REH: Two-Gun Raconteur #15 from 2011. Contains ‘Sailor Costigan and the Yellow Cobra’ by Howard, illustrated by Clayton Hinkle. Also the poem ‘Miser’s Gold’. An portfolio of Howard’s heroes of the historicals by Nathan Furman and several articles.

In the mid-1970s, when the Robert E. Howard Boom was just beginning, REH: Two-Gun Raconteur was on the cutting edge of Howard Fandom. During those heady days there was a continuous stream of hardback books, paperbacks, magazines, comics, chapbooks, fanzines, art portfolios and one-shot publications all devoted to the gifted author and poet from Cross Plains, Texas. When the Boom eventually faded out in the late eighties, the fans and admirers of Robert E. Howard still carried the torch, waiting for a time when Howard would return and that time has come. While not on as grand a scale as the earlier boom, it is nonetheless a great time to be a Howard fan.

Each issue features an outstanding line-up of obscure Robert E. Howard fiction, insightful essays and in-depth articles by award winning Howard scholars, plus first-rate artwork by up and coming young artists as well as established favorites.

So, if you are an aficionado of the works of the world’s greatest fantasy and adventure writer, you will find the spirit of Robert E. Howard lives on, bringing fire and thunder to the pages of REH: Two-Gun Raconteur.

Contents

• ifc •  REH: Two-Gun Raconteur #15 • interior artwork by Terry Pavlet
• ibc •  REH: Two-Gun Raconteur #15 • interior artwork by Terry Pavlet
• 2 • The Junto (REH: Two-Gun Raconteur #15) • essay by uncredited
• 3 • The Dark Lines: A Whole Lot of Howard History • essay by Damon C. Sasser
• 4 • Sailor Costigan and the Yellow Cobra • (1974) • short story by Robert E. Howard (variant of The Yellow Cobra)
• 4 •  Sailor Costigan and the Yellow Cobra [1] • interior artwork by Clayton Hinkle
• 9 •  Sailor Costigan and the Yellow Cobra [2] • interior artwork by Clayton Hinkle
• 12 • Atali, the Lady of Frozen Death • essay by Brian Leno
• 12 •  Atali, the Lady of Frozen Death • interior artwork by Petri Hiltunen
• 18 •  REH: Two-Gun Raconteur #15 • interior artwork by uncredited
• 19 • Behind the Phenomenon • essay by Paul M. Sammon
• 23 •  Behind the Phenomenon • interior artwork by John Lucas
• 28 •  Robert E. Howard’s Heroes of the Historicals: A Portfolio • interior artwork by Nathan Furman
• 33 • Top-Notch, Street & Smith and F. Orlin Tremaine • essay by Morgan Holmes
• 35 • Arrested Development: The Fanzines of Arnie Fenner & Byron Roark • essay by Lee A. Breakiron
• 39 •  Arrested Development: The Fanzines of Arnie Fenner & Byron Roark • interior artwork by Alan Weiss
• 45 •  REH: Two-Gun Raconteur #15 • interior artwork by uncredited
• 46 • Gouged Eyes and Chawed Ears • essay by Jeffrey Shanks
• 46 •  Gouged Eyes and Chawed Ears • interior artwork by Robert Sankner
• 52 •  REH: Two-Gun Raconteur #15 • interior artwork by uncredited
• 53 • Walk on the Wildside: A Brace of Reviews • essay by Don Herron
• 58 •  REH: Two-Gun Raconteur #15 • interior artwork by uncredited
• 59 • Miser’s Gold • (1976) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 59 •  Miser’s Gold • interior artwork by David Huston
• bc •  REH: Two-Gun Raconteur #15 (Joan La Tour) • interior artwork by Jeff Stewart

Notes

Volume 1, number 15.
Saddle stapled, wraps. Page numbers do not include wraps.
Print run of 200 numbered and signed copies.
Front cover illustration titled, “Barn Mak Morn, King of the Picts”.
“The Junto” is a list of contributors.
“The Dark Lines” is an editorial.
The interior art for “Arrested Development” was taken from the “Wings of the Night Portfolio” in “REH: Lone Star Fictioneer #3”.
Laid in postcard postmarked June 18, 2011 from Cross Plains, TX. Picture identical to cover illustration on this publication.

Editor and publisher: Damon C. Sasser