Anthology

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The Mighty Barbarians

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Publication date: 1969

Introduction

The Mighty Barbarians: Great Sword and Sorcery Heroes is a 1969 anthology of fantasy short stories in the sword and sorcery subgenre, edited by Hans Stefan Santesson. This is the first publication. It was later followed up by the subsequent Lancer anthology The Mighty Swordsmen. It has been translated into Dutch. Robert M. Price edited a later-day homage to both anthologies called The Mighty Warriors (2018).

The anthology contains A WITCH SHALL BE BORN.

Notes

No printing or edition stated.
Signature "Steranko" at bottom right front cover.

Edition and production details

Language: English

Edition: 1st
Edition format: Paperback
Publication date: 1969
Pages: 221
Publisher / imprint: Lancer
Cover art: Jim Steranko
Illustrations: None

1 linked Howard work

A Witch Shall be Born story Howard writing Publications

13 contents entries

"A Witch Shall Be Born"
Introduction (The Mighty Barbarians: Great Sword and Sorcery Heroes) • essay by Hans Stefan Santesson 7 · introduction
Non-REH Content
When the Sea-King's Away • [Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser] • (1960) • novelette by Fritz Leiber 11 · novelette
"Introduction" by Hans Stefan Santesson
The Stronger Spell • [Pusadian] • (1953) • short story by L. Sprague de Camp 45 · story
"When the Sea King's away" by Fritz Leiber
Dragon Moon • [Elak] • (1941) • novelette by Henry Kuttner 65 · novelette
"The Stronger Spell" by L. Sprague de Camp
Thieves of Zangabal • [Thongor] • novella by Lin Carter 113 · novelette
"Dragon Moon" by Henry Kuttner
A Witch Shall Be Born • [Conan] • (1934) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 167 · novelette
"Thieves of Zangabal" by Lin Carter

Contributors

Hans Stefan Santesson: Editor, Introduction author
Jim Steranko: Cover artist

Characters / Featuring

Conan Taramis

Additional related terms

Preserved from the former REH World tagging system; these terms have not yet been assigned as contributors, characters or subjects.

Robert E. Howard

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Bibliographic source layer

Title: The Mighty Barbarians
Publisher: Lancer
Date: 1969
Source file: mightybarbarians.html

REH World editorial layer

Title: The Mighty Barbarians
Publisher: Lancer
Date: 1969