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Weird Tales 1936 March

Popular Fiction Publishing Company

1936
Material type
Pulp magazine
Publication categories
Pulps: Weird Tales

Publication date: March 1936

Introduction

Part 4 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 3.
The Hour of the Dragon is illustrated by Vincent Napoli.

Page numbers run from 257 to 384 and do not include the covers.

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Edition and production details

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

1 linked Howard work

60 contents entries

  1. "The Hour of the Dragon" (Part 4 of 5)
  2. The Albino Deaths • novelette by Ronal Kayser 258 · novelette
  3. Non-REH Content
  4. The Albino Deaths • interior artwork by Vincent Napoli 259 · artwork
  5. "The Albino Deaths" by Ronal Kayser
  6. Weird Tales, March 1936 • [Weird Tales Decorations] • interior artwork by Andrew Brosnatch (variant of Weird Tales, December 1924 [3] 1924) 271 · artwork
  7. "The Crystal Curse" by Earl Binder & Otto Binder
  8. The Crystal Curse • novelette by Earl Binder and Otto Binder [as by Eando Binder] 272 · novelette
  9. "Beyond Death's Gateway" by Paul Ernst
  10. The Crystal Curse • interior artwork by Jack Binder 273 · artwork
  11. "Haunted" by Alfred I. Tooke (poem)
  12. Beyond Death's Gateway • [Dr. Satan] • novelette by Paul Ernst 290 · novelette
  13. "The Black Abbot of Puthuum" by Clark Ashton Smith
  14. Beyond Death's Gateway • interior artwork by Vincent Napoli 291 · artwork
  15. "The Devil's Swamp" by Robert Avrett (poem)
  16. Haunted • poem by Alfred I. Tooke 307 · poem
  17. "The Creaking House" by Clarence Edwin Flynn (poem)
  18. The Black Abbot of Puthuum • [Zothique] • novelette by Clark Ashton Smith 308 · novelette
  19. "In the World's Dusk" by Edmond Hamilton
  20. The Black Abbot of Puthuum • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay 309 · artwork
  21. "The Ship that Committed Suicide" by A. J. Mordtmann
  22. The Devil's Swamp • poem by Robert Avrett 322 · poem
  23. "The Graveyard Rats" by Henry Kuttner
  24. The Hour of the Dragon (Part 4 of 5) • [Conan] • serial by Robert E. Howard (book publication as Conan the Conqueror 1950) 323
  25. "Homecoming Day" by Jay Wilmer Benjamin
  26. The Hour of the Dragon (Part 4 of 5) • interior artwork by Vincent Napoli 323 · artwork
  27. "A Masterpiece of Crime" by Jean Richepin
  28. The Creaking House • poem by Clarence Edwin Flynn 344 · poem
  29. The Eyrie (letter column)
  30. In the World's Dusk • short story by Edmond Hamilton 345 · story
  31. In the World's Dusk • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay 345 · artwork
  32. The Ship That Committed Suicide • short story by A. J. Mordtmann 354 · story
  33. The Graveyard Rats • short story by Henry Kuttner 359 · story
  34. Weird Tales, March 1936 • [Weird Tales Decorations] • interior artwork by uncredited (variant of Weird Tales, March 1925 [2] 1925) 363 · artwork
  35. Homecoming Day • short story by J. Wilmer Benjamin [as by Jay Wilmer Benjamin] 364 · story
  36. Weird Story Reprint • (1928) • interior artwork by Hugh Rankin 367 · artwork
  37. A Masterpiece of Crime • short story by Jean Richepin (trans. of Le chef-d'œuvre du crime? 1876) 367 · story
  38. Coming Next Month (Weird Tales, March 1936) • essay by uncredited 373 · essay
  39. The Eyrie • (1924) • interior artwork by Andrew Brosnatch 376 · artwork
  40. The Eyrie (Weird Tales, March 1936) • [The Eyrie] • essay by The Editor 376 · essay
  41. Letter (Weird Tales, March 1936) • essay by Julius Hopkins 376 · essay
  42. Letter (Weird Tales, March 1936): Quinn Has the Knack • essay by Peggy Bauer 378 · essay
  43. Letter (Weird Tales, March 1936): Brickbats and Bouquets • essay by Michael Liene 378 · essay
  44. Letter (Weird Tales, March 1936): Pretty Ladies on the Covers • essay by Diamond Bencke 379 · essay
  45. Letter (Weird Tales, March 1936): Pest? Far From It! • essay by David Mahoney 380 · essay
  46. Letter (Weird Tales, March 1936): Virgil Finlay's Drawings • essay by C. B. H. 380 · essay
  47. Letter (Weird Tales, March 1936): Lovecraft's Literary Art • essay by Henry Kuttner 380 · essay
  48. Letter (Weird Tales, March 1936): From a French Reader • essay by Jacques Bergier 381 · essay
  49. Letter (Weird Tales, March 1936): From the Dark Continent • essay by D. de Woronin 381 · essay
  50. Letter (Weird Tales, March 1936): Seabury Quinn's Latest Yarn • essay by Willis Conover [as by Willis Conover, Jr.] 382 · essay
  51. Letter (Weird Tales, March 1936): Perfect • essay by Johnny MacDonald 382 · essay
  52. Letter (Weird Tales, March 1936): A Truley Unusual Tale • essay by Donald Allgeier [as by Donald V. Allgeier] 382 · essay
  53. Letter (Weird Tales, March 1936): Brief Briefs • essay by E. McCrary 383 · essay
  54. Letter (Weird Tales, March 1936): Brief Briefs • essay by Constance Gill 383 · essay
  55. Letter (Weird Tales, March 1936): Brief Briefs • essay by Ed S. Woodhead 383 · essay
  56. Letter (Weird Tales, March 1936): Brief Briefs • essay by B. M. Reynolds 384 · essay
  57. Letter (Weird Tales, March 1936): Brief Briefs • essay by Dwight Boyce [as by Dwight A. Boyce] 384 · essay
  58. Letter (Weird Tales, March 1936): Brief Briefs • essay by Seabury Quinn 384 · essay
  59. Letter (Weird Tales, March 1936): A Tip-top Issue • essay by Charles H. Deems 384 · essay
  60. Letter (Weird Tales, March 1936): Doctor Lamontaine • essay by T. C. Marks 384 · 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 3
Publisher
Popular Fiction Publishing Company
Date
March 1936
Source file
weirdtalesV27N3-March1936.html

REH World editorial layer

Title
Weird Tales 1936 March
Publisher
Popular Fiction Publishing Company
Date
March 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.