Sword & Fantasy #12
Publication date: September 2016
Introduction
Features include an article on Frank Frazetta, 1945 Harper's review of H.P. Lovecraft, covers of foreign HPL books, old article on Clark Ashton Smith, index to STRANGE DETECTIVE STORIES, E. Hoffman Price tribute to Edmond Hamilton, an interview with the late Nils Hardin (publisher of XENOPHILE), a long article on comic books and horror by James Van Hise, previously unpublished fantasy art by Eduardo Barreto, article on artist Mahlon Fawcett who died in 2015, and more.
Notes
Edited by James Van Hise
A facsimile reprint from its original appearance in THE PHANTAGRAPH, August 1940.
Side-stapled, covers.
INTERIORART is not credited, although some is signed. Not all signatures are readable.
Cover art credited on the copyright page.
Edition and production details
- Language
- English
- Edition format
- Quarto (8.5" x 11" magazine)
- Publication date
- September 2016
- Pages
- 76
- Publisher / imprint
- James Van Hise
- Cover art
- Mahlon L. Fawcett
- Illustrations
- See above
- Media details
- Fanzine
1 linked Howard work
- Song at Midnight verse Poetry Publications
76 contents entries
- "Song at Midnight" (poem)
- Sword & Fantasy #12 • interior artwork by Eduardo Barreto ifc · artwork
- Non-REH Contents
- Sword & Fantasy #12 [3] • interior artwork by Eduardo Barreto ibc · artwork
- "Editorial" by James Van Hise
- Sword & Fantasy #12 • (2005) • interior artwork by Rick McCollum (variant of Sword & Fantasy #2) 1 · artwork
- "Tribute to an Unknown Artist" by James Van Hise
- Untitled editorial (Sword & Fantasy #12) • essay by James Van Hise 2 · editorial
- "Looking Backward: A Visit with Frank Frazetta" by Peter Heck
- Song at Midnight • (1940) • poem by Robert E. Howard 3 · poem
- "Demons, Warriors, Babes and Frank" by Alan G. Artner
- "There's a monster under the bed..." • interior artwork by uncredited 4 · artwork
- "The New Yorker reviews H.P. Lovecraft"
- Tribute to an Unknown Artist • essay by James Van Hise 5 · essay
- "An Introduction to the Cthulhu Mythos" by J. Vernon Shea
- Expedition to the Earth's Core • interior artwork by Mahlon Fawcett 6 · artwork
- "H. P. Lovecraft 1890-1937" by George Kuchar
- Doc Savage • interior artwork by Mahlon Fawcett 7 · artwork
- "Folio of Foreign Editions of Lovecraft"
- Looking Backward: A Visit with Frank Frazetta • essay by Peter Heck 8 · essay
- "Comic Strips and Horror" by James Van Hise
- Looking Backward: A Visit with Frank Frazetta • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta (variant of Flying Alligator 1985) 8 · artwork
- "The Short Stories of Clark Ashton Smith" by Eldred Smith
- Cover for Frank Frazetta Book Five • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta (variant of cover art for Frank Frazetta, Book Five 1985) 8 · artwork
- "STRANGE DETECTIVE STORIES index" by Glenn Lord
- Cover for the Chicago Tribune Magazine • (1978) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta (variant of cover art for Conan the Conqueror 1967) 9 · artwork
- "An Index of Selected fantasy from the Later Years of TOP NOTCH MAGAZINE" by Darrell Richardson
- Demons, Warriors, Babes, and Frank • (1978) • essay by uncredited 10 · essay
- "Edmond Hamilton in Memorium" by E. Hoffmann Price
- The Destroyer • (1976) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta (variant of cover art for Hoe Ver Is Dunn? 1984) 10 · artwork
- "WEIRD TALES: Love at a Distance" by Fritz Leiber
- Madame Derringer • (1974) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta 11 · artwork
- "Vintage Sleaze Pulps" by Martin Williams
- Frank Frazetta • interior artwork by uncredited 12 · artwork
- "Fans of Lin Carter Unite! Both of You!" by James Van Hise
- The New Yorker Reviews H. P. Lovecraft • essay by Edmund Wilson 13 · essay
- "An Interview with Nils Hardin" by James Van Hise
- New Yorker cartoon • interior artwork by uncredited 13 · artwork
- An Introduction to the Cthulhu Mythos • essay by J. Vernon Shea 16 · introduction
- An Introduction to the Cthulhu Mythos • interior artwork by uncredited 16 · artwork
- H. P. Lovecraft 1890-1937 • interior artwork by George Kuchar 18 · artwork
- The Horror in the Museum and Other Tales cover • (1975) • interior artwork by Bob Fowke (variant of cover art for The Horror in the Museum and Other Tales) 19 · artwork
