Weird Tales
Weird Tales 1934 August
Popular Fiction Publishing Company
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Publication date: August 1934
Introduction
"The Devil in Iron" is one of the original stories by Robert E. Howard about Conan the Cimmerian, first published here in Weird Tales in August 1934. Howard earned $115 for the publication of this story.
The plot concerns the resurrection of a mythical demon due to the theft of a sacred dagger, and an unrelated trap that lures Conan to the island fortress roamed by the demon. Due to its plot loopholes and borrowed elements from "Iron Shadows in the Moon".
Notes
Weird Tales Volume 24 Number 2.
Page numbers do not include covers.
Page numbers run from 145 through 272.
Illustrators:
Hugh Rankin H. R. Hammond Andrew BrosnatchEdition and production details
- Format
- Pulp
- Publication date
- August 1934
- Pages
- 128
- Publisher / imprint
- Popular Fiction Publishing Company
- Cover art
- Margaret Brundage
- Illustrations
- Listed under notes
- Media details
- Girasol May 2007
1 linked Howard work
- The Devil in Iron story Howard writing Publications
25 contents entries
- "The Devil in Iron"
- The Devil in Iron • [Conan] • novelette by Robert E. Howard novelette
- Non-REH Content
- Dust of Gods • [Northwest Smith] • novelette by C. L. Moore (variant of Dust of the Gods) novelette
- "Dust of the Gods" by C. L. Moore
- The Isle of Dark Magic • novelette by Hugh B. Cave novelette
- "The Isle of Dark Magic" by Hugh B. Cave
- The Beast-Helper • short story by Frank Belknap Long story
- "The Beast-Helper" by Frank Belknap Long Jr.
- A Ship Is Sailing • poem by Katherine van der Veer poem
- "A Ship is Sailing" by Katherine van der Veer (poem)
- The Distortion Out of Space • short story by Francis Flagg story
- "The Distortion Out of Space" by Francis Flagg
- The Trail of the Cloven Hoof (Part 2 of 7) • serial by Arlton Eadie
- "The Trail of the Cloven Hoof" (Part 2 of 7) by Arlton Eadie
- The Three Marked Pennies • short story by Mary Elizabeth Counselman story
- "The Three Marked Pennies" by Mary Elizabeth Counselman
- In Slumber • poem by Clark Ashton Smith poem
- "In Slumber" by Clark Ashton Smith (poem)
- The Marvelous Knife • short story by Paul Ernst story
- "The Marvelous Knife" by Paul Ernst
- The Parasitic Hand • [Dr. Burnstrum] • (1926) • short story by Anthony M. Rud story
- "The Parasitic Hand" by R. Anthony
- The Eyrie (Weird Tales, August 1934) • [The Eyrie] • essay by The Editor essay
- The Eyrie (letter column)
Contributors
- Margaret Brundage
- Cover artist
- Listed under notes
- Illustrator
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Bibliographic and editorial layers
Howard Works source layer
- Title
- Weird Tales Volume 24 Number 2
- Publisher
- Popular Fiction Publishing Company
- Date
- August 1934
- Source file
- weirdtalesV24N2-August1934.html
REH World editorial layer
- Title
- Weird Tales 1934 August
- Publisher
- Popular Fiction Publishing Company
- Date
- August 1934