The Howard Review
Published by Dennis McHaney
Cover | Title | Summary | Featuring |
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The Ultimate Guide to Howardia 1925 to 1975 | The Ultimate Guide to Howardia 1925-1975 is a 32 page chapbook/fanzine with lists of published and unpublished Howard material. | ||
The Howard Review #10 | The Howard Review #10 – The “Lost Issue”. Published by Dennis McHaney in 2007. Distributed with REHUPA #208. This issue contains mostly letters written to Dennis McHaney and a poem by Robert E. Howard. | ||
The Howard Review #1 | The Howard Review #1. Published by Dennis McHaney in 1975. Contains ‘The Fearsome Touch of Death’ by Howard. | ||
The Howard Review #2 | The Howard Review #2. Published by Dennis McHaney in March 1975. Contains both Howard stories and poems. First apperance of RIDING SONG, SONG BEFORE CLONTARF and THE 3 PERILS OF SAILOR COSTIGAN. | Pike Bearfield, Steve Costigan | |
The Howard Review #3 | The Howard Review #3. Published by Dennis McHaney in 1975. Very tiny chapbook. | ||
The Howard Review #4 | Great chapbook by Dennis McHaney from 1975. Also included is a separate booklet, The Illustrators of R. E. H. / Roy G. Krenkel. |
Action Stories
Cover | Title | Summary | Featuring |
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Action Stories January 1931 | Contains THE TNT PUNCH. Featuring Steve Costigan. This is the first publication. Action Stories Volume 10 Number 5. | Steve Costigan | |
Action Stories June 1931 | Contains THE SIGN OF THE SNAKE, featuring Steve Costigan. This is the first publication. Action Stories Volume 10 Number 10. | Steve Costigan | |
Action Stories October 1931 | Contains BLOW THE CHINKS DOWN, featuring Steve Costigan. This is the first publication. Action Stories Volume 11 Number 2. The original title is THE HOUSE OF PERIL, featuring Mike Dorgan and Bill McGlory. Action stories made the changes to make it into a Costigan story and changed both the title and the names of the characters and the boat. | Steve Costigan | |
Action Stories November 1931 | Contains BREED OF BATTLE, featuring Steve Costigan. This is the first publication. Action Stories Volume 11 Number 3. | Steve Costigan | |
Action Stories January 1932 | Contains DARK SHANGHAI, featuring Steve Costigan. This is the first publication. Action Stories Volume 11 Number 5. Originally a story featuring Mike Dorgan and Bill McGlory. | Steve Costigan | |
Action Stories March-April 1934 | Contains MOUNTAIN MAN, a tale about Breckinridge Elkins. Action Stories March-April 1934 Volume 12 Number 7. | Breckinridge Elkins | |
Action Stories May/June 1934 | Contains GUNS OF THE MOUNTAIN, a tale about Breckinridge Elkins. Action Stories May/June 1934 Volume 12 Number 8. | Breckinridge Elkins | |
Action Stories August 1934 | Contains THE SCALP HUNTER, a tale about Breckinridge Elkins. Action Stories August 1934 Volume 12 Number 9. | Breckinridge Elkins | |
Action Stories October 1934 | Featuring A GENT FROM BEAR CREEK, a tale about Breckinridge Elkins. Action Stories October 1934 Volume 12 Number 10. | Breckinridge Elkins | |
Action Stories December 1934 | Contains THE ROAD TO BEAR CREEK, a tale about Breckinridge Elkins. Action Stories December 1934 Volume 12 Number 11. | Breckinridge Elkins | |
Action Stories February 1935 | Contains THE HAUNTED MOUNTAIN, a tale about Breckinridge Elkins. Action Stories February 1935 Volume 12 Number 12. | Breckinridge Elkins | |
