Sunday, August 28, 2022

New at Howard Works

Equipo Sirius (Spanish)
Galaxia No. 6

Featuring:  "Rattle of Bones"
http://howardworks.com/Galaxia6-Equipo_Sirius.html



Francisco Arellano (Spanish)
Marginalia Addendum 1

Featuring:  
To Wilfred Blanch Talman, ca. September 1931,
"Thank you very much for the letter you wrote . . ."
http://howardworks.com/Marginalia_Addendum1-Francisco_Arellano.html


Thanks to Roman Tilcer and Eduard Štepar for the TOC scans!

Argo (Czech)
Dobrodruh Conan

Featuring:
"The Servants of Bit-Yakin"
"Beyond the Black River"
"The Black Stranger"
"The Man-Eaters of Zamboula"
"Red Nails"
untitled notes (The Westermarck: located between . . .)
"Wolves Beyond the Border" (Draft A)
"Wolves Beyond the Border" (Draft B)
"The Black Stranger" (Synopsis A)
"The Black Stranger" (Synopsis B)
"The Man-Eaters of Zamboula" (Synopsis)
"Red Nails" (Draft)
Letter to P. Schuyler Miller, March 10, 1936
"I feel indeed honored that you and Dr. Clark . . ."
http://howardworks.com/Dobrodruh_Conan-Argo.html


Gibbelins Gazette Publications
Weird Tales in the Thirties, Part 2 [Distributed in REHUPA #84/85]

Featuring:
"Black Chant Imperial" (poem, lines 1-4)
"Worms of the Earth" (excerpt only)
http://howardworks.com/WeirdTalesintheThirtiesPart2-REHupa84-85-Gibbelins_Gazette_Publications.html




Dark Horse Comics
Conan #50

Featuring:
"The Hand of Nergal"  (Part 4 of 4)
"The Hand of Nergal"
To H.P. Lovecraft, November 2, 1932,
"I want to begin this letter by an apology."  (brief excerpt)
http://howardworks.com/Conan50-DarkHorse.html






Saturday, August 27, 2022

KING CONAN TPB
Now available!

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.



Friday, August 26, 2022

Conan - Blood of the Serpent
The All-New Chronicles of the World’s Greatest Barbarian Hero
By S. M. Stirling

Conan the Barbarian, the world’s most famous fantasy hero, returns in an all-new novel tied directly to the famous works by his legendary creator, Robert E. Howard.

Mercenary, thief, soldier, usurper, Conan has faced conquering armies, wicked sorcerers, and monstrous creatures, wielding a savage sword that cuts a bloody swath across the Hyborian Age. In this all-new novel tying directly into Howard’s definitive canon, Conan is a paid mercenary in a remote Stygian town. There he meets Valeria of the Red Brotherhood, a brilliant swordswoman whose skills lead him to recruit her to the mercenary group. Her take-no-prisoners approach runs afoul of the corrupt politics, and a price lands on Valeria’s head. Seeking to survive, she and Conan become entangled in the vengeful schemes of a priest of Set, the serpent god.

A superstar of novels, short fiction, comics, video games, films, and an upcoming Netflix series, his adventures have inspired many of the most popular authors of the 20th and 21st centuries. This is the first in a series of brand-new, officially licensed standalone adventures, with spot illustrations throughout and a bonus: the original “Red Nails” short story by Robert E. Howard himself.

Hardcover
Available October 18, 2022.




Sunday, August 21, 2022

New at Howard Works

Equipo Sirius (Spanish)
Galaxia No. 4

Featuring:  "Red Nails" (Part 4 of 5)
http://howardworks.com/Galaxia4-Equipo_Sirius.html




Equipo Sirius (Spanish)
Galaxia No. 5

Featuring:  "Red Nails" (Part 5 of 5)
http://howardworks.com/Galaxia5-Equipo_Sirius.html




Shinkigensha (Japanese)
The Complete Conan Collectors Edition 1: The Caller of Storms

