Edited and editorial by Robert M. Price
“Drums of the Bizango” is one of five stories featuring REH character John Gorman.
John Gorman was created by Robert E. Howard in an untitled synopsis for a “spicy” adventure story.
Marc A. Cerasini and Charles Hoffman took this synopsis and used it as a basis for a short story, “She-Cats of Samarkand.” The story was published under the byline of Sam Walser, a pseudonym REH used when he wrote for the “spicy” pulps.
A small gallery of photos of Robert E. Howard and great art from wonderful artists. I’ll try to add more images. I’m also open to suggestions or contributions.
Weird Tales from June 1933 contains Robert E. Howards ‘Black Colossus’ which is one of the original short stories starring the fictional sword and sorcery hero Conan the Cimmerian. Howard earned $130 for the sale of this story.
Mark Finn has written one of the very best biographies about Robert E. Howard. Mark Finn sets the record straight on Howard’s character. First published in a trade paperback edition in November 2006 by MonkeyBrain Books. A second, expanded and corrected edition was published in hardcover by The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press in January 2012; a trade paperback followed from the same publisher in 2013.
This chapbook from 1985 contains three early tales (one of them is a fragment). The Sikh warrior Lal Sing will be familiar to Robert E. Howard fans as one of El Borak’s team. Introduction by Robert M. Price.
The first story is called ‘Sixgun Hellcats from Black River’ and it’s written by Hugh B. Cave, Charles Hoffman and Marc Cerasini. What makes it extra fun is that Robert E. Howard and Hugh B. Cave are missing and editor of Weird Tales, Mr. Farnsworth Wright, have sent Sam Walser and Justin case to look for them and also find out what happened to Mr. Ambrose Bierce who disappeared in Mexico in 1913.
Weird Tales from December 1932 was the first issue with a Conan story. It featured ‘The Phoenix on the Sword’ where Conan is King.It is actually a rewritten King Kull story.
