The third issue of a fanzine/periodical edited by Jonathan Bacon. From May 1975. This first issue contains two poems, a letter to Harold Preece and a letter to Novalyne Price. It also contains the story THE GOOD KNIGHT.
Both of the letters can be found in THE COLLECTED LETTERS OF ROBERT E. HOWARD. They are Letter #093 in Volume 1 (Preece’s) and Letter #320 (Novalyne’s) in Volume 3.
The second issue of a fanzine/periodical edited by Jonathan Bacon. From February 1975. This first issue contains several poems and two letters to Harold Preece. It also contains the stories THE CURSE OF THE GOLDEN SKULL and DRUMS OF THE SUNSET.
A fanzine or periodical edited by Jonathan Bacon from March 1977. Issue 10/11 Contains the first apperance of GENSERIC’S FIFT BORN SON (see notes).. Front cover by Jim Fitzpatrick, back cover by Frank Frazetta.
A fanzine or periodical edited by Jonathan Bacon. This special edition from January 1976 contains the poem VISIONS, the first apperance of the story FISTS OF THE REVOLUTION and MORE EVIDENCE OF THE INNATE DIVINITY OF A MAN. Also an interesting review by Harold Preece about L. Sprague de Camps “The Miscast Barbarian”.
Glenn Lord published some REH collections on his own, such as the periodical The Howard Collector #1–19. In The Howard Collector, from 1961 to 1973, Lord featured previously unpublished (or very rare) pieces by Howard, letters by REH and those who knew him, indices of poems and stories, reprints of articles related to Howard, and news about upcoming publications and other events.
This is the number 13 from autumn 1970.
A fanzine or periodical edited by Jonathan Bacon from 1977. Issue 12 contains nothing directly by Howard but a round-robin tale based upon a Robert E. Howard fragment. The cover pictures Conan even though it looks more like Tarzan.
An index to the three-volume The Collected Letters (first editions) of Robert E. Howard. Compiled by Bobby Derie, author of Sex and the Cthulhu Mythos, with a foreword and annotations by Howard scholar Jeffrey Shanks, this important reference work provides a much-needed tool for researchers studying the correspondence of the father of sword and sorcery and the creator of Conan the Cimmerian. Also, included are seventeen letters by Howard newly discovered since the publication of The Collected Letters, including several drafts of letters to H. P. Lovecraft. This index is a must-have for fans and scholars wishing to explore the fascinating epistolary corpus of one of the greatest fantasy adventure writers of the 20th century.
Contains a collection of the best material from the eighteen issues of the Howard Collector by Glenn Lord.
The Conan Swordbook is a 1969 collection of essays edited by L. Sprague de Camp and George H. Scithers, published in hardcover by Mirage Press. The essays were originally published as articles in Scithers’ fanzine Amra. The book is a companion to Mirage’s other two volumes of material from Amra, The Conan Reader (1968) and The Conan Grimoire (1972). Most of the material in the three volumes, together with some additional material, was later reprinted in two de Camp-edited paperback anthologies from Ace Books; The Blade of Conan (1979) and The Spell of Conan (1980).
Articles include a lengthy interview with Jim & Ruth Keegan, the writers and artists of THE ADVENTURES OF TWO-GUN BOB, the Robert E. Howard bio-strip which appears in each issue of the Dark Horse CONAN comic book.
There is also an article on the Conan story “The Scarlet Citadel.” Plus a 1938 article by Henry Kuttner “Selling The Fantasy Story.” Also presented is an 8 page letter by Harold Preece about a Robert E. Howard biography he planned to write. Also included is an article on MODERN ROBERT E. HOWARD FANDOM and the new fanzines currently available, a 1940s article on Robert E. Howard from the old fanzine THE FANSCIENT, and a 1940s review of the Arkham edition of SKULLFACE & OTHERS from a British science fiction fanzine, FANTASY REVIEW. There is also first in a series of articles on Sword & Sorcery in comics (this installment on the 1960s Warren magazines which featured Reed Crandall, Steve Ditko, Gray Morrow, Frank Frazetta and Jeff Jones), and much more!