Action Stories April 1935 | Contains WAR ON BEAR CREEK, a tale about Breckinridge Elkins. Action Stories April 1935 Volume 13 Number 1. | Breckinridge Elkins | |
Action Stories June 1935 | Contains THE FEUD BUSTER, a tale about Breckinridge Elkins. Action Stories June 1935 Volume 13 Number 2. | Breckinridge Elkins | |
Action Stories August 1935 | Contains CUPID FROM BEAR CREEK, a tale about Breckinridge Elkins. Action Stories August 1935 Volume 13 Number 3. | Breckinridge Elkins | |
Action Stories October 1935 | Contains THE RIOT AT COUGAR PAW, a tale about Breckinridge Elkins. Action Stories October 1935 Volume 13 Number 4. | Breckinridge Elkins | |
Action Stories December 1935 | Contains THE APACHE MOUNTAIN WAR, a tale about Breckinridge Elkins. Action Stories December 1935 Volume 13 Number 5. | Breckinridge Elkins | |
Action Stories February 1936 | Contains PILGRIMS TO THE PECOS, a tale about Breckinridge Elkins. Action Stories February 1936, Volume 13 Number 6. | Breckinridge Elkins | |
Action Stories April 1936 | Contains PISTOL POLITICS, a tale about Breckinridge Elkins. Action Stories April 1936, Volume 13 Number 7. | Breckinridge Elkins | |
Action Stories June 1936 | Contains EVIL DEEDS AT RED COUGAR, a tale about Breckinridge Elkins. Action Stories June 1936, Volume 13 Number 8. | Breckinridge Elkins | |
Action Stories August 1936 | Contains HIGH HORSE RAMPAGE, a tale about Breckinridge Elkins. Action Stories August 1936, Volume 13 Number 9. | Breckinridge Elkins | |
Action Stories September 1936 | Contains NO COWHERDERS WANTED, a tale about Breckinridge Elkins. Action Stories September 1936, Volume 13 Number 10. | Breckinridge Elkins | |
Action Stories October 1936 | Contains THE CONQUERIN’ HERO OF THE HUMBOLDTS, a tale about Breckinridge Elkins. Action Stories October 1936, Volume 13 Number 11. | Breckinridge Elkins | |
Action Stories January 1937 | Contains SHARP’S GUN SERENADE, a tale about Breckinridge Elkins. Action Stories January 1937, Volume 14 Number 2. | Breckinridge Elkins |
Adventure Stories
Cover | Title | Summary |
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Adventure December 1923 | Contains a letter that Howard wrote to Adventure. It was printed in the December 30th, 1923 issue. | |
Adventure March 1924 | Contains a letter that Howard wrote to Adventure. It was printed in the March 20th, 1924 issue. Volume 45, number 5. Probably written late 1923. | |
Adventure August 1924 | Contains a letter that Howard wrote to Adventure. It was printed in the August 20th, 1924 issue. Volume 48, number 2. Written circa July 1924. |
Avon Fantasy Reader
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Avon Fantasy Reader #2 | Avon Fantasy Reader, No. 2, 1947. This issue contains the Kull story THE MIRRORS OF TUZUN THUNE. Set in the fictional Prehistoric Thurian Age, it deals with a disillusioned King Kull questioning the meaning of existence, leading him to seek the assistance of a two-faced wizard. | King Kull | |
Avon Fantasy Reader #7 | Avon Fantasy Reader, No. 7 1948. This issue contains the story THE CAIRN ON THE HEADLAND. Also features stories by C. L. Moore, Sax Rohmer, Fritz Leiber and Clark Ashton Smith. The story has elements of fantasy and horror and there is a link to the Cthulhu Mythos, Norse Mythology and Catholic Christianity. | James O'Brien, Ortali, Meve MacDonnal, Odin | |
Avon Fantasy Reader #8 | Avon Fantasy Reader, No. 8 1948. This issue contains the story THE QUEEN OF THE BLACK COAST. | Conan, Belit | |
