Sunday, December 29, 2019

New at Howard Works

Newton Compton Editori / Compagnia del Fantastico (Italian) 
I veggenti neri (1995)
Featuring: "The People of the Black Circle"
http://howardworks.com/I_veggenti_neri-Newton_Compton.html


Newton Compton Editori (Italian) 
I veggenti neri (2012 & 2018)
Featuring: "The People of the Black Circle"
http://howardworks.com/I_veggenti_neri-Newton_Compton-2012-2018.html


Thanks to Rusty Burke and REHupa for the scans and information.

Rusty Burke
Seanchai #71 [Distributed in REHupa #120]
Featuring:  "Red Thunder"  (poem)
http://howardworks.com/Seanchai71-REHupa120-RustyBurke.html




Marvel Comics
True Believers: Conan Serpent War #0
Featuring:   "The Valley of the Worm"
http://howardworks.com/TrueBelievers-ConanSerpentWar0-Marvel.html



Updated at Howard Works

Thanks to Bob Lumpkin for supplying the image of the red ink edition.
This page was updated to add the image of the red ink edition.
At this time, I have no explanation for the editions featuring two different colors of ink.
The Glenn Lord and John Melvile editions also feature red ink.

Charles Garvin
Candles
Featuring:  "Candles" (poem)
http://howardworks.com/Candles-CharlesGarvin-1979.html



Sunday, December 22, 2019

The Best Robert E. Howard Christmas Ghost Story 
by Bobby Derie

New post at the On An Underwood No. 5 blog.
https://onanunderwood5.blogspot.com/2019/12/the-best-robert-e-howard-christmas.html




New at Howard Works

Glénat (French)
Conan le Cimmérien: Le Peuple du cercle noir
Featuring:  "The People of the Black Circle"
http://howardworks.com/Conan_le_Cimmerien-Le_Peuple_du_cercle_noir-Glenat.html



Newton Compton Editori (Italian)  
Gli Indagatori dell'Incubo (Tascabili Economici Newton 91)
Featuring:  "Skulls in the Stars"
http://howardworks.com/Gli_Indagatori_dell_Incubo-Newton_Compton.html


Thanks to Rusty Burke and REHupa for the scans and info.

Rusty Burke
Seanchai #64 (Distributed in REHupa #112)
Featuring:
To Robert W. Gordon, April 9, 1926,
   "I must really ask your pardon, having . . ."
To Robert W. Gordon, March 17, 1927,
  "This time I have an excuse for not having . . ."
To Robert W. Gordon, May 14, 1928,
   "Many thanks for the letter, also the paper."
http://howardworks.com/Seanchai64-REHupa112-RustyBurke.html



Marvel Comics
The Savage Sword of Conan Volume 1 Number 25
Featuring:  "Jewels of Gwahlur"
http://howardworks.com/SavageSwordofConanV1N25-Marvel.html



Thursday, December 19, 2019

Marvel Comics January REH Solicitations 
for March 2020 and beyond!

CONAN THE BARBARIAN #14 
Written by Jim Zub
Art by Roge Antonio
Cover by E.M. Gist
Variant Cover by Tommy Lee Edwards

THE DEADLY TRAP IS SPRUNG AS “INTO THE CRUCIBLE” CONTINUES!
• CONAN, equipped with only his strength and wits, must survive the deadly traps of the Great Crucible!
• With a cadre of contestants against him, and only a local boy named DELIAN to translate, can anyone or any THING be trusted?!
• Who is really playing who…?

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale March 18.


CONAN: BATTLE FOR THE SERPENT CROWN #2 (OF 5) 
Saladin Ahmed (Writer) • Luke Ross (Art)
Cover by Mahmud Asrar
Variant Cover by Ben Caldwell
Variant Cover by Tony Daniel
Variant Cover by John  Tyler Christopher

THIEVES IN THE NIGHT!
• CONAN has reached his treasure…only to find the BLACK CAT has beaten him to his prize!
• It’s a cat-eat-cat world as one thief has to outrace another on the trail of the mystical Atlantean artifact!
• Plus: MEPHISTO’S sinister scheme could spell dire consequences for both!

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



DARK AGNES #2 (OF 5) 
Becky Cloonan (Writer) • Luca Pizzari (Art)
Cover by Stephanie Hans
Variant Cover by Jay Anacleto

ROBERT E. HOWARD’S SWORDSWOMAN IN HER FIRST SOLO COMIC SERIES!

MAYHEM, A MASKED BALL, AND MURDER MOST FOUL!
AGNES and ETIENNE enter the lair of the beast—sneaking into the palace of DUKE D’ALENCON, even as his agents hunt for them!
But when a murder victim turns up in the court, will they escape notice or be drawn deeper into the labyrinth of disaster forming around them?
All this and the return of a ghost from Agnes’ past!

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


SAVAGE AVENGERS #11 (Featuring Conan) 
Gerry Duggan (Writer) • Butch Guice (Art)
Cover by Valerio Giangiordano

The Quest to Kill Kulan Gath Part 3
The horrific secret of Kulan Gath’s power is revealed. Steel yourself,  True Believers, this one is a bummer for the ages. Plus, Dr. Strange & Elektra did what last night?

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


CONAN: THE BOOK OF THOTH AND OTHER STORIES TPB
Written by Kurt Busiek, Len Wein & Stuart Moore
Penciled by Kelley Jones & Gabriel Guzman
Cover by Kelley Jones

The horrifying origin of Conan the Barbarian’s greatest adversary! In the dank alleys of a decaying city, one beggar boy conjures visions of a future where the rich cower in fear of his terrible power! Witness the dreaded sorcerer Thoth-Amon’s rise from the squalor of the streets through the priestly ranks of Ibis to the heights of evil! Plus: A look back into the past of the barbarian! As warlord Khalar Zym sets out on a quest to find the mythical Mask of Acheron — an ancient artifact that will bring his beloved back to life — he thinks nothing of destroying a village in northern Cimmeria. But one boy born of battle survives Zym’s attack — and years later, their paths are destined to cross once more!

Collecting CONAN: BOOK OF THOTH #1-4 and CONAN THE BARBARIAN: THE MASK OF ACHERON.

Full Color, 232 pages, $24.99, On sale April 1.

CONAN: SERPENT WAR TPB 
Written by Jim Zub
Penciled by Scot Eaton, Stephen Segovia, Vanesa R. Del Rey, Ig Guara & Luca Pizzari
Cover by Carlos Pacheco

A Conan event for the ages! The man named James Allison will die soon. It’s not his first death. James has lived many lives, across many eras — lives he can recall in vivid detail. But when a mysterious force reaches across time to engage his abilities to save all of reality, an era-spanning quest begins! The serpent god Set plans to usher in an eternity of darkness, and only four chosen warriors across time and space have a hope of stopping him: Conan the Barbarian, Solomon Kane, Dark Agnes…and the man known as Moon Knight! But where Marc Spector goes, will his own ancient deity — Khonshu — be far behind? In an unprecedented comics event, Robert E. Howard’s celebrated characters join forces alongside one of Marvel’s most fascinating heroes in a saga built on lore from across time itself!

Collecting Conan: Serpent War (2019) 1-4, Supernatural Thrillers (1972) 3.

Full Color, 128 pages, $15.99, On sale April 22.


CONAN THE BARBARIAN: 
THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS VOL. 4 HC 
Written by Roy Thomas with Ed Summer
Penciled by John Buscema with Tony DeZuniga, Ernie Chan, Sal Buscema & Gil Kane
Cover by Valerio Giangiordano
Cover by John Buscema (Direct Market only)

Roy Thomas’ decade-long original run on CONAN THE BARBARIAN ranks as one of the greatest in comic book history, and it was crucial in making Conan an icon known the world over! In this action-packed Omnibus, Roy and artistic collaborator John Buscema bring the saga of Bêlit and her quest for the crown of Asgulun to a conclusion. It’s a tale that will forever change Conan’s life — and the adventures that follow feature a more savage Conan, fiercer than ever and truly unbound! Plus: Thrilling sequels to The Hour of the Dragon, an offbeat What If? tale that places Conan in the middle of modern-day New York City and a massive trove of original art, essays and behind-the-scenes material!

Collecting CONAN THE BARBARIAN (1970) #84-115 and ANNUAL #4-6 and WHAT IF? (1977) #13.

Full Color, 880 pages, $125.00, On sale July 15.


SOLOMON KANE: THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS HC 
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
NEW Cover by TBA
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 was a comic book sensation! Now Kane’s complete, classic Marvel adventures are collected in one jaw-dropping Omnibus volume! Featuring adaptations of Howard’s formative tales and new chapters by such scribes as Roy Thomas and Ralph Macchio — 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, On sale June 24.


Wednesday, December 18, 2019

CONAN: SERPENT WAR #2 
Now available!  

Jim Zub (Writer)
Stephen Segovia (Art)
Carlos Pacheco (Cover)
Luke Ross (Variant Cover)

JAMES ALLISON will soon die. But it's not his first death. He's lived many lives, in many places - lives he can recall in vivid detail. But when an Elder God called the WYRM reaches across time to James, an ages-spanning quest begins! The serpent god SET plans to usher in an eternity of darkness, and only the chosen warriors across time and space have a hope of stopping him: CONAN THE BARBARIAN, SOLOMON KANE, DARK AGNES, and the man known as MOON KNIGHT!

In an unprecedented comics event, Robert E. Howard's characters join forces along with Marvel's Moon Knight, in an all-new saga built on REH and Marvel lore from across the ages!

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99


Sunday, December 15, 2019

New at Howard Works

Newton Compton Editori / Compagnia del Fantastico (Italian)  
I figli di Asshur (1994)
Featuring:
"The Footfalls Within"
"The Hills of the Dead"
"The Children of Asshur"
"The Castle of the Devil"
http://howardworks.com/I_figli_di_Asshur-Newton_Compton.html


Newton Compton Editori (Italian)  
I figli di Asshur (2012 & 2018)
Featuring:
"The Footfalls Within"
"The Hills of the Dead"
"The Children of Asshur"
"The Castle of the Devil"
http://howardworks.com/I_figli_di_Asshur-Newton_Compton-2012-2018.html



Thanks to Rusty Burke and REHupa for the info and scans.

Rusty Burke
Seanchai #60 (distributed in REHupa #108)
Featuring:
To Robert W. Gordon, February 4, 1925,
"I am sending you a few songs . . ."
To Robert W. Gordon, February 15, 1926,
"I was delighted to receive your letter . . ."
To Robert W. Gordon, January 2, 1927,
"Upon seeing a request of yours in a late . . ."
http://howardworks.com/Seanchai60-REHupa108-RustyBurke.html



Marvel Comics
The Savage Sword of Conan Volume 1 Number 24
Featuring:
"The Tower of the Elephant"
"Cimmeria" (poem)
http://howardworks.com/SavageSwordofConanV1N24-Marvel.html




Friday, December 13, 2019