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Fantasy Crossroads #3

Graceland College Comic Club

Publication type

Publication date: May 1975

Introduction

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, featuring Kid Allison.

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.

Notes

Volume 1, number 3. Whole number 3. Edited by Jonathan Bacon
Stapled single pages, wraps. Page numbers do not include front cover.
Print run 520 issues.
Print size reduced 20% from previous issues.
Thr Pro/Fan art portfolio includes brief quotes from REH stories describing the character illustrated.
Ali Akbar Khan is a name Howard occasionally called himself.
"Revue Rak" reviews fanzines.

The names of Miss Price and Truett Vinson were masked out of the letters.
First appearance: "Flint's Passing" and
Letter to Novalyne Price, July 8, 1935

Edition and production details

Language
English
Edition
1st
Edition format
Periodical (8.5 x 11, side stapled)
Publication date
May 1975
Pages
60
Publisher / imprint
Graceland College Comic Club
Cover art
Sam de la Rosa
Illustrations
See above

3 linked Howard works

63 contents entries

  1. "The Good Knight"
  2. Ramblings (Fantasy Crossroads #3) • [Editorial Ramblings] • essay by Jonathan Bacon ifc · editorial
  3. Letter to Harold Preece , circa December 1928 ("Salaam: You're right; women are great actors.")
  4. Division SF • interior artwork by David Heath [as by David Heath, Jr.] 1 · artwork
  5. "The Ghost Kings" (poem)
  6. Blank ... • (1957) • short story by Harlan Ellison 2 · story
  7. "Flint's Passing" (poem)
  8. Blank... • interior artwork by Ken Raney [as by K. W. Raney, III] 2 · artwork
  9. Letter to Novalyne Price , July 8, 1935 ("Thank you for your invitation to call … ")
  10. Fantasy Crossroads #3 • interior artwork by David Heath [as by David Heath, Jr.] 4 · artwork
  11. Non-REH Contents
  12. Pro/Fan Art Portfolio: R. E. Howard's Women Characters • interior artwork by Brent Anderson and Frank Cirocco and Stephen Fabian and Ken Raney and Stephen Riley and Clark Ashton Smith and Jonathan Victor [as by Brent Anderson and Frank Cirocco and Stephen Fabian and K. W. Raney, III and Stephen Riley and Clark Ashton Smith and Jonathan Victor] 5 · artwork
  13. "Blank" by Harlan Ellison
  14. R. E. Howard Section • essay by uncredited 19 · essay
  15. Art Portfolio: R.E. Howard's Women Characters
  16. R. E. Howard Section • interior artwork by Randall Spurgin 19 · artwork
  17. "Women and Robert Ervin Howard" by Harold Preece (article)
  18. Women and Robert Ervin Howard • essay by Harold Preece 20 · essay
  19. "The Treasures of Ali Akbar Kahn" by George T. Hamilton and Wayne Warfield (article)
  20. Fantasy Crossroads #3 [2] • interior artwork by Mercy Van Vlack 21 · artwork
  21. "Interview: Richard Lyon" by T. L. Trisler
  22. Fantasy Crossroads #3 (Red Sonja) • interior artwork by A. J. Hanley 22 · artwork
  23. "Our World" by David Heath, Jr. (comic strip)
  24. Fantasy Crossroads #3 (Yulita) • interior artwork by Mercy Van Vlack 23 · artwork
  25. "Lev's" by David Heath, Jr. (comic strip)
  26. Fantasy Crossroads #3 (Altha & Esau) • interior artwork by Stephen Fabian 23 · artwork
  27. "The Sons of Liberty" by Richard Lynn (comic strip)
  28. The Good Knight • [Kid Allison] • (1931) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 24 · novelette
  29. "Benji" by Brent Anderson (comic strip)
  30. The Good Knight • interior artwork by A. J. Hanley 24 · artwork
