Street & Smith’s Top-Notch Volume 96 Number 6, June 1935. Contains the first publication of HAWK OF THE HILLS, Featuring El Borak.
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Street & Smith’s Top-Notch Volume 95 Number 6, December 1934. Contains the first publication of THE DAUGHTER OF ERLIK-KHAN, Featuring El Borak.
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Street & Smith’s Top-Notch Volume 95 Number 4, October 1934. Contains the first publication of SWORDS OF SHAHRAZAR. This is a direct sequel to THE TREASURES OF TARTARY.
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Howard’s first appearance in Thrilling Mystery was in the February 1936 issue. The story was GRAVEYARD RATS, a mystery/detective adventure, featuring Steve Harrison.
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Howard sold two stories to Thrilling Adventures. This issue contains ‘The Treasure of Tartary’. It was originally titled Gold From Tartary. It was received by Howard’s agent on 15 November 1933 and Howard earned $42.50 for its publication.
Kirby O’Donnell is a fictional character created by Robert E. Howard. He is an American treasure hunter in early-twentieth century Afghanistan disguised as a Kurdish merchant, “Ali el Ghazi”. Howard only wrote three stories about O’Donnell, one of which was not published within his lifetime.
O’Donnell searches the forbidden city of Shahrazar, ruled by the Uzbek Shaibar Khan, for the lost treasure of Khuwarezm (which, legend states, was hidden to protect it from Genghis Khan).
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Super-Detective Stories Volume 1 Number 3, May 1934. Contains NAMES IN THE BLACK BOOK, featuring Steve Harrison.
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Stirring Science Stories Volume 1 Number 1 from February 1941. Contains the poem ALWAYS COMES EVENING.
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Star Western Volume 9 Number 4, September 1936. Contains the first publication of THE CURLY WOLF OF SAWTOOTH, featuring Bearfield Elston.
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Street & Smith’s Sport Story Magazine Volume 33 Number 6 from December 25, 1931. Contains the first publication of THE GOOD KNIGHT, featuring Kid Allison.
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Street & Smith’s Sport Story Magazine Volume 33 Number 2 from October 25, 1931. Contains the first publication of MAN WITH THE MYSTERY MITTS, featuring Kid Allison.