Edited by Mark Hall. The Dark Man V3N1. Contains several drafts of ‘The Isle of Eons’.
The Dark Man: Journal of Robert E. Howard and Pulp Studies is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal devoted to the academic study of Robert E. Howard’s literary legacy as well as the literary historical and print culture contexts associated with it. The journal seeks to publish full-length articles, brief critical notes and commentaries, bibliographies, reviews of books, and other scholarship that treats Howard’s life, time, literary work, and associated topics such as Weird Tales, H.P. Lovecraft, and the concept of a transhistorical pulp fiction aesthetic.
Contents
- 2 • Introduction (The Dark Man V3n1) • essay by Mark Hall
- 3 • The Mysterious Isle • essay by Patrice Louinet
- 22 • The Isle of the Eons, Draft a1 — circa July 1925 • novelette by Robert E. Howard
- 41 • The Isle of the Eons, Outline — circa April 1926 • short fiction by Robert E. Howard
- 43 • The Isle of the Eons, Draft a2 — circa April or May 1926 • short story by Robert E. Howard
- 55 • The Isle of the Eons, Draft a3 — circa spring 1928 • short story by Robert E. Howard
- 69 • The Isle of the Eons, Draft b1 — circa second half of 1929 • novelette by Robert E. Howard
- 91 • The Isle of the Eons, Draft b2 — circa second half of 1929 • short story by Robert E. Howard
- 100 • Tallyho! • short story by Robert E. Howard
Notes
Perfect bound, wraps. Page numbers do not include covers.
Publication month and cover artist from Howard Works website.
Price from Primary verifier’s records.
Errata sheet laid in.
ISSN 1537-0496.