Avon Fantasy Reader #10 | This issue contains the Conan story ‘A Witch Shall Be Born’. It also contains a story by H. P. Lovecraft. Avon Fantasy Reader was a digest size magazine (sometimes classed as a series of anthologies) which reprinted science fiction and fantasy literature by now well-known authors. It was edited by Donald A. Wollheim and published by Avon. The magazine had one spin off, Avon Science Fiction Reader, with which it merged on its cancellation to become Avon Science Fiction and Fantasy Reader. | Conan | |
Avon Fantasy Reader #12 | Avon Fantasy Reader, No. 12, 1950. This issue contains the story THE BLONDE GODDESS OF BAL-SAGOTH. This is a variant of THE GODS OF BAL-SAGOTH. Featuring Turlogh O’Brien. | Turlogh O'Brien, Athelstane the Saxon, Brunhild, Gol-goroth | |
Avon Fantasy Reader #14 | Avon Fantasy Reader, No. 14 1950. This issue contains the story TEMPTRESS OF THE TOWER OF TORTURE AND SIN. This is a variant of THE VOICE OF EL-LIL. Avon Fantasy Reader was a digest-size magazine (sometimes classed as a series of anthologies) that reprinted science fiction and fantasy literature by now well-known authors. It was edited by Donald A. Wollheim and published by Avon. The magazine had one spin-off, Avon Science Fiction Reader, with which it merged on its cancellation to become Avon Science Fiction and Fantasy Reader. | Bill Kirby, John Conrad, Naluna, the dancer of El-lil | |
Avon Fantasy Reader #18 | Avon Fantasy Reader, No. 18 1952. This issue contains the story THE WITCH FROM HELL’S KITCHEN also known as THE HOUSE OF ARABU. This is the first publication of the story. | Pyrrhas, Naram-ninub, Prince Enakalli, Lilitu | |
The Avon Fantasy Reader | An anthology from Avon Books. It contains the story THE WITCH FROM HELL’S KITCHEN also known as THE HOUSE OF ARABU. This was previously published in Avon Fantasy Reader #18. The book also contains stories by C. L. Moore, Manly Wade Wellman and others. | Pyrrhas, Naram-ninub, Prince Enakalli, Lilitu | |
The 2nd Avon Fantasy Reader | The 2nd Avon Fantasy Reader from February 1969. This anthology contains the story THE BLONDE GODDESS OF BAL-SAGOTH. This is a variant of THE GODS OF BAL-SAGOTH. Featuring Turlogh O’Brien. It was previously published in Avon Fantasy Reader #12. | Turlogh O'Brien, Athelstane the Saxon, Brunhild, Gol-goroth |
Argosy and Argosy All-Story Weekly
Cover | Title | Summary | Featuring |
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Argosy All-Story Weekly 1929-07-20 | Featuring the story CROWD HORROR. It also features a story by Otis Adelbert Kline. In the same magazine was also a letter from Robert, written circa spring 1929 telling a bit about himself and how happy he was with placing a story with the magazine | Slade Costigan, Gloria, Steve Harmer, Young Firpo, Joe Handler, Sailor Sloan, Ace Banning, Buffalo Gonzalez | |
Argosy 1936-08-15 | In a drunken argument, a cowboy kills an old man and is cursed by his wife! She pledges to return from the grave to take revenge! Little did he know that the dead remember… Argosy from August 15th, 1936. Speculative fiction content only. The short story ‘The Dead Remember’ by Robert E. Howard. | Jim Gordon, John Elston, Mike O’Donnell, Sam Grimes, Tom Allison | |
Argosy 1936-10-03 | Contains A GENT FROM THE PECOS, featuring Pike Bearfield. Argosy Volume 267 Number 5. | Pike Bearfield | |
Argosy 1936-10-17 | It Contains GENTS ON THE LYNCH, featuring Pike Bearfield. Argosy Volume 268 Number 1. | Pike Bearfield | |
Argosy 1936-10-31 | It Contains THE RIOT AT BUCKSNORT, featuring Pike Bearfield. Argosy Volume 268 Number 3. | Pike Bearfield | |