- The Haunter of the Dark and Other Tales of Terror cover • (1974) • interior artwork by uncredited 19 · artwork
- At The Mountains of Madness and Other Novels of Terror cover • (1973) • interior artwork by uncredited 19 · artwork
- Japanese H. P. Lovecraft bookcover • interior artwork by uncredited 20 · artwork
- Japanese H. P. Lovecraft bookcover [2] • interior artwork by uncredited 20 · artwork
- la couleur tombée du ciel cover • interior artwork by uncredited 20 · artwork
- Japanese H. P. Lovecraft bookcover [3] • interior artwork by uncredited 20 · artwork
- Dagon cover • interior artwork by uncredited 20 · artwork
- Japanese H. P. Lovecraft bookcover [4] • interior artwork by uncredited 21 · artwork
- Comic Strips and Horror: The Search for a Happy Medium • essay by James Van Hise 24 · essay
- Comic Strips and Horror: The Search for a Happy Medium • interior artwork by uncredited 24 · artwork
- The Short Stories of Clark Ashton Smith • (1949) • essay by Eldred Smith 37 · essay
- The Short Stories of Clark Ashton Smith • (1949) • interior artwork by uncredited 37 · artwork
- Cover for Alien Culture, April 1949 • interior artwork by D. Bruce Berry 41 · artwork
- Strange Detective Stories Index • essay by Glenn Lord 42 · essay
- Strange Detective Stories Index • interior artwork by uncredited 44 · artwork
- An Index of Selected Fantasy from the Later Years of Top Notch Magazine • essay by Darrell C. Richardson 45 · essay
- An Index of Selected Fantasy from the Later Years of Top Notch Magazine • interior artwork by uncredited 48 · artwork
- Edmond Hamilton: In Memoriam • (1977) • essay by E. Hoffmann Price [as by E. Hoffman Price] 49 · essay
- First page of the story "The Abysmal Invaders" • short fiction by Edmond Hamilton 50 · story
- First page of the story "The Abysmal Invaders" • interior artwork by Hugh Rankin (variant of The Abysmal Invaders 1929) 50 · artwork
- Weird Tales: Love at a Distance • (1977) • essay by Fritz Leiber 53 · essay
- Vintage Sleaze Pulps! • essay by Martin Williams 55 · essay
- Vintage Sleaze Pulps! • interior artwork by uncredited 56 · artwork
- Baby-Sitter Earns Reward: An ad from "Woman's Day" • (1950) • interior artwork by uncredited 57 · artwork
- It's Out! "Out of the Unknown": From "Cavalier Annual" • (1973) • interior artwork by uncredited 58 · artwork
- Famous Fantastic Mysteries • (1940) • interior artwork by Frank R. Paul (variant of The Planet Juggler) 59 · artwork
- Fans of Lin Carter Unite! Both of You! • essay by James Van Hise 60 · essay
- Letter to James van Hise, April 8, 1999 • essay by Norman Brennan 60 · essay
- Letter to Norman Brennan, April 19, 1999 • essay by Rick McCollum 63 · essay
- An Interview with Nils Hardin • (1999) • interview of Nils Hardin • interview by James Van Hise 65
- Pulp Con '76 • interior artwork by Frank Hamilton 66 · artwork
- An Interview with Nils Hardin • interior artwork by B. K. Hamilton 69 · artwork
- Sword & Fantasy #12 [2] • interior artwork by Eduardo Barreto 72 · artwork
- Sword & Fantasy #12 • interior artwork by Mahlon Fawcett (variant of cover art for Sword & Fantasy #12, September 2016) bc · artwork
Contributors
- James Van Hise
- Editor, Essayist
- J. Vernon Shea
- Introduction author
- Mahlon Fawcett
- Cover artist, Illustrator
- Eduardo Barreto
- Cover artist, Illustrator
- Frank Frazetta
- Illustrator
- John Cockropt
- Illustrator
- Frank R. Paul
- Illustrator
- D. Bruce Berry
- Illustrator
- B. K. Hamilton
- Illustrator
- Frank Hamilton
- Illustrator
- R. K. Murphy
- Illustrator
- Mahlon L. Fawcett
- Cover artist
- Peter Heck
- Essayist
- Edmund Wilson
- Essayist
- Eldred Smith
- Essayist
- Glenn Lord
- Essayist
- Darrell C. Richardson
- Essayist
- E. Hoffmann Price
- Essayist
- Fritz Leiber
- Essayist
- Martin Williams
- Essayist
- Norman Brennan
- Essayist
- Rick McCollum
- Essayist
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Bibliographic and editorial layers
Bibliographic source layer
- Title
- Sword & Fantasy #12
- Publisher
- James Van Hise
- Date
- September 2016
- Source file
- swordandfantasy12.html
REH World editorial layer
- Title
- Sword & Fantasy #12
- Publisher
- James Van Hise
- Date
- September 2016