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Weird Tales 1936 February

Popular Fiction Publishing Company

1936
Publication type
PeriodicalPulp magazine
Contains
Stories

Publication date: February 1936

Introduction

Part 3 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

Weird Tales Volume 27 Number 2.
There are two known Canadian editions of Weird Tales.
The first edition ran from June 1935 to July 1936.
It was identical to the U.S. edition in contents, though there are some cover differences.
The second edition ran for 58 issues bi-monthly from May 1942 to November 1951.
Both editions were published by the American News Company of Toronto.
Editor: Farnsworth Wright
The Hour of the Dragon is illustrated by Vincent Napoli.

Page numbers run from 129 to 256 and do not include the covers.

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Edition and production details

Language
English
Edition format
Pulp
Publication date
February 1936
Pages
132
Publisher / imprint
Popular Fiction Publishing Company
Cover art
Margaret Brundage
Illustrations
Se above
Related editions
American News Company, ltd. February 1936

1 linked Howard work

67 contents entries

  1. "The Hour of the Dragon" (Part 3 of 5)
  2. Coils of the Silver Serpent • novelette by Forbes Parkhill 130 · novelette
  3. Non-REH Content
  4. Coils of the Silver Serpent • interior artwork by Vincent Napoli 131 · artwork
  5. "Coils of the Silver Serpent" by Forbes Parkhill
  6. Ballad of the Gods • poem by Henry Kuttner 147 · poem
  7. "Ballad of the Gods" by Henry Kuttner (poem)
  8. Yvala • [Northwest Smith] • novelette by C. L. Moore 148 · novelette
  9. "Yvala" by C. L. Moore
  10. Yvala • interior artwork by Vincent Napoli 149 · artwork
  11. "Salvage" by Alfred I. Tooke (poem)
  12. Salvage • poem by Alfred I. Tooke 168 · poem
  13. "Wife of the Dragon-Fly" by Paul Ernst
  14. Wife of the Dragon-Fly • short story by Paul Ernst 169 · story
  15. "The Man Who Would Not Die" by Frank Owen
  16. Wife of the Dragon-Fly • interior artwork by Vincent Napoli 169 · artwork
  17. "Jorgas" by Robert Nelson (poem)
  18. Weird Tales, February 1936 • [Weird Tales Decorations] • interior artwork by Andrew Brosnatch (variant of Weird Tales, January 1925 1925) 177 · artwork
  19. "Norn" by Everil Worrell"
  20. The Man Who Would Not Die • short story by Frank Owen 178 · story
  21. "Fear: A Fantasy" by Wilma Dorothy Vermilyea (poem)
  22. The Man Who Would Not Die • interior artwork by Hugh Rankin 179 · artwork
  23. "A Visitor from Far Away" by Loretta G. Burrough
  24. Weird Tales, February 1936 [2] • [Weird Tales Decorations] • interior artwork by Andrew Brosnatch (variant of Six Bearded Men 1924) 186 · artwork
  25. "The Man on the Platform" by Theodore Tinsley
  26. Jorgas • poem by Robert Nelson 187 · poem
  27. "A Dream of Death" by Andrew Daw
  28. The Hour of the Dragon (Part 3 of 5) • [Conan] • serial by Robert E. Howard (book publication as Conan the Conqueror 1950) 188
  29. "The Temple" by H. P. Lovecraft
  30. The Hour of the Dragon (Part 3 of 5) • interior artwork by Vincent Napoli 189 · artwork
  31. The Eyrie (letter column)
  32. Norn • novelette by Everil Worrell [as by Lireve Monet] 211 · novelette
  33. Norn • interior artwork by Vincent Napoli 211 · artwork
  34. Fear: A Fantasy • poem by Millen Cooke [as by Wilma Dorothy Vermilyea] 227 · poem
  35. A Visitor from Far Away • short story by Loretta Burrough 228 · story
  36. The Man on the Platform • short story by Theodore Tinsley 232 · story
  37. Weird Tales, February 1936 • [Weird Tales Decorations] • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay (variant of Weird Tales, December 1935 1935) 234 · artwork
