Conan the Cimmerian Barbarian

Introduction

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Edition and production details

22 linked Howard works

• A Witch Shall be Born story Publications
• Beyond the Black River story Publications
• Black Colossus story Publications
• Gods of the North story Publications
• Jewels of Gwahlur story Publications
• Queen of the Black Coast story Publications
• Rattle of Bones story Publications
• Red Nails story Publications
• Red Shadows story Howard writing Publications
• Rogues in the House story Publications
• Shadows in the Moonlight story Publications
• Shadows in Zamboula story Publications
• The Devil in Iron story Publications
• The Hour of the Dragon story Publications
• The Hyborian Age story Publications
• The People of the Black Circle story Publications
• The Phoenix on the Sword story Publications
• The Pool of the Black One story Howard writing Publications
• The Scarlet Citadel story Publications
• The Shadow Kingdom story Publications
• The Slithering Shadow story Publications
• The Tower of the Elephant story Publications

80 contents entries

1. "Introduction"
2. Frontispiece (Robert E. Howard's Conan the Cimmerian Barbarian: The Complete Weird Tales Omnibus) • interior artwork by Dennis Lyall iv · artwork
3. Before Conan
4. Map: The World in the Age of Conan • (1976) • interior artwork by Robert E. Howard (variant of Map of the Hyborian Age) [as by uncredited] xii · artwork
5. "The Shadow Kingdom"
6. Conan tries to fend off a blinded dragon in a scene from "Red Nails" • (1936) • interior artwork by Harold S. De Lay 2 · artwork
7. "Red Shadows"
8. Introduction: The Origins of Conan • essay by Finn J. D. John 3 · introduction
9. "Rattle of Bones"
10. Robert E. Howard as he appeared in 1934 • interior artwork by uncredited 8 · artwork
11. "The Hyborian Age"
12. The Shadow Kingdom • [Kull of Valusia] • (1929) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 13 · novelette
13. 1932-1933: Early Conan
14. Cover of "Weird Tales", August 1928 • interior artwork by C. C. Senf (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, August 1928 1928) 36 · artwork
15. "The Phoenix on the Sword "
16. Red Shadows • [Solomon Kane] • (1928) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 37 · novelette
17. "The Scarlet Citadel"
18. "The Wolf sprang upon him, sheathing his dagger to the hilt in The Rat's back" • interior artwork by Hugh Rankin 38 · artwork
19. "The Tower of the Elephant"
20. "Songa crumpled and fell, and the dead man reeled stiffly and fell with him..." • interior artwork by Hugh Rankin 48 · artwork
21. "Black Colossus"
22. Rattle of Bones • [Solomon Kane] • (1929) • short story by Robert E. Howard 57 · story
23. 1933-1934: The "middle period"
24. The Hyborian Age • [Conan] • (1938) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard 63 · story
25. "The Slithering Shadow"
26. The Phoenix on the Sword • [Conan] • (1932) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 81 · novelette
27. "The Pool of the Black One"
28. The Scarlet Citadel • [Conan] • (1931) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 99 · novelette
29. "Rogues in the House"
30. "...The headless body reared up from the sand, and staggered away in awful flight on stiffening legs, hands blindly outstretched..." • (1931) • interior artwork by Jayem Wilcox 124 · artwork
31. "Gods of the North"
32. The Tower of the Elephant • [Conan] • (1933) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 127 · novelette
33. "Shadows in the Moonlight"
34. Cover of "Weird Tales", June 1933 • (1933) • interior artwork by Margaret Brundage (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, June 1933) 144 · artwork
35. "Queen of the Black Coast"
36. Black Colossus • [Conan] • (1933) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 145 · novelette
37. "The Devil in Iron"
38. The Slithering Shadow • [Conan] • (1933) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 171 · novelette
39. 1934-1936: Conan's "golden age"
40. The Pool of the Black One • [Conan] • (1933) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 195 · novelette
41. "The People of the Black Circle"
42. Rogues in the House • [Conan] • (1934) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 215 · novelette
43. "A Witch Shall Be Born"
44. "He listened briefly to the clamor inside and the pleas of the wench; then he dropped her with great accuracy into a cesspool." • (1934) • interior artwork by Hugh Rankin 220 · artwork
45. "Jewels of Gwahlur"
46. Shadows in the Moonlight • [Conan] • (1934) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 241 · novelette
47. "Beyond the Black River"
48. Cover of "Weird Tales", May 1934 • interior artwork by Margaret Brundage (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, May 1934 1934) 264 · artwork
49. "Shadows in Zamboula"
