, Tony Salmons, Mike Docherty, Sal Buscema, William Johnson,
Tim Burgard & Henri Bismuth

Covers by Nic Klein & Bill Sienkiewicz

Few, if any, comic magazines have had such an abundance of amazing artists as SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN! This eighth Marvel Omnibus edition is proof positive, with work by a host of talents including the iconic energy of Ernie Chan, the flowing beauty of Rudy Nebres and the airbrushed action of Dave Simons. And the Conan artist of all Conan artists, Big John Buscema, illustrates the never-before-reprinted adaptation of Conan the Destroyer! Amazing new talents join as well, with Gary Kwapisz crafting a new visual pace for the magazine. Conan's exploits in this volume include the return of Captain Bor'aqh Sharaq, the resurrection of the Devourer of Souls and all-out war with an undead army! 

Collecting SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN (1974) #102-116 and MARVEL COMICS SUPER SPECIAL #35.

Hardcover, Full Color, 1056 pages, $150.00, On sale September 28.


KING CONAN TPB
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Mahmud Asrar
Cover by Mahmud Asrar

An old and terrible danger threatens to end King Conan's saga once and for all! Jason Aaron and Mahmud Asrar return to the saga of Conan — and together they take the Cimmerian futher than has ever been revealed in any media to date! As Robert E. Howard posited, when King Conan of Aquilonia grows restless on the throne, he sails west, toward land and adventure unknown. Now, see the first step of that fateful journey! When an unholy alliance is forged and fallen warriors rise to fight again, will Conan finally be forced to succumb to the lure of cursed sorcery? And what of his son, Prince Conn, and the kingdom of Aquilonia left behind? Prepare for the adventure of a lifetime, the end of an era and the final stand against Thoth-Amon! 

Collecting KING CONAN (2021) #1-6.

Trade paperback, Full Color, 144 pages, $17.99, On sale July 6.




Wednesday, February 16, 2022

KING CONAN #3 (of 6)
Now available!

Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Mahmud Asrar
Cover by Mahmud Asrar
Variant Cover by Jay Anacleto

A BEASTLY COURT!
• The mysterious PRINCESS of the cursed island reveals her secret to CONAN…one powerful enough to rock the foundations of the king's journey!
• But will her temptation save the king…or lead to ruin? It won't matter if Conan can't survive the assault of the island's violent beasts!
• And, as one plan fails, what does THOTH-AMON'S newest scheme bring?

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99








Sunday, February 13, 2022

New at Howard Works

Dronte (Spanish)
Antología de relatos de espanto y terror 6

Featuring:  "The Black Stone"
http://howardworks.com/Antologia_de_relatos_de_espanto_y_terror6-Dronte.html



Dronte (Spanish)
Antología de relatos de espanto y terror 10

Featuring:  "Black Canaan"
http://howardworks.com/Antologia_de_relatos_de_espanto_y_terror10-Dronte.html



Rob Preston
Servant of the Warsman #8 [Distributed in REHUPA #137]

Featuring:
"Destiny" (2, poem, lines 3-4)
"The Tempter" (poem, lines 37-40)
"The Gold and the Grey" (poem, lines 29-32)
"To All Sophisticates" (poem, lines 4-7)
http://howardworks.com/ServantoftheWarsman8-REHupa137-RobPreston.html




The Robert E. Howard Foundation
Robert E. Howard Foundation Newsletter V15N4

Featuring:
"Hawks of Outremer" 
"Bran Mak Morn: A Play"  
"The Road to Yesterday" (poem)
http://howardworks.com/rehfoundationsnewsletterV15N4.html



Dark Horse Comics
King Conan: The Conqueror #6

Featuring:
"The Hour of the Dragon" (Part 12 of 12)
Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, July 1935,
"Thanks very much for the fine post-cards . . . "  (brief excerpt)
http://howardworks.com/KingConan-TheConqueror6-DarkHorse.html




Sunday, February 6, 2022

New at Howard Works

Dolmen (Spanish)
Dark Valley Destiny: La vida de Robert E. Howard

Featuring:    "The Bride of Cuchulain"  (poem, lines 18-24 only)
http://howardworks.com/Dark_Valley_Destiny-La_vida_de_REH-Dolmen.html