  31. "Lev's" by David Heath, Jr. (comic strip)
  32. Letter: Robert E. Howard to Harold Preece, no date ("Salaam, / You're right, women are great actors...") • [Letters to Harold Preece] • (1970) • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Harold Preece, no date ("Salaam: / You're right; women are great actors...") 1976) 32 · essay
  33. "Kissenger" by A. J. Hanley (comic strip)
  34. The Treasures of Ali Akbar Khan • essay by George Hamilton and Wayne Warfield [as by George T. Hamilton and Wayne Warfield] 32 · essay
  35. Epistle Express (letter column)
  36. Fantasy Crossroads #3 [3] • interior artwork by Sam de la Rosa 33 · artwork
  37. Revue Rak (reviews)
  38. Fantasy Crossroads #3 [4] • interior artwork by Mercy Van Vlack 33 · artwork
  39. News Notes
  40. The Ghost Kings • (1938) • poem by Robert E. Howard 34 · poem
  41. The Ghost Kings • interior artwork by Mercy Van Vlack 34 · artwork
  42. Flint's Passing • poem by Robert E. Howard 36 · poem
  43. Flint's Passing • interior artwork by Randall Spurgin 37 · artwork
  44. Comic Literature • interior artwork by Richard Lynn 38 · artwork
  45. Richard Lynn • interview of Richard Lynn • interview by T. L. Trisler 38
  46. The Strip (Fantasy Crossroads #3) • interior artwork by Brent Anderson and A. J. Hanley and David Heath and Richard Lynn [as by Brent Anderson and A. J. Hanley and David Heath, Jr. and Richard Lynn] 42 · artwork
  47. Epistle Express (Fantasy Crossroads #3) • [Epistle Express] • essay by Jonathan Bacon 51 · essay
  48. Letter (Fantasy Crossroads #3) • essay by Sam de la Rosa 51 · essay
  49. Letter (Fantasy Crossroads #3) • [Letters: Robert Bloch] • essay by Robert Bloch 51 · essay
  50. Letter (Fantasy Crossroads #3) • essay by Bob Barger [as by Robert P. Barger] 51 · essay
  51. Letter (Fantasy Crossroads #3) • essay by Ken Raney [as by K. W. Raney, III] 52 · essay
  52. Letter (Fantasy Crossroads #3) • essay by Paul C. Allen 52 · essay
  53. Letter (Fantasy Crossroads #3) • essay by Frank Halpern 53 · essay
  54. Fantasy Crossroad #3 [5] • interior artwork by Rick Larson 53 · artwork
  55. Letter (Fantasy Crossroads #3) • essay by Roy Thomas 54 · essay
  56. Fantasy Crossroad #3 [6] • interior artwork by Gil Kane 54 · artwork
  57. Fantasy Crossroad #3 [7] • interior artwork by Gil Kane 55 · artwork
  58. Revue Rak • essay by uncredited 56 · essay
  59. Fantasy Crossroad #3 [8] • interior artwork by Bob Barger [as by Robert Barger] 58 · artwork
  60. News Notes • essay by uncredited 59 · essay
  61. Fantasy Crossroad #3 [9] • interior artwork by Gil Kane 60 · artwork
  62. Fantasy Crossroad #3 [10] • interior artwork by Gil Kane 61 · artwork
  63. Fantasy Crossroad #3 [11] • interior artwork by Michael Sanders 62 · artwork

Contributors

Jonathan Bacon
Editor, Essayist
Sam de la Rosa
Cover artist, Essayist
Robert Bloch
Essayist
Bob Barger
Essayist
Ken Raney
Essayist
Roy Thomas
Essayist

Characters / Featuring

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Bibliographic and editorial layers

Bibliographic source layer

Title
Fantasy Crossroads #3
Publisher
Graceland College Comic Club
Date
May 1975
Source file
fantasycrossroads3.html

REH World editorial layer

Title
Fantasy Crossroads #3
Publisher
Graceland College Comic Club
Date
May 1975
Source provenance

This record combines the preserved source bibliography with a reviewed REH World editorial overlay. Editorial values are displayed when present; the imported bibliography remains the source fallback.