50. Queen of the Black Coast • [Conan] • (1934) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 265 · novelette
51. "The Hour of the Dragon"
52. "The Cimmerian saw between him and the onrushing death her lithe figure... She cried out sharp and ringing as the ring of steel as she thrust at the winged monster's breast..." • (1934) • interior artwork by Hugh Rankin 283 · artwork
53. "Red Nails"
54. Cover for "Weird Tales", August 1934 • interior artwork by Margaret Brundage (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, August 1934 1934) 286 · artwork
55. The Devil in Iron • [Conan] • (1934) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 287 · novelette
56. "In his dying throes Khosatral Khel had become again the thing that had crawled up from the Abyss millennia gone..." • (1934) • interior artwork by Hugh Rankin 307 · artwork
57. Cover for "Weird Tales", September 1934 • interior artwork by Margaret Brundage (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, September 1934 1934) 310 · artwork
58. The People of the Black Circle • [Conan] • (1934) • novella by Robert E. Howard 311 · novelette
59. "Haste, lest you damn me to spend eternity as a filthy gaunt of darkness! Strike, I command you! Strike!" • (1934) • interior artwork by Hugh Rankin 314 · artwork
60. "Then he too was enveloped in a blinding crimson mist—he heard Yasmina scream..." • (1934) • interior artwork by Hugh Rankin 338 · artwork
61. "Yasmina cowered on the further edge of a velvet-covered dais, screaming for loathing and horror, an arm lifted as if to ward off attack..." • (1934) • interior artwork by Hugh Rankin 357 · artwork
62. Cover for "Weird Tales", December 1934 • interior artwork by Margaret Brundage (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, December 1934 1934) 366 · artwork
63. A Witch Shall Be Born • [Conan] • (1934) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 367 · novelette
64. "A cloud of arrows sang across the square... and the horror collapsed and rolled down the steps, as dead as the witch who had summoned it out of the night of ages..." • (1934) • interior artwork by Hugh Rankin 394 · artwork
65. Jewels of Gwahlur • [Conan] • (1935) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 397 · novelette
66. Beyond the Black River • [Conan] • (1935) • novella by Robert E. Howard 427 · novelette
67. "A hut wall buckled under the ram-like impact of its flailing tail, disgorging howling people..." • (1935) • interior artwork by Hugh Rankin 441 · artwork
68. "But fierce joy surged through him as his savagely driven sword sank deep in the monster's groin..." • (1935) • interior artwork by Hugh Rankin 462 · artwork
69. Cover for "Weird Tales", November 1935 • interior artwork by Margaret Brundage (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, November 1935 1935) 466 · artwork
70. Shadows in Zamboula • [Conan] • (1935) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 467 · novelette
71. Cover for "Weird Tales", December 1935 • interior artwork by Margaret Brundage (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, December 1935 1935) 488 · artwork
72. The Hour of the Dragon • [Conan] • (1977) • novel by Robert E. Howard (variant of Conan the Conqueror 1950) 489 · novel
73. "The bandages burst and fell into brown dust. The shriveled limbs swelled..." • (1935) • interior artwork by Vincent Napoli 490 · artwork
74. "Over it, floating like a giant mirage, hovered the bearded countenance of the man Xaltotun..." • (1936) • interior artwork by Vincent Napoli 529 · artwork
75. "With a curse the king hewed right and left with his broadsword..." • (1936) • interior artwork by Vincent Napoli 560 · artwork
76. "Hadrathus threw back his head and laughed, 'Look, black devil of Python!'" • (1936) • interior artwork by Vincent Napoli 606 · artwork
77. Cover for "Weird Tales", July 1936 • interior artwork by Margaret Brundage (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, July 1936 1936) 612 · artwork
78. Red Nails • [Conan] • (1936) • novella by Robert E. Howard 613 · novelette
79. "The woman on the dais spoke loudly, her words triping in her haste. 'There is no escape from Xuchotl! You will spend the rest of your lives in this city!'" • (1936) • interior artwork by Harold S. De Lay 639 · artwork
80. "The red line leaped, searing Conan's flank as he twisted aside, and even as he shifted he hurled the knife." • (1936) • interior artwork by Harold S. De Lay 664 · artwork

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Margaret Brundage

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Dennis Lyall (Frontispiece) Original WEIRD TALES covers are reproduced in black & white Original WEIRD TALES illustrations

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Margareth Brundage Dennis Lyall (frontispiece)

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