Dorian (Spanish)
Dorian 1

Featuring:   "Musings"  (1, poem)  
http://howardworks.com/Dorian1-Dorian.html



Old Tiger Press
The Book of The Howard Review 2nd Edition  

Featuring: 
"The Fearsome Touch of Death"
"A Thunder of Trumpets"
"Vikings of the Gloves"
"The Riot at Bucksnort"
"Three Perils of Sailor Costigan"
"The TNT Punch"
"The Beast from the Abyss"
"Emancipation" (poem)
"An Open Window" (poem)
"Arkham" (poem)
"Which Will Scarcely Be Understood" (poem)
"The Ballad of Buckshot Roberts" (poem)
"Niflheim" (poem)
"The Tempter" (poem)
"Ecstasy" (poem)
"Futility" (1, "Golden goats . . .") (poem)
"Fragment" (poem)
"The Song of the Bats" (poem)
"The Gates of Nineveh" (poem)
"A Hairy Chested Idealist Sings" (poem)
"The End of the Glory Trail" (poem)
"The Riders of Babylon" (poem)
"Riding Song" (poem)
"The Soul-Eater" (poem)
"Song Before Clontarf" (poem)
"Moon Mockery" (poem)
"Singing in the Wind" (poem)
"The Harp of Alfred" (poem)
"Dead Man's Hate" (poem)
"The Passionate Typist" (poem)
"Easter Island" (poem)
"Two Against Tyre"
"The Noseless Horror"
"Sailor Costigan and the Swami"
"Thoroughbreds"
"Lives and Crimes of Notable Artists"
"Black Talons"
"The Tomb's Secret"
"The Voice of El-Lil"
http://howardworks.com/bookofthehowardreview-2nd.html



Rob Preston
Servant of the Warsman #2  [Distributed in REHUPA #130] 

Featuring: 
"Lines Written In the Realization That I Must Die" 
     (poem, lines 21-24)
http://howardworks.com/ServantoftheWarsman2-REHupa130-RobPreston.html





Dark Horse Comics
King Conan: The Conqueror #5

Featuring:
"The Hour of the Dragon" (Part 11 of 12, graphic adaptation)
Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, July 1935,
"Thanks very much for the fine post-cards . . . "  (brief excerpt)
http://howardworks.com/KingConan-TheConqueror5-DarkHorse.html




Tuesday, February 1, 2022

Upcoming REH related publications.

Target ship dates as of February 1, 2022
All dates are subject to change.

Date Format: MM/DD/YYYY

Available since last update (01/01/2021)
THE CIMMERIAN VOLUME 3: 
     IRON SHADOWS  IN THE MOON & THE MAN-EATERS OF ZAMBOULA (Ablaze)
THE COLLECTED LETTERS OF ROBERT E. HOWARD VOLUME 1 TPB
CONAN PEOPLE OF BLACK CIRCLE AND OTHER STORIES TPB (Marvel)      
CONAN CHRONICLES EPIC COLLECTION: SHADOWS OVER KUSH TPB (Marvel)
CONAN CHRONICLES EPIC COLLECTION: BLOOD IN HIS WAKE TPB (Marvel)
CONAN LE CIMMÉRIEN - XUTHAL LA CRÉPUSCULAIRE (Glénat)
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)

In your future

02/16/2022
KING CONAN #3 (of 6)  (Marvel)
CONAN THE BARBARIAN: THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS VOL. 7  (Marvel)

03/09/2022
THE CIMMERIAN: HOUR OF THE DRAGON #1 (Ablaze)
SAVAGE AVENGERS VOL. 5: THE DEFILEMENT OF ALL THINGS (Marvel)

03/23/2022
KING CONAN #4 (of 6)  (Marvel)

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

04/06/2022
THE CIMMERIAN: HOUR OF THE DRAGON #2 (Ablaze)

04/13/2022
KING CONAN #5 (of 6)  (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)
COLLECTED LETTERS OF REH VOLUME 2 (2ND EDITION)
COLLECTED LETTERS OF REH VOLUME 3 (2ND EDITION)
COLLECTED POETRY OF REH  (2ND EDITION)