Argosy 1936-11-28 | It Contains VULTURES’ SANCTUARY. Argosy Volume 269 Number 1. |
Coven 13 / Witchcraft & Sorcery
Cover | Title | Summary | Featuring |
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Coven 13 January 1970 | Contains THE LITTLE PEOPLE. Illustrated by William Stout. This is the first publication of this story. A page was missing from the original manuscript of “The Little People.” Someone at COVEN 13, likely Gerald W. Page or Arthur H. Landis, made up some stuff to fill the gap and never said anything. This became the published version of “The Little People” ever since. The Wandering Star book, BRAN MAK MORN, THE LAST KING, took the edits back out and also includes a copy of the original typescript. | Joan Costigan | |
Coven 13 March 1970 | Contains the poem “Feach Air Muir Lionadhi Gealach Buidhe Mar Or”. This was the last issue of Coven 13. It was bought by Fantasy Publishing Company and the name was changed to Witchcraft & Sorcery. | Joan Costigan | |
Witchcraft & Sorcery Volume 1 Number 5 | Witchcraft & Sorcery Volume 1 Number 5. Prior to this issue, it was published by Camelot Publishing Company as Coven 13. The company was bought by Fantasy Publishing Company and the name was changed to Witchcraft & Sorcery. This issue contains MISTRESS OF DEATH. Featuring Agnes de Chastillon. This is the only Dark Agnes story to include a fantasy element, in the form of a sorcerer. It is not written to the same standard as the two stories Howard completed, and features some departures from the established character, making her more stereotypically feminine. The story was not finished by Howard and he wrote two drafts. The story in this issue is based on the second unfinished draft and completed by Gerald W. Page. | Dark Agnes de Chastillon | |
Witchcraft & Sorcery Volume 1 Number 6 | Witchcraft & Sorcery Volume 1 Number 6. This issue contains the poem “Flight”. | Dark Agnes de Chastillon | |
Witchcraft & Sorcery Volume 1 Number 7 | Witchcraft & Sorcery Volume 1 Number 7. This issue contains the poem “Hopes of Dreams”. | ||
Witchcraft & Sorcery Volume 1 Number 10 | Witchcraft & Sorcery Volume 1 Number 10. This issue contains the story RESTLESS WATERS. Illustrated by D. Bruce Berry. The story is from an untitled typescript and Glenn Lord came up with the title. Probably the title should have been THE FEAR AT THE WINDOW. | Ezra Harper, Captain John Gower, Lawyer Jonas Hopkins, Captain Starkey, Betty, Tom Siler |
Fantasy Crossroads
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Fantasy Crossroads #1 | A fanzine or periodical edited by Jonathan Bacon from 1974. This first issue contains some of Howards poems and the short short story ‘Delanda Est’. Most of it is non-Howard content. | ||
Fantasy Crossroads #2 | The second issue of a fanzine/periodical edited by Jonathan Bacon. From February 1975. This first issue contains several poems and two letters to Harold Preece. It also contains the stories THE CURSE OF THE GOLDEN SKULL and DRUMS OF THE SUNSET. | King Kull | |
Fantasy Crossroads #3 | The third issue of a fanzine/periodical edited by Jonathan Bacon. From May 1975. This first issue contains two poems, a letter to Harold Preece and a letter to Novalyne Price. It also contains the story THE GOOD KNIGHT. Both of the letters can be found in THE COLLECTED LETTERS OF ROBERT E. HOWARD. They are Letter #093 in Volume 1 (Preece’s) and Letter #320 (Novalyne’s) in Volume 3. | Kid Allison | |