Featuring:  
"The Frost-Giant's Daughter"
"The Tower of the Elephant"
"The God in the Bowl"
"Rogues in the House"
"Queen of the Black Coast"
"The Vale of Lost Women"
"Black Colossus"
"Shadows in the Moonlight"
"A Witch Shall be Born"
"The Hall of the Dead" (Synopsis)
"The Hand of Nergal" (Fragment)
"The Snout in the Dark" (Synopsis)
"The Snout in the Dark" (Draft)
Letter to P. Schuyler Miller, SM, March 10, 1936,
"I feel indeed honored that you and Dr. Clark . . ."
"The Hyborian Age"
http://howardworks.com/Complete_Conan_Collectors_Edition1-The_Caller_of_Storms-Shinkigensha.html



Bill Cavalier
The Golden Caliph  [Distributed in REHUPA #104]

Featuring:  "The Tempter" (poem)
http://howardworks.com/GoldenCaliph-REHupa104-BillCavalier.html




Dark Horse Comics
Conan #49

Featuring:
"The Hand of Nergal"  (Part 3 of 4)
To H.P. Lovecraft, May 24, 1932,
"Glad you liked the Oriental story . . ." (brief excerpt)
http://howardworks.com/Conan49-DarkHorse.html



Wednesday, August 17, 2022

CONAN THE KING: 
THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS VOL. 1
Now available! 

Written by Roy Thomas, Doug Moench & Alan Zelenetz

Penciled by John Buscema & Marc Silvestri with Ernie Chan, Ron Frenz, Rudy Nebres & Alan Kupperberg

Covers by Kaare Andrews & John Buscema

Conan the barbarian…the thief…the mercenary…Conan the king! A new era of begins in adventures set after Conan has deposed the tyrant Numedides to become ruler of Aquilonia. But Conan on the throne is still Conan. The savage action that made him a comic book legend fills page after page while palace intrigue adds a new level of drama with Queen Zenobia and heir to the throne Prince Conn taking prominent roles. Old nemeses like Thoth-Amon return, while mystical prophecy ties Conan to the first king of the realm. 

Each issue is a double-sized extravaganza with scripts by the godfather of Conan comics Roy Thomas, Doug Moench and Alan Zelenetz and artwork by John Buscema and then-up-and-comer Marc Silvestri. All hail King Conan! Collecting KING CONAN (1980) #1-19.

Hardcover, Full Color, 776 pages,  $125.00







Sunday, August 14, 2022

New at Howard Works

Equipo Sirius (Spanish)
Galaxia No. 2

Featuring:  "Red Nails" (Part 2 of 5)
http://howardworks.com/Galaxia2-Equipo_Sirius.html



Equipo Sirius (Spanish)
Galaxia No. 3

Featuring:  "Red Nails" (Part 3 of 5)
http://howardworks.com/Galaxia3-Equipo_Sirius.html



Black Dog Books
Windy City Pulp Stories #21

Featuring:  "The Pit of the Serpent"
http://howardworks.com/WindyCityPulpStories21-BlackDogBooks.html



Jim O'Keefe
Jim O'Keefe's Lazy Zine [Distributed in REHUPA #124] 

Featuring:  
"A Man-Eating Jeopard"
"What the Nation Owes to the South"
http://howardworks.com/JimOKeefesLazyZine-REHupa124-JimOKeefe.html


Dark Horse Comics
Conan #48

Featuring:
"The Hand of Nergal"  (Part 2 of 4, graphic adaptation)
To H.P. Lovecraft, ca. June 1931,
"I didn’t take much of a trip after all."  (brief excerpt)  
http://howardworks.com/Conan48-DarkHorse.html




Sunday, August 7, 2022

New at Howard Works


Laertes (Catalán)
Cònan el bàrbar

Featuring:
"Cimmeria" (poem)
"The Frost-Giant's Daughter"
"The Tower of the Elephant"
"The God in the Bowl"
"Rogues in the House"
"Black Colossus"
http://howardworks.com/Conan_el_barbar-Laertes.html



Laertes (Catalán)
Cònan. La cançó de Belit

Featuring:
"Queen of the Black Coast"
"The Vale of Lost Women"
"Iron Shadows in the Moon"
"A Witch Shall be Born"
"Shadows in Zamboula"
http://howardworks.com/Conan-La_canco_de_Belit-Laertes.html




