Spectrum Super Special #2

Introduction

Notes

Edition and production details

6 linked Howard works

• A Song from an Ebony Heartverse
• Always Comes Eveningverse
• Love's Young Dreamverse
• Surrender (2, "Open the window and let me go")verse
• The Guise of Youthverse
• The Sands of Timeverse

56 contents entries

1. The following REH content is from the article "Robert E. Howard vs The Desert of the Real" by Charles Hoffman.
2. Spectrum Super Special #2 ("Celtic Warrior") • (2000) • interior artwork by Barry Windsor-Smith ifc · artwork
3. "Always Comes Evening" [lines 5-8, 10-12] (poem)
4. About This Issue (Spectrum Super Special #2) • essay by Craig Miller 3 · essay
5. "Song from an Ebony Heart" [lines 5-8] (poem)
6. An Interview with Kurt Busiek: Conan's Chronicler! • interior artwork by Kurt Busiek 4 · artwork
7. "The Guise of Youth" [lines 13-20] (poem)
8. An Interview with Kurt Busiek: Conan's Chronicler! • interview of Kurt Busiek • interview by Craig Miller 4
9. "Surrender" [lines 3-4] (2, poem)
10. An Interview with Gary Gianni: Capturing the Primal Barbarian! • interior artwork by Gary Gianni 16 · artwork
11. "The Sands of Time" [lines 11-12] (poem)
12. An Interview with Gary Gianni: Capturing the Primal Barbarian! • interview of Gary Gianni • interview by Craig Miller 16
13. "Love's Young Dream" [lines 21-28] (poem)
14. An Interview with Joseph Michael Linsner: Covering Conan! • interior artwork by Joseph Michael Linsner 26 · artwork
15. excerpt from "The Phoenix on the Sword"
16. An Interview with Joseph Michael Linsner: Covering Conan! • interview of Joseph Michael Linsner • interview by Craig Miller 26
17. excerpt from "The Hour of the Dragon"
18. An Interview with Gary Nord: Getting Out His Vision of Conan! • interior artwork by Gary Nord 30 · artwork
19. excerpts from "Post Oaks and Sand Roughs"
20. An Interview with Gary Nord: Getting Out His Vision of Conan! • interview of Gary Nord • interview by Craig Miller 30
21. excerpt from "Xuthal of the Dusk"
22. An Interview with Mark Schultz: Capturing the Essence of Robert E. Howard's Conan • interior artwork by Mark Schultz 34 · artwork
23. excerpts from a letter to Farnsworth Wright
24. An Interview with Mark Schultz: Capturing the Essence of Robert E. Howard's Conan • interview of Mark Schultz • interview by Craig Miller 34
25. excerpts from three letters to H. P. Lovecraft (January 1932, May/June 1933, March 6, 1933)
26. An Interview with Barry Windsor-Smith: Storyteller Extraordinaire! • interior artwork by Barry Windsor-Smith 50 · artwork
27. excerpt from a letter to Harold Preece (Oct. 20, 1928)
28. An Interview with Barry Windsor-Smith: Storyteller Extraordinaire! • interview of Barry Windsor-Smith • interview by Craig Miller 50
29. excerpt from a letter to Wilfred B. Talman (Sept. 1931)
30. Review of "Conan the Barbarian", directed by John Milius • essay by Craig Miller 80 · review
31. Non-REH Contents
32. Movies: Conan and the Barbarians! (movie stills) • interior artwork by uncredited 80 · artwork
33. Interviews
34. Where Milius Got It Wrong • essay by Charles Hoffman 84 · essay
35. "About this Issue" by Craig Miller [Editorial]
36. Review of "Conan the Destroyer",directed by Richard Fleischer • essay by Craig Miller 84 · review
37. "Kurt Busiek: Conan's Chronicler!" by Craig Miller
38. Review of "Kull the Conqueror", directed by John Nicolella • essay by Craig Miller 87 · review
39. "Gary Gianni : Capturing the Primal Barbarian" by Craig Miller
40. Review of "Red Sonja", directed by Richard Fleischer • essay by Craig Miller 89 · review
41. "Joseph Michael Linsner: Covering Conan" by Craig Miller
42. Review of "The Whole Wide World", directed by Dan Ireland • essay by Craig Miller 90 · review
43. "Cary Nord: Getting Out his Vision of Conan" by Craig Miller
44. Robert E. Howard vs. the Desert of the Real • essay by Charles Hoffman 96 · essay
45. "Mark Schultz : Capturing the Essence of Robert E. Howard's Conan" by Craig Miller
46. Spectrum Super Special #2 ("Purple Nails") • (2000) • interior artwork by Barry Windsor-Smith bc · artwork
47. "Barry Windsor-Smith: Storyteller Extraordinaire! " by Craig Miller
48. Movies
49. Conan the Barbarian [Article]
50. Conan the Destroyer [Article]
51. Kull the Conqueror [Article]
52. Red Sonja [Article]
53. The Whole Wide World [Article]
54. Essays
55. "Where Milius Got it Wrong" by Charles Hoffman
56. "Robert E. Howard vs The Desert of the Real" by Charles Hoffman

Contributors

Photograph (Front) Barry Windsor-Smith (Back)

Cover artist

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