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Sword & Fantasy #4

Publication type

Contains

Publication date: October 2005

Introduction

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.

Notes

Edited by James Van Hise
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.
"The Challenge From Beyond" is a facsimile reprint from its original appearance in FANTASY MAGAZINE in 1935.
Artwork in the issue is by Rick McCollum, Mahlon Fawcett, Virgil Finlay and others.

Side stapled single pages.
The Henry Kuttner obituary on p. 67 is from Science-Fiction Times V13n288.

Edition and production details

Language: English

Edition format: Quarto (8.5" x 11" magazine)
Publication date: October 2005
Pages: 80
Publisher / imprint: James Van Hise
Cover art: Wally Wood
Illustrations: See above
Media details: Fanzine

1 linked Howard work

The Challenge from Beyond story Howard writing Publications

43 contents entries

"The Challenge From Beyond" by Robert E. Howard, C.L. Moore, A Merritt, H.P. Lovecraft, & Frank Belknap Long
Sword & Fantasy #4 • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta (variant of cover art for Conan the Warrior 1967) ibc · artwork
Non-REH Contents
Sword & Fantasy #4 (comic book page) • interior artwork by Andy Kubert ifc · artwork
Transcript of the entire WEIRD TALES panel from the 1998 San Diego Comicon.
Sword & Fantasy #4 • interior artwork by Frank Utpatel 1 · artwork
An article on Henry Kuttner's Elak of Atlantis.
Sword & Fantasy #4 (logo) • (2005) • interior artwork by Rick McCollum (variant of Sword & Fantasy #2) 1 · artwork
A 1989 interview with Karl Edward Wagner reprinted from the British publication DAGON.
Editorial: Forward, into the Past! • essay by James Van Hise 2 · editorial
An interview with writer Chuck Pogue about the movie and novelization of DRAGONHEART.
Sword & Fantasy #4 • interior artwork by Andrew Warner 3 · artwork
A review of the 1982 John Milius Conan movie. "Sword & Sorcery In Comics, part 2".
The Weird Tales Panel: Comicon International (San Diego), August 13, 1998 • essay by James Van Hise 4 · essay
The Weird Tales Panel: Comicon International (San Diego), August 13, 1998 • (1937) • interior artwork by Margaret Brundage (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, January 1937) 4 · artwork
The Weird Tales Panel: Comicon International (San Diego), August 13, 1998 ("Rogues in the House" interiorart from "Weird Tales") • (1934) • interior artwork by Hugh Rankin 8 · artwork
The Weird Tales Panel: Comicon International (San Diego), August 13, 1998 ("The Immeasurable Horror" interiorart from "Weird Tales") • (1931) • interior artwork by C. C. Senf 15 · artwork
The Challenge from Beyond • [Cthulhu Mythos Tales] • (1935) • short story by Robert E. Howard and Frank Belknap Long and H. P. Lovecraft and A. Merritt and C. L. Moore [as by Robert E. Howard and Frank Belknap Long, Jr. and H. P. Lovecraft and A. Merritt and C. L. Moore] 16 · story
The Challenge from Beyond • (1935) • interior artwork by Clay Ferguson, Jr. (variant of cover art for Fantasy Magazine, September 1935) 16 · artwork
Challenge from Beyond ("Fantasy Magazine" contents page) • (1935) • interior artwork by uncredited 17 · artwork
An Interview with Karl Edward Wagner • (1989) • interior artwork by Jessica Amanda Salmonson (variant of cover art for Dagon #25, June-August 1989) 27 · artwork
An Interview with Karl Edward Wagner • interview of Karl Edward Wagner • interview by Carl T. Ford 27
Modern Sword and Sorcery in Comics • essay by James Van Hise 36 · essay
Modern Sword and Sorcery in Comics • (1967) • interior artwork by Gray Morrow 36 · artwork
Modern Sword and Sorcery in Comics • (1950) • interior artwork by John Giunta 39 · artwork
Modern Sword and Sorcery in Comics • interior artwork by uncredited 44 · artwork
The Legend of the Water Horse • interior artwork by Jim Keegan and Ruth Keegan 46 · artwork
Sword & Fantasy #4 • interior artwork by Charlie Williams 49 · artwork
An Interlude in Cross Plains • short story by Rick McCollum 50 · story
An Interlude in Cross Plains • interior artwork by Rick McCollum 50 · artwork
Cry Mider for Zeulas: The Elak Stories of Henry Kuttner • essay by Richard Toogood 56 · essay
Cry Mider for Zeulas: The Elak Stories of Henry Kutter (Interior art from "Thunder in the Dawn" in "Weird Tales") • (1938) • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay 57 · artwork
Cry Mider for Zeulas: The Elak Stories of Henry Kutter • (1938) • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay (variant of cover art for Weird Tales, July 1938) 60 · artwork
Cry Mider for Zeulas: The Elak Stories of Henry Kuttner (interior art from "Spawn of Dagon" in "Weird Tales") • (1938) • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay 66 · artwork
Henry Kuttner Obit • (1958) • essay by Forrest J. Ackerman 67 · essay
The People Who Write Science Stories: Virgil Finlay • (1954) • essay by Virgil Finlay (variant of People Who Write Science Stories) 68 · essay
People Who Write Science Stories: Virgil Finlay • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay 68 · artwork
Dragonheart: The Chuck Pogue Interview • interior artwork by uncredited 72 · artwork
Dragonheart: The Chuck Pogue Interview • interview of Charles Edward Pogue • interview by James Van Hise 72
Robert E. Howard in Paperback • essay by James Van Hise 79 · essay
The Krenkel and Frazetta Question • essay by Stephen J. Cassinelli 83 · essay
The Krenkel and Frazetta Question • interior artwork by Roy G. Krenkel 86 · artwork
Sword & Fantasy #4 (Cover for "The Sowers of the Thunder", Sphere) • (1977) • interior artwork by uncredited bc · artwork

Contributors

James Van Hise: Editor, Essayist
Wally Wood: Cover artist
Richard Toogood: Essayist
Forrest J. Ackerman: Essayist
Virgil Finlay: Essayist
Stephen J. Cassinelli: Essayist

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