Fantasy Crossroads #4/5 | 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) | ||
Fantasy Crossroads #6 | A fanzine or periodical edited by Jonathan Bacon from 1975. Issue 6 contains ‘The Gondarian Man’ by Howard. The poem ‘Hope Empty of Meaning’ and a letter to Harold Preece, circa February 1930 is also included along with articles and poems by other writers. | ||
Fantasy Crossroads Special Edition #1 | A fanzine or periodical edited by Jonathan Bacon. This special edition from January 1976 contains the poem VISIONS, the first apperance of the story FISTS OF THE REVOLUTION and MORE EVIDENCE OF THE INNATE DIVINITY OF A MAN. Also an interesting review by Harold Preece about L. Sprague de Camps “The Miscast Barbarian”. | ||
Fantasy Crossroads #7 | A fanzine or periodical edited by Jonathan Bacon from February 1976. Issue 7 contains the first appearance of the poem “Madame Goose’s Rhymes”, the untitled story (“The night was damp, misty, …”), a letter to Harold Preece from August 1928 and the story College Socks (featuring Kid Allison). | Gordon, Falcon | |
Fantasy Crossroads #8 | A fanzine or periodical edited by Jonathan Bacon from May 1976. Issue 8 Contains the first appearance of both DAUGHTERS OF FEUD and MISER’S GOLD. Cover illustration by Richard Corben (from an illustration of Night Images featuring REH poems). | ||
Fantasy Crossroads #9 | A fanzine or periodical edited by Jonathan Bacon from August 1976. Issue 9 Contains the first appearance of THE LAST LAUGH by Howard. It also contains a review of the album record “From the Hells beneath the Hells” by Dennis McHaney and a Red Nails portfolio by Gene Day. It also contains a short story by Tevis Clyde Smith. | ||
Fantasy Crossroads #10/11 | A fanzine or periodical edited by Jonathan Bacon from March 1977. Issue 10/11 Contains the first apperance of GENSERIC’S FIFT BORN SON (see notes).. Front cover by Jim Fitzpatrick, back cover by Frank Frazetta. | James Allison | |
Fantasy Crossroads #12 | A fanzine or periodical edited by Jonathan Bacon from 1977. Issue 12 contains nothing directly by Howard but a round-robin tale based upon a Robert E. Howard fragment. The cover pictures Conan even though it looks more like Tarzan. | ||
Fantasy Crossroads #13 | A fanzine or periodical edited by Jonathan Bacon from June 1978. This issue contains the first appearance of the poem “The Feud”. There is also a poem by Tevis Clyde Smith titled “What Robert E. Howard Said One Wednesday Night”. | ||
Fantasy Crossroads #14 | A fanzine or periodical edited by Jonathan Bacon. This is issue 14, from 1978, and contains the poem OH BABYLON, LOST BABYLON. | ||
Fantasy Crossroads #15 | A fanzine or periodical edited by Jonathan Bacon. This is issue 15, from 1979. It has nothing directly by Robert E. Howard, but has chapter XI and XII of Ghor, Kin-Slayer. The back cover is wrongly credited Frank Frazetta, when it is Stephen Fabian’s illustration from Garden of Death. Last issue of this publication, although the editor expected to publish in March, 1979 and had enough material for multiple additional issues. |
Fantasy Crosswinds
Lamoni, IA: Graceland College/ Stygian Isle Press, 1977. Bacon, Jonathan (Editor). FANTASY CROSSWINDS #'s 1, 2 & 3
Quarto. 29pp. each. Stapled sheets with pictorial paper covers. Illustrated. Only three issues were published. This fanzine reproduces hard-to-find work by Robert E. Howard and Sprague de Camp along with original poems, stories, and appreciations by lesser-known authors, students, and fans.
