A vintage fanzine featuring a text story by Robert E. Howard, titled “The Black Hound of Death,” accompanied by illustrations from Stephen Fabian. It contains Howard’s story “Black Hound of Death” and the cover art is by Roy Krenkel.
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Mar
Mar
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Oct
Oct
Amazing Science Fiction Stories Volume 58 Number 5 (Whole #520). Contains “Buccaneer Treasure”, a poem by Robert E. Howard. Illustrated by Roy G. Krenkel.
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Apr
Apr
A collection of Howard’s spicy adventures from 1983.
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Dec
Dec
The Sphere edition from 1977. The Sowers of the Thunder is a historical fiction short story by American writer Robert E. Howard, originally published in Oriental Stories, Winter 1932. It takes place in Outremer (the Crusader states) in the time of General Baibars and deals with the General’s friendly/adversarial relationship with Cahal Ruadh O’Donnell, an Irish Crusader with a troubled past cut in the Howardian mold. Both the Siege of Jerusalem (1244) and the Battle of La Forbie feature in the plot.
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Dec
Dec
The Zebra edition. The Sowers of the Thunder is a historical fiction short story by American writer Robert E. Howard, originally published in Oriental Stories, Winter 1932. It takes place in Outremer (the Crusader states) in the time of General Baibars and deals with the General’s friendly/adversarial relationship with Cahal Ruadh O’Donnell, an Irish Crusader with a troubled past cut in the Howardian mold. Both the Siege of Jerusalem (1244) and the Battle of La Forbie feature in the plot.
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Nov
Nov
This book is a collection of articles about the early history of the art and the illustrators who made the works of Robert E. Howard come to life. Contents include: A heavily illustrated article on some of the best artists who worked for Weird Tales by Frank Coffman. A look at Roy G. Krenkel’s work for Donald M. Grant by Dennis McHaney. A reference guide to Roy G. Krenkel’s work for Amra by Dennis McHaney. A look at Frank Frazetta’s work on The Ultimate Triumph by Robert E. Howard. A Tribute to Jeffrey Catherine Jones by Bill Cavalier. An overview of Stephen E. Fabian’s work for the works of Robert E. Howard by Damon Sasser.
An overview of Stephen E. Fabian’s work for the works of Robert E. Howard by Damon Sasser.
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Oct
Oct
A fanzine or periodical edited by Jonathan Bacon from 1975. Issue 4 and 5 contains the story ‘Man with the Mystery Mitts’, ‘War to the Blind’ (poem), ‘The Abbey’ (fragment) and ‘The Day Breaks Over Simla’ (poem)
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Jul
Jul
Collects tales about King Kull. Lin Carter edited ‘The Striking Gong’. He also “completed” two stories (se contents). Cover art by Roy G. Krenkel.
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Jul
Jul
The Miscast Barbarian: a Biography of Robert E. Howard is a biography by science-fiction writer L. Sprague de Camp, first published in hardcover and trade paperback in 1975 by Gerry de la Ree.
The book is an expansion of de Camp’s article “The Miscast Barbarian”, which appeared in the magazine Fantastic in June, 1971. Later, in collaboration with Catherine Crook de Camp and Jane Whittington Griffin, he expanded the text again, into Dark Valley Destiny: the Life of Robert E. Howard (1983), the first major independent biography of Howard.
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Most of the articles are reprinted from issues of the Robert E. Howard United Press Association (REHUPA). Many are revised and expanded.
Other articles are from THE PULP COLLECTOR #18, STARLOG #238, CINEFANTASTIQUE (Jan 1997), and ROBERT E. HOWARD’S BLOOD & THUNDER #1.
Profusely illustrated by Virgil Finlay, Steve Fabian, Richard Corben, Roy G. Krenkel, Allen Koszowski, Hugh Rankin, Ray Capella, Rick McCollum, Jayem Wilcox, Lee Brown Coye, Ned Dameron, Ron Wilber, David Burton, T.J. Glenn, Jim Cawthorn, and original pulp illustrations by various artists.