Dennis McHaney
The Bear Creek Omnibus

Featuring:
"Mountain Man"
"Guns of the Mountains"
"The Scalp Hunter"
"A Gent from Bear Creek"  (short story)
"The Road to Bear Creek"
"The Haunted Mountain"
"War on Bear Creek"
"The Feud Buster"
"Cupid from Bear Creek"
"The Riot at Cougar Paw"
"The Apache Mountain War"
"Pilgrims to the Pecos"
"Pistol Politics"
"Evil Deeds at Red Cougar"
"High Horse Rampage"
"No Cowherders Wanted"
"The Conquerin' Hero of the Humbolts"
"Sharp's Gun Serenade"
"Mayhem and Taxes"
"The Peaceful Pilgrim"
"A Elkins Never Surrenders"
"A Elkins Never Surrenders" (early draft)
untitled fragment (. . . throat under his lower jaw, and I had . . .)
"Evil Deeds at Red Cougar (synopsis fragment)
"A Gent from the Pecos"
"Gents on the Lynch"
"The Riot at Bucksnort"
"While Smoke Rolled"
"The Diablos Trail"
"A Man-Eating Jeopard"
"Knife-River Prodigal"
"Ring-tailed Tornado"
"The Curly Wolf of Sawtooth"
"A Gent from Bear Creek"  (novel)  
http://howardworks.com/BearCreekOmnibus-mchaney.html




Barbara Barrett
Betwixt & Between, Oct. 2012 [Distributed in REHUPA #237]

Featuring:
"To a Nameless Woman" (poem)
"Love" (poem)
http://howardworks.com/BetwixtandBetween-Oct2012-REHupa237-BarbaraBarrett.html



Dark Horse Comics
Conan #47

Featuring:
"The Hand of Nergal"  (Part 1 of 4)
To Harold Preece, ca. June 1928,
"Salaam: No, I was not trying to catch flies . . ." (brief excerpt)  
http://howardworks.com/Conan47-DarkHorse.html




Monday, August 1, 2022

Upcoming REH related publications.
Target ship dates as of August 1, 2022
All dates are subject to change.

Date Format: MM/DD/YYYY

Available since last update (07/01/2021)
BÊLIT & VALERIA: SWORDS VS. SORCERY #3 (Ablaze)
KING CONAN #6 (of 6)  (Marvel)

In your future
08/10/2022
CONAN THE KING: THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS VOL. 1  (Marvel)

08/17/2022
KING CONAN CHRONICLES EPIC COLLECTION:PHANTOMS AND PHOENIXES TPB (Marvel)

08/24/2022
BÊLIT & VALERIA: SWORDS VS. SORCERY #4 (Ablaze)
KING CONAN TPB (Marvel)

08/31/2022
THE CIMMERIAN HC VOLUME 04 (Ablaze)

09/07/2022
CONAN THE BARBARIAN: THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS VOL. 8  (Marvel)

09/14/2022
CONAN THE BARBARIAN: THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS VOL. 9 (Marvel)

09/28/2022
BÊLIT & VALERIA: SWORDS VS. SORCERY #5 (Ablaze)
CONAN EPIC COLLECTION:THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS 
   — VENGEANCE IN ASGALUN TPB  (Marvel)
SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN: THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS VOL. 8 (Marvel)

10/5/2022
CONAN ILLUSTRÉ : LA TOUR DE L'ELÉPHANT (Bragelonne)

10/18/2022
CONAN: BLOOD OF THE SERPENT by S. M. Stirling  (Titan)

12/14/2022
CONAN THE BARBARIAN: THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS VOL. 10 (Marvel)

Late 2022/2023
ROBERT E. HOWARD ART CHRONOLOGY (Chenault & Gray)

05/2023
New CONAN comic series (Titan)

08/2023
CONAN THE BARBARIAN: THE OFFICIAL STORY OF THE FILM  (Titan)

To Be Announced
CONAN AND THE LIVING PLAGUE (Titan)
THE ROBERT E. HOWARD COLLECTOR VOLUME TWO (Old Tiger Press)