Cover | Title | Summary | Featuring |
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Fantasy Crosswinds #1 | A fanzine or periodical edited by Jonathan Bacon from January 1977. Issue 1 contains the story THE CURSE OF GREED and the two poems “The Outcast” and “The Kiowa’s Tale”. | ||
Fantasy Crosswinds #2 | A fanzine or periodical edited by Jonathan Bacon from January 1977. Issue 2 contains the story THE DOOR TO THE GARDEN. | ||
Fantasy Crosswinds #3 | A fanzine or periodical edited by Jonathan Bacon from 1977. Issue 3 contains the poem ‘Roar, Silver Trumpets’. |
Sword & Fantasy
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Sword & Fantasy #1 | Fanzine published by James Van Hise. Articles include detailed guides to several classic Robert E. Howard fanzines (CROSS PLAINS, LONE STAR FICTIONEER, etc). Jim also gives a detailed look at the Robert E. Howard story “Valley of the Worm.” There is also the transcript to the Wandering Star Robert E. Howard panel (which I was on) from the 2002 San Diego Comicon. Plus featuring his 7,000 word article on Karl Edward Wagner’s KANE series wherein he reviews and examines every published Kane story Wagner wrote. Jim also takes a detailed look at Gil Kane’s classic sword & sorcery comic BLACKMARK. This issue also features artwork by Mike Zeck (a vintage Conan illustration he did in the 1970s, which is a real knockout), art by Steve Fabian, Rick McCollum and others. Plus some surprises, like a nice repro of an illo from the WEIRD TALES appearance of “Kings of the Night”. | ||
Sword & Fantasy #2 | Articles include a lengthy interview with Jim & Ruth Keegan, the writers and artists of THE ADVENTURES OF TWO-GUN BOB, the Robert E. Howard bio-strip which appears in each issue of the Dark Horse CONAN comic book. There is also an article on the Conan story “The Scarlet Citadel.” Plus a 1938 article by Henry Kuttner “Selling The Fantasy Story.” Also presented is an 8 page letter by Harold Preece about a Robert E. Howard biography he planned to write. Also included is an article on MODERN ROBERT E. HOWARD FANDOM and the new fanzines currently available, a 1940s article on Robert E. Howard from the old fanzine THE FANSCIENT, and a 1940s review of the Arkham edition of SKULLFACE & OTHERS from a British science fiction fanzine, FANTASY REVIEW. There is also first in a series of articles on Sword & Sorcery in comics (this installment on the 1960s Warren magazines which featured Reed Crandall, Steve Ditko, Gray Morrow, Frank Frazetta and Jeff Jones), and much more! | ||
Sword & Fantasy #3 | The front cover art is by Joe Jusko (which he sent to Van Hise to use as it previously only appeared on a promo for a statue and was not a SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN cover). The back cover is the color art for the cover of the 1976 British paperback edition of KING KULL. Articles include a lengthy section on the making of the movie KULL THE CONQUEROR, including examinations of three different screenplay drafts, and an interview with screenwriter Charles Edward Pogue (who wrote the original screenplay which was later rewritten by others). There is also a look at the Conan story “Shadows In The Moonlight” (complete with the old WEIRD TALES illo). A 1935 biographical sketch of E. Hoffman Price. A 1951 author profile of L. Sprague de Camp, a WEIRD TALES cover gallery and more, including artwork by Eduardo Barreto, Rick McCollum, Hannes Bok and others. | ||
Sword & Fantasy #4 | The front cover art is by Wally Wood, reproduced from the color version of the original art. This art first appeared on the dustjacket of the Gnome Press hardcover THE RETURN OF CONAN in 1957. Articles include the transcript of the entire WEIRD TALES panel from the 1998 San Diego Comicon (the panelists included Forry Ackerman and Gary Gianni). There are also various articles on heroic fantasy and sword & sorcery. An articles on Henry Kuttner’s Elak of Atlantis (a character which was first published in WEIRD TALES from 1938-41). A 1989 interview with Karl Edward Wagner reprinted from the British publication DAGON. An interview with writer Chuck Pogue about the movie and novelization of DRAGONHEART. “Sword & Sorcery In Comics, part 2”. A facsimile reprint of “The Challenge From Beyond” from its original appearance in FANTASY MAGAZINE in 1935. A 1950s profile of Virgil Finlay. An examination of the possible origins of the art published on the cover of SWORD & FANTASY #1 and more. Artwork in the issue is by Rick McCollum, Mahlon Fawcett, Virgil Finlay and others. | ||
