Periodical or fanzine from early 1975 containing Robert E. Howards ‘The Devil’s Joker’ and several letters. This is the first appearance of ‘The Devil’s Joker’.
Contents
- 3 • Editorial (Cross Plains V1n6) • essay by Wayne Warfield
- 5 • The Devil’s Joker • [The Sonora Kid] • short story by Robert E. Howard
- 7 • The Devil’s Joker • interior artwork by Stephen Fabian [as by Stephen E. Fabian]
- 14 • Solomon Kane in the Black Forest • essay by Fred Blosser
- 17 • Kull the King • interior artwork by G. Shaheen
- 18 • Letter to Harold Preece, postmarked January 4, 1930 (“Yes, we fade from youth swiftly… “) • [Letters to Harold Preece] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of To Harold Preece, postmarked January 4, 1930 (“Yes, we fade from youth swiftly…”))
- 24 • Letter: Robert E. Howard to Farnsworth Wright, circa 1931 (“In your last letter you asked me…”) • [Letters to Farnsworth Wright] • essay by Robert E. Howard
- 26 • Cross Plains V1n6 • interior artwork by Stephen Fabian [as by Stephen E. Fabian]
- 27 • Letter to E. Hoffmann Price, February 15, 1936 (“Dear Ed, / I’ve eventually found time…”) • (1945) • essay by Robert E. Howard
- 30 • Cross Plains V1n6 [2] • interior artwork by Stephen Fabian [as by Stephen E. Fabian]
- 31 • Still There • poem by Steve Eng [as by John Bredon]
- 32 • Cross Plains V1n6 • interior artwork by John Stewart [as by J. Stewart]
- 33 • The Hyborian Cult (Cross Plains V1n6) • essay by Wayne Warfield
- 33 • Letter (Cross Plains V1n6) • essay by James A. Cox
- 35 • Letter (Cross Plains V1n6) • [Letters: L. Sprague de Camp] • essay by L. Sprague de Camp
- 37 • Letter (Cross Plains V1n6) • essay by John Stewart
- 40 • Cross Plains V1n6 [2] • interior artwork by John Stewart [as by J. Stewart]
- 41 • Whispers from Cross Plains (Cross Plains V1n6) • essay by uncredited
- bc • Cross Plains V1n6 • interior artwork by Rick Roe
| Publisher : | George Hamilton |
| Year : | February/March 1975 |
| Type: | Periodical |
| Format : | 8.5 x 7, saddle stapled |
| Pages : | 44 |
| Cover : | Stephen E. Fabian |
| Illustrations : | G. Shaheen, Stephen E. Fabian, John Stewart, Rick Roe |
Notes
Saddle stapled, wraps. Page numbers do not include covers.
First page (ToC) mislabeled page 2 instead of page 1; second page is blank without a page number.
Color mailing sheet stapled to the outside with the front cover illustration on it.
“The Hyborian Cult” is letters to the editor.
“Whispers from Cross Plains” is a list of recent publications of interest to fans of Robert E. Howard.