  38. A Dream of Death • non-genre • short story by Andrew Daw 235 · story
  39. Weird Tales, February 1936 [3] • [Weird Tales Decorations] • interior artwork by Andrew Brosnatch (variant of Weird Tales, November 1924 1924) 238 · artwork
  40. Weird Story Reprint • (1928) • interior artwork by Hugh Rankin 239 · artwork
  41. The Temple • (1925) • short story by H. P. Lovecraft 239 · story
  42. Coming Next Month (Weird Tales, February 1936) • essay by uncredited 245 · essay
  43. The Eyrie • (1924) • interior artwork by Andrew Brosnatch 250 · artwork
  44. The Eyrie (Weird Tales, February 1936) • [The Eyrie] • essay by The Editor 250 · essay
  45. Letter (Weird Tales, February 1936): An Anagrammatic Alias • essay by H. P. Lovecraft 250 · essay
  46. Letter (Weird Tales, February 1936): "Shadows in Zamboula" Rates High • essay by Alvin V. Pershing 250 · essay
  47. Letter (Weird Tales, February 1936): Magnetic Stories • essay by Edythe M. Baird 250 · essay
  48. Letter (Weird Tales, February 1936): A Reader for Eight Years • essay by Frederick Shroyer [as by Frederick B. Shroyer] 250 · essay
  49. Letter (Weird Tales, February 1936): Enjoyable Verse • essay by Emerson Soukup 251 · essay
  50. Letter (Weird Tales, February 1936): The Recent Reprints • [Letters: Robert A. W. Lowndes] • essay by Robert A. W. Lowndes [as by Robert W. Lowndes] 251 · essay
  51. Letter (Weird Tales, February 1936): Comment on the Illustrators • essay by Paul Freehafer 252 · essay
  52. Letter (Weird Tales, February 1936): Lukundoo • essay by Henry Kuttner 252 · essay
  53. Letter (Weird Tales, February 1936): Virgil Finlay's Art • essay by Robert Leonard Russell 252 · essay
  54. Letter (Weird Tales, February 1936): Our Women Readers • essay by Daisy M. Adams 252 · essay
  55. Letter (Weird Tales, February 1936): More Stories About Reincarnation • essay by John J. Rosecrans 253 · essay
  56. Letter (Weird Tales, February 1936): Detective Yarns in WT • essay by Joseph Robins 253 · essay
  57. Letter (Weird Tales, February 1936): The December Issue • essay by Louise Leftwich 254 · essay
  58. Letter (Weird Tales, February 1936): The Chain of Aforgomon • essay by B. M. Reynolds 254 · essay
  59. Letter (Weird Tales, February 1936): Less Blood and Fighting • essay by Le Wells Rust 254 · essay
  60. Letter (Weird Tales, February 1936): A Loyal Fan Comments • essay by Gertrude Hemken 255 · essay
  61. Letter (Weird Tales, February 1936): Conan a Superman • essay by Julius Hopkins 255 · essay
  62. Letter (Weird Tales, February 1936): Brief Briefs • essay by Robert A. Madle [as by Robert G. Madle] 256 · essay
  63. Letter (Weird Tales, February 1936): Brief Briefs • essay by Morris Levine 256 · essay
  64. Letter (Weird Tales, February 1936): Brief Briefs • essay by Jim Mooney [as by James N. Mooney] 256 · essay
  65. Letter (Weird Tales, February 1936): Brief Briefs • essay by Charles H. Bert 256 · essay
  66. Letter (Weird Tales, February 1936): Brief Briefs • essay by S. Moss 256 · essay
  67. Letter (Weird Tales, February 1936): Brief Briefs • essay by John Malone 256 · essay

Contributors

Vincent Napoli
Illustrator
Margaret Brundage
Cover artist
Andrew Brosnatch
Illustrator
Hugh Rankin
Illustrator
Jim Mooney
Essayist
S. Moss
Essayist
John Malone
Essayist

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Bibliographic and editorial layers

Bibliographic source layer

Title
Weird Tales Volume 27 Number 2
Publisher
American News Company, Limited (Canada)
Date
February 1936
Source file
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REH World editorial layer

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

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