Sword & Fantasy #5 | The front cover art is from a foreign Conan paperback edition. Articles include a facsimile of the 24 page writer’s bible to the 1997 Conan The Adventurer TV series. Two vintage 1940s articles on Clark Ashton Smith from the British fanzine Fantasy Review. The novella “Demon Wizard” by James Van Hise. A review of the 1982 Conan The Barbarian movie. A folio of covers from foreign language Robert E. Howard paperbacks. “Lin Carter And The Curse Of The Monolith” by Richard Toogood. A 1959 fanzine article about Robert E. Howard. Artwork by Rick McCollum, Virgil Finlay, Virgil Partch, Alfredo Alcala, Frank R. Paul and others. | ||
Sword & Fantasy #6 | The front and back cover art is from foreign Robert E. Howard paperback editions. Articles include a long analysis of the Robert E. Howard story “Tower Of The Elephant” (profusely illustrated). A six page folio of illustrations from Robert E. Howard stories printed in Czechoslovakia. An interview with Ray Capella and a short sword & sorcery story by Ray titled “The Lair.” A seven page folio of WEIRD TALES pulp art from Robert E. Howard stories. An article on the REH story “Lord Of The Dead.” An article on Conan pastiche novels (in other words Conan books not written by REH), and more. Artwork by Rick McCollum, Eduardo Barreto, Mahlon Fawcett, and others. | ||
Sword & Fantasy #7 | The front and back cover art is from foreign Robert E. Howard paperback editions. Articles include part two a long analysis of the Robert E. Howard story “Tower Of The Elephant” (profusely illustrated) by Rick McCollum. An eight page folio of illustrations from Robert E. Howard stories printed in pulp magazines. An interview with Karl Edward Wagner from 1980. “H.P.L.: The History” by Lin Carter (from 1950). “An Appreciation of Clark Ashton Smith” by Lin Carter (from 1949). An article on A. Merritt from 1948 (with pulp art by Virgil Finlay and others). And more. Artwork by Rick McCollum, Eduardo Barreto, Mahlon Fawcett, and others. | ||
Sword & Fantasy #8 | Fanzine published by James Van Hise. Contains a very badly translated story from the Spanish comic book, lots of reviews and essays. It also features a story of Solomon Kane, written by Van Hise. Actually quite good. | ||
Sword & Fantasy #9 | Features include a 6 page reprint of the Frank Frazetta comic strip “Diamonds & Pebbles” from HAPPY COMICS #33 (Sept. 1949) in black and white (a version of this issue with the strip in full color is also available but at a higher price in a separate listing). An art folio by Howard Pyle. An original 9 page sword & sorcery comic strip by Ron Wilber “The Accursed Wizards Land.” Articles on H.P. Lovecraft from 1950s fanzines. “On Science Fiction And The Weird” by Seabury Quinn from the fanzine THE TALISMAN (Summer, 1950), a 5 page Roy Krenkel folio and more. | ||
Sword & Fantasy #10 | Features include a long article on Virgil Finlay by Sam Moskowitz, a folio of the 1953 Kelly Freas art from the TOPS IN SCIENCE FICTION reprint of “Lorelei Of The Red Mist” (just the art, not the story, too), 5 page reprint of the James Blish anti-A. Merritt reviews from the 1957 FANTASY TIMES and the original fan responses to them, facsimile reprint of Donald A. Wandrei’s 1926 OVERLAND MONTHLY article on Clark Ashton Smith “The Emperor of Dreams”, a 2 page article written by H.P. Lovecraft in 1929 discussing his own horror stories “In The Vault,” “The Hound” and “The Colour Out of Space”, reprints of the 1933 & 1934 letters by Forrest Ackerman and others regarding whether the fantasy stories of Clark Ashton Smith belong in the science fiction mag WONDER STORIES (even H.P. Lovecraft weighed in on the debate), a tribute to artist James Cawthorn (1929-2008), and more. Full color front and back covers by Mahlon Fawcett. | ||
Sword & Fantasy #11 | Features include “The Technique of Fantasy Collecting” by Sam Peeples, “A Short Essay on Long” by Arthur J. Cox, “That Moment Of Horror” by Henry Kuttner, “The Case of Howard Phillips Lovecraft of Providence, R.I.” from the Providence Sunday Journal for Dec. 26, 1943, “The Ships of Ishtar,” “7 Footnotes To Merritt” by Thomas Carter, several letters written to me by Glenn Lord, “J.R.R. Tolkien, A Brief Survey & Comparison” by Doc Weir (from ELDRITCH DREAMQUEST #2), “Memories of Seabury Quinn” by E. Hoffman Price, “A Visit Inside Ackerman’s Sci-Fi Mansion,” and more. Full color front and back covers by Mahlon Fawcett. | ||
Sword & Fantasy #12 | 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. | ||
Sword & Fantasy #13 | Features include an in-depth 50 page article by Rick McCollum on the classic writers of fantasy in the early 20th century. “The Most Popular Stories in Weird Tales 1924-1940”, a 1969 article on Robert E. Howard by Bob Weinberg, an author index to FANTASTIC NOVELS and FAMOUS FANTASTIC MYSTERIES. Art by Eduardo Barreto, Allen Koszowski, Berni Wrightson and more. Front cover art from an unpublished 1971 issue of SATELLITE SCIENCE FICTION. | ||
Sword & Fantasy #14 | Front cover art by Allen Koszowski. Tribute to Robert Weinberg and Joel Freiman with their 1960s fanzines DEEPER THAN YOU THINK on Robert E. Howard and Weird Tales. A 7 page 1980 interview with Lin Carter. Art folio from the A. Merritt novel CREEP SHADOW.A 2 page folio of covers from foreign H.P. Lovecraft books. An interview with Wally Wood. A reprint of his original story THE END (which was revised and rewritten without his permission in the magazine 1984), and more. | ||
Sword & Fantasy #15 | Front cover art by Allen Koszowski. Tribute to Frank Frazetta and Al Williamson. Article on the works of H.P. Lovecraft from a 1945 issue of THE NEW YORKER (one page shown below), and also an article on Lovecraft from the January 1946 ESQUIRE magazine. “The Last Romantic: Clark Ashton Smith” (from 1956). Two imitation Frazetta covers from foreign Conan paperbacks (one shown below). and more. | ||
Sword & Fantasy #16 | Front cover art by Roy G. Krenkel, index to the Howard Collector and more. | ||
Sword & Fantasy #17 | Contents include Jack Jackson’s adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s “The Hound” from 1972 (and which he gave Van Hise permission to reprint back in 1984). Skip Olson color art of Cthulhu. “HPL On Edgar Rice Burroughs.” Reviews of Robert E. Howard books from 1971 & 1977. Folio of HPL inspired art by R.F. McCann. “Introduction to the Cthulhu Mythos” by J. Vernon Shea. A Roy Hunt fantasy illo from 1948. An article on Mark Schultz by James Van Hise. A long fantasy comic strip by Ron Wilber and more. | ||
Sword & Fantasy #18 | Contents include letters by Glenn Lord, Zarfhaana by Glenn Lord (1974), H.P. Lovecraft: The House and the Shadows by J. Vernon Shea, Cthulhu drawing by J. Cockroft (cover of LIGHT, 1946), Lovecraft on Burroughs, Memories of Quinn by E. Hoffman Price (1969), an intervidw with E. Hoffman Price, art folio by Joseph H. Krucher (1962), an interview with Karl Edward Wagner (1975), and more. | ||
Sword & Fantasy #19 | No REH stories or poems in this volume, but a review of the movie The Whole Wide World and artwork featuring Robert E. Howard by Rick McCollum. Contents include articles by and about H.P. Lovecraft. Sword & Sorcery art. Article on the A. Merritt novel THE FACE IN THE ABYSS, and more. Cover by Margaret Brundage. |
White Wolf Magazine
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White Wolf Magazine #9 | White Wolf Magazine #9 Robert E. Howard Issue. A gaming magazine. This issue contains the Solomon Kane story THE MOON OF SKULLS part 1 of 3. | Solomon Kane | |
White Wolf Magazine #10 | White Wolf Magazine #10. A gaming magazine. This issue contains the Solomon Kane story THE MOON OF SKULLS part 2 of 3. | Solomon Kane | |
White Wolf Magazine #11 | White Wolf Magazine #11. A gaming magazine. This issue contains the Solomon Kane story THE MOON OF SKULLS part 3 of 3. | Solomon Kane |