Ariel was a fantasy magazine published by Morning Star Press, later Ariel Books, and Ballantine Books. There is a six page preview of the upcoming novel adaptation of THE VALLEY OF THE WORM. Article about Frank Frazetta. Two Howard poems, “The Symbol” and “A Crown for a King”. Also features “Conan the Existential”, an essay by Charles Hoffman (a variant of Conan the Existentialist from 1974).

Contents

• 1 •  Ariel #1 • interior artwork by Arnold
• 1 •  Ariel #1 • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 1 •  Ariel #1 • interior artwork by Richard Corben
• 3 •  Ariel #1 • interior artwork by Burne Hogarth
• 6 • A Hero Lives in Brooklyn • essay by Peter Jackson
• 11 • Frazetta Interview (Part I) • interview of Frank Frazetta • interview by Armand Eisen
• 22 • On Frazetta’s Art • essay by Margaret Wilson-Cline
• 22 •  On Frazetta’s Art • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 26 •  On Frazetta’s Art • interior artwork by Charles Robinson
• 27 • Sister Act • short story by Paul Darcy Boles [as by Paul Boles]
• 28 •  Sister Act • interior artwork by Margaret Wilson-Cline
• 32 • The Symbol • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 33 •  Den • (1973) • interior artwork by Richard Corben
• 49 • A Crown for a King • [Voices of the Night • 5] • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 50 • Those Fantastic Titles • essay by Charles Wooley
• 54 • The Fiend Within • short story by John Pocsik
• 54 •  The Fiend Within • interior artwork by Arnold
• 60 • Hogarth’s Last Tarzan • interview of Burne Hogarth • interview by Thomas Durwood
• 60 •  Hogarth’s Last Tarzan • interior artwork by Burne Hogarth
• 66 • Will the Real Bruce Wayne Please Stand Up? • essay by Tappan King
• 67 • Will the Real Bruce Wayne Please Stand Up? • short fiction by Neal Adams and Carmine Infantino and Bob Kane
• 71 •  Bloodstar (An Excerpt) • interior artwork by Richard Corben
• 77 • Conan the Existential • essay by Charles Hoffman (variant of Conan the Existentialist 1974)
• 77 •  Conan the Existential • interior artwork by Barry Windsor-Smith [as by Barry Smith]
• bc •  Ariel #1 • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta (variant of cover art for Conan of Cimmeria 1969)

Notes

Editor : Thomas Durwood