Introduction
“The Devil in Iron” is one of the original Conan stories. Accepted by Weird Tales on December 14, 1933, and published in August 1934. Howard earned $115 for the publication of this story.
The plot concerns the resurrection of a mythical demon, the theft of a sacred dagger, and an unrelated trap that lures Conan to the island fortress roamed by the demon. The story borrowed elements from “Iron Shadows in the Moon“.
From the letters:
Howard wrote (letter #273) Clark Ashton Smith, postmarked, December 14, 1933, mentioning the sale:
P.S. Wright recently accepted another Conan yarn, “The Devil in Iron.”
Published in:
- WEIRD TALES VOLUME 24 NUMBER 2, Popular Fiction Publishing Company, August 1934
- THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN VOLUME 1 NUMBER 15, Marvel Comics, October 1976 (graphic adaptation)
- THE DEVIL IN IRON, Grant, 1976
- THE PEOPLE OF THE BLACK CIRCLE, Berkley/Putnam, 1977
- THE PEOPLE OF THE BLACK CIRCLE, Berkley, 1977 (restored text)
- THE PEOPLE OF THE BLACK CIRCLE, Science Fiction Book Club, 1977
- THE DEVIL IN IRON, Grossett & Dunlap, 1978
- RĘKA NERGALA / STALOWY DEMON, Klubowe SFera, 1985 (Polish)
- CONAN, A BARBÁR, Csokonai Kiado Vállalat, 1989 (Hungarian)
- L’IRA DI CONAN, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, February 1990 (Italian)
- CONAN, Wydawnictwo Atlantis, 1990 (Polish)
- CONAN BARBARZYŃCA, Elektronik, 1990 (Polish)
- CONAN NAJEMNIK, Wydawnictwo Nakom, 1990 (Polish)
- MAGAZÍN POUTNÍK 7, Klub Julese Vernea, 1992 (Czech)
- ЧЕРНИЯТ МЕЧ SF ТРИЛЪР 12 (ČERNIJAT MEČ SF TRILĂR 12), Neohron, 1993 (Bulgarian)
- CONAN A KIMMÉRIAI, Phoenix Könyvkiadó, 1993 (Hungarian)
- TUTTI I CICLI FANTASTICI – IL CICLO DI CONAN TOMO I, Newton Compton Editori, April 1995 (Italian)
- THE ESSENTIAL CONAN, Science Fiction Book Club, June 1998
- CONAN JA MUSTA RANNIKU KUNINGANNA, Elmatar, 1999 (Estonian)
- THE CONAN CHRONICLES Volume 1, Millennium, August 2000
- CONAN: A ZRODÍSE ČARODĔJKA A JINÉ POVÍDKY, BB Art, 2001 (Czech)
- COMPLETE CONAN OF CIMMERIA VOLUME 1, Wandering Star, 2002
- CONAN, Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, September 2003 (German)
- THE COMING OF CONAN THE CIMMERIAN, Del Rey, December 2003
- THE COMING OF CONAN THE CIMMERIAN, Science Fiction Book Club, December 2003
- ÖSSZES CONAN TÖRTÉNETE I, Szukits Könyvkiadó, 2004 (Hungarian)
- SAVAGE ADVENTURES, Wild Cat Books, 2004
- CONAN. IL CERCHIO NERO, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, June 2005 (Italian)
- THE COMING OF CONAN THE CIMMERIAN, Del Rey, November 2005
- THE DEVIL IN IRON, Incarna Publishing, 2005
- THE COMPLETE CHRONICLES OF CONAN, Gollancz, January 2006
- CONAN 1, Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, February 2006 (German)
- THE WEIRD WRITINGS OF ROBERT E. HOWARD Volume 2, Girasol Collectables, March 2006
- ISAACSON’S LEGACY, VOLUME 1 NUMBER 20, Danny Street, June 2006 (Brief excerpt only) [Distributed in REHUPA #199]
- GARDENS OF FEAR, Wildside Press, December 2006
- 新訂版コナン全集2: 魔女の誕生 (SHINTEIBAN KONAN ZENSHŪ 2: MAJO NO TANJŌ)(THE AUTHORIZED CONAN CHRONICLES 2: A WITCH SHALL BE BORN), Tōkyō Sōgensha, December 2006 (Japanese)
- CONAN, O CIMÉRIO Volume 2, Conrad Editora, 2006 (Portuguese)
- CONAN – O DEMÓNIO DE FERRO, Saída de Emergência, 2006 (Portuguese)
- PULP REPLICA: WEIRD TALES V24N2, Girasol Collectables, May 2007
- CONAN LE CIMMÉRIEN, Bragelonne, October 2007 (French)
- PEOPLE OF THE DARK, Cosmos Books, November 2007
- CONAN I, Aurora, 2007 (Czech)
- CONAN LE CIMMÉRIEN, Bragelonne, April 2008 (French, 2nd printing)
- THE CONAN CHRONICLES Volume 1, Gollancz, April 2008
- “. . .AND THEIR MEMORY WAS A BITTER TREE . . .”, BlackBart Books, August 2008
- THE ADVENTUROUS TALES OF CONAN THE CIMMERIAN, Onno Tasler, October 2008
- CONAN. IL CERCHIO NERO, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 2008 (Italian)
- CONAN THE BARBARIAN, Prion Books, May 2009 (U.K.)
- THE COMING OF CONAN THE CIMMERIAN, Tantor Media Inc., June 2009 (audio)
- CONAN THE REAVER, Halcyon Press, Ltd., December 2009
- DOLAZAK KONANA SIMERIJANCA, IPS Media, 2009 (Serbian)
- CONAN THE BARBARIAN, Easton Press, January 2010
- THE ROBERT E. HOWARD OMNIBUS: 99 COLLECTED STORIES, Halcyon Press, Ltd., May 2010
- CONAN THE BARBARIAN, Prion Books, November 2010
- CONAN LE CIMMÉRIEN, Bragelonne, 2010 (French, 3rd printing)
- CONAN THE BARBARIAN, Metro Books, 2010
- CONAN I PRADAWNI BOGOWIE, Rebis, January 2011 (Polish)
- THE BIG BOOK OF ADVENTURE STORIES, Vintage Books, May 2011
- CONAN IL BARBARO, Newton Compton Editori, July 2011 (Italian)
- CONAN IL BARBARO, Newton Compton Editori, October 2011 (Italian)
- CONAN THE DESTROYER, Gollancz, October 2011
- CONAN BARBARZYŃCA, Rea, April 2012 (Polish)
- CONAN I PRADAWNI BOGOWIE, Rebis, July 2012 (Polish)
- CONAN THE BARBARIAN, Jame-Books, August 2012
- CONAN THE BARBARIAN: TALES OF MAGIC & MAYHEM VOLUME 2, Summit Classic Press, September 2012
- QUEEN OF THE BLACK COAST, THE DEVIL IN IRON, THE PEOPLE OF THE BLACK CIRCLE: CONAN THE BARBARIAN, Jame-Books, September 2012
- CONAN 2, Urco Editora, 2012 (Galician)
- ROBERT E. HOWARD’S COLLECTED WORKS, Jame-Books, February 2013
- WEIRD TALES: 101 WEIRD, STRANGE, AND SUPERNATURAL STORIES VOLUME 8, Civitas Media, February 2013
- WEIRD TALES: THE DEVIL IN IRON, CreateSpace, March 2013
- WEIRD TALES: THE DEVIL IN IRON, UMash Marketing Ltd., March 2013
- WEIRD TALES: 101 WEIRD, STRANGE, AND SUPERNATURAL STORIES VOLUME 8, Civitas Media, May 2013
- CONAN LE CIMMÉRIEN, Bragelonne, September 2013 (French, 4th printing)
- CONAN: MEČ S FÉNIXEM A JINÉ POVÍDKY, Dobrovský, 2013 (Czech)
- CONAN BARBARZYŃCA. TOM 1, BookRage, December 2014 (Polish)
- THE DEVIL IN IRON, Fiction House Press, February 2015
- CONAN THE BARBARIAN, SELECTED SHORT STORIES, Benediction Classics, April 2015
- CONAN – DIE ORIGINAL ERZÄHLUNGEN BAND 2, Festa Verlag, June 2015 (German)
- CONAN THE BARBARIAN, Ulwencreutz Media, November 2015
- CONAN BARBARZYŃCA, Rea, November 2015 (Polish)
- КОНАН TOM 1, Изток-Запад (East West), 2015 (Bulgarian)
- THE DEVIL IN IRON, Perennial Press, February 2016
- THE WEIRD TALES OF CONAN THE BARBARIAN, Dover Publications, June 2016
- CONAN IL BARBARO, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, October 2016 (Italian)
- THE DEVIL IN IRON, Speculative!, October 2016 (audio)
- CONAN THE BARBARIAN – COLLECTED ADVENTURES, The Castanea Group, December 2016
- CONAN: BROADSWORD LEGACY COLLECTION, Shirtsleeve Press, April 2017
- THE DEVIL IN IRON , Sir Angels, April 2017
- CONAN THE BARBARIAN – COLLECTED ADVENTURES, The Castanea Group, June 2017
- ROBERT E. HOWARD’S CONAN THE CIMMERIAN BARBARIAN: THE COMPLETE WEIRD TALES OMNIBUS, Pulp-Lit Press, June 2017
- ROBERT E. HOWARD’S CONAN THE CIMMERIAN BARBARIAN: THE COMPLETE WEIRD TALES OMNIBUS, Audible Audio, June 2017
- ROBERT E. HOWARD’S CONAN THE CIMMERIAN BARBARIAN: THE COMPLETE WEIRD TALES OMNIBUS, Easton Press, 2017
- CONAN, O BÁRBARO – LIVRO 2, Pipoca e Nanquim, September 2018 (Portuguese)
- CONAN THE BARBARIAN, Prion Books, 2018
- LE CIMMÉRIEN (CONAN, TOME 1), Le Livre de Poche, January 2019 (French)
- CONAN JA MERIROSVOT, Oppian, January 2019 (Finnish)
- EL DIABLO DE HIERRO, Sportula, April 2019 (Spanish)
- CONAN JA MERIROSVOT, Oppian, March 2020 (Finnish)
- THE ADVENTURES OF SWORD AND SORCERY AND FANTASY #2, Fortuna Publications, July 2020
- ROBERT E. HOWARD FOUNDATION NEWSLETTER V14N3, Robert E. Howard Foundation, Fall 2020 (Part 1 of 2)
- THE FEASTING OF SWORDS: EPIC TALES OF BLOOD AND THUNDER, Legendary Planet, August 2020
- CONAN THE BARBARIAN: COMPLETE COLLECTION, Nighttime Editions, 2020
- ROBERT E. HOWARD FOUNDATION NEWSLETTER V14N4, Robert E. Howard Foundation, Winter 2020-2021 (Part 2 of 2)
- OS CONTOS MAIS ÉPICOS DE CONAN, Saída de Emergência, May 2021 (Portuguese)
- CONAN LE CIMMÉRIEN, Bragelonne, July 2021 (French)
- ROBERT E. HOWARD AND WEIRD TALES, Dennis McHaney, November 2021 (excerpt only)
Edited version by L. Sprague de Camp appears in the following places:
- CONAN THE BARBARIAN, Gnome Press, 1954
- CONAN THE WANDERER, Lancer, 1968
- CONAN DER WANDERER, Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, 1971 (German)
- 狂戦士コナン (KYŌSENSHI KONAN) (BERSERKER CONAN), Hayakawa Bunko, June 1971 (Japanese)
- コナンと焔の短剣 (KONAN TO HONŌ NO TANKEN), Sōgen Suiri Bunko, May 1972 (Japanese)
- CONAN THE WANDERER, Sphere, 1974
- CONAN THE WANDERER, Prestige, 1977
- CONAN DE ZWERVER, Zwarte Beertjes