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Weird Tales 1936 January

Popular Fiction Publishing Company

1936
Material type
Pulp magazine
Publication categories
Pulps: Weird Tales

Publication date: January 1936

Introduction

Part 2 of 5. The Hour of the Dragon, also known as Conan the Conqueror, is a fantasy novel by American writer Robert E. Howard featuring his sword and sorcery hero Conan the Cimmerian. It was one of the last Conan stories published before Howard's suicide, although not the last to be written. The novel was first published in serial form in the December 1935 through April 1936 issues of the pulp magazine Weird Tales. The first book edition was published by Gnome Press in hardcover in 1950. The Gnome Press edition retitled the story Conan the Conqueror, a title retained by all subsequent editions until 1977, when the original title was restored in an edition issued published by Berkley/Putnam in 1977. The Berkley edition also reverted the text to that of its original Weird Tales publication, discarding later edits. Later editions have generally followed Berkley and published under the original title. The 1997 film Kull the Conqueror is loosely based on The Hour of the Dragon, replacing Conan with Kull but otherwise keeping the same basic plot.

Notes

Volume 27, Number 1.
Page number run from 657 to 784 and do not include the covers.
Data from a facsimile of this issue, which is missing the final two pages. There may be additional content on those pages which is not indexed here.

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Edition and production details

Format
Pulp
Publication date
January 1936
Pages
132
Publisher / imprint
Popular Fiction Publishing Company
Cover art
Margaret Brundage
Illustrations
Se above

1 linked Howard work

51 contents entries

  1. "The Hour of the Dragon" (Part 2 of 5)
  2. A Rival from the Grave • [Jules de Grandin] • novelette by Seabury Quinn 2 · novelette
  3. Non-REH Content
  4. A Rival from the Grave • interior artwork by Vincent Napoli 2 · artwork
  5. "A Rival from the Grave" by Seabury Quinn
  6. Weird Tales, January 1936 • [Weird Tales Decorations] • interior artwork by uncredited (variant of Weird Tales, March 1925 [2] 1925) 24 · artwork
  7. "The Satin Mask " by August W. Derleth
  8. The Satin Mask • short story by August Derleth [as by August W. Derleth] 25 · story
  9. "Horror Insured " by Paul Ernst
  10. The Satin Mask • interior artwork by Frank Utpatel 25 · artwork
  11. "The Dark Land " by C. L. Moore
  12. Horror Insured • [Dr. Satan] • novelette by Paul Ernst 34 · novelette
  13. "Rendezvous " by Richard H. Hart
  14. Horror Insured • interior artwork by Vincent Napoli 35 · artwork
  15. "Return to Death " by J. Wesley Rosenquest
  16. In Davy Jones's Locker • poem by Alfred I. Tooke 52 · poem
  17. "They " by Robert Barbour Johnson
  18. The Dark Land • [Jirel of Joiry] • (1936) • novelette by C. L. Moore 53 · novelette
  19. "Dagon " by H. P. Lovecraft
  20. The Dark Land • interior artwork by C. L. Moore 53 · artwork
  21. "Gray Ghosts " by Clarence Edwin Flynn (poem)
  22. Weird Tales, January 1936 • [Weird Tales Decorations] • interior artwork by Andrew Brosnatch (variant of Six Bearded Men 1924) 71 · artwork
  23. "In Davy Jones's Locker " by Alfred I. Tooke (poem)
  24. The Hour of the Dragon (Part 2 of 5) • [Conan] • serial by Robert E. Howard (book publication as Conan the Conqueror 1950) 72
  25. The Eyrie (letter column)
  26. The Hour of the Dragon (Part 2 of 5) • interior artwork by Vincent Napoli 73 · artwork
  27. Gray Ghosts • poem by Clarence Edwin Flynn 105 · poem
  28. Rendezvous • short story by Richard H. Hart 106 · story
  29. Weird Tales, January 1936 [2] • [Weird Tales Decorations] • interior artwork by Andrew Brosnatch (variant of Weird Tales, December 1924 1924) 110 · artwork
  30. Return to Death • short story by J. Wesley Rosenquest 111 · story
  31. They • short fiction by Robert Barbour Johnson 115 · story
  32. Coming Next Month (Weird Tales, January 1936) • essay by uncredited 117 · essay
  33. Weird Story Reprint • (1928) • interior artwork by Hugh Rankin 118 · artwork
  34. Dagon • (1919) • short story by H. P. Lovecraft 118 · story
  35. The Eyrie • (1924) • interior artwork by Andrew Brosnatch 124 · artwork
  36. The Eyrie (Weird Tales, January 1936) • [The Eyrie] • essay by The Editor 124 · essay
  37. Letter (Weird Tales, January 1936): Enthusiasm Plus • essay by Gertrude Hemken [as by Miss Gertrude Hemken] 124 · essay
  38. Letter (Weird Tales, January 1936): Keep WT Unique • essay by C. L. MacDougall 124 · essay
  39. Letter (Weird Tales, January 1936): More Vampires and Werewolves • essay by Orin S. McFarland 125 · essay
  40. Letter (Weird Tales, January 1936): Better and Better • essay by O. B. W. 125 · essay
  41. Letter (Weird Tales, January 1936): Six Favorite Authors • essay by David Mahoney 126 · essay
  42. Letter (Weird Tales, January 1936): A Letter from Jack Darrow • essay by Jack Darrow 126 · essay
  43. Letter (Weird Tales, January 1936): Best Stories of 1935 • essay by Julius Hopkins 126 · essay
  44. Letter (Weird Tales, January 1936): The Way Home • essay by Robert Tuft 126 · essay
  45. Letter (Weird Tales, January 1936): What Is a Weird Tale? • essay by Ernest H. Ormsbee 126 · essay
  46. Letter (Weird Tales, January 1936): Weird Detective Stories • essay by Kenneth Garner 127 · essay
  47. Letter (Weird Tales, January 1936): Hamilton and Moore • essay by Alvin V. Pershing 128 · essay
  48. Letter (Weird Tales, January 1936): No Like? • essay by Sidney Slomich 128 · essay
  49. Letter (Weird Tales, January 1936): Concise Comments • essay by Margaret Van Hausen 128 · essay
  50. Letter (Weird Tales, January 1936): Concise Comments • essay by Edward Helenik 128 · essay
  51. Letter (Weird Tales, January 1936): Concise Comments • essay by Kenneth Garner 128 · essay

Contributors

Margaret Brundage
Cover artist
Se above
Illustrator

Additional related terms

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

ConanPulpRobert E. HowardWeird Tales

Bibliographic and editorial layers

Howard Works source layer

Title
Weird Tales Volume 27 Number 1
Publisher
Popular Fiction Publishing Company
Date
January 1936
Source file
weirdtalesV27N1-January1936.html

REH World editorial layer

Title
Weird Tales 1936 January
Publisher
Popular Fiction Publishing Company
Date
January 1936
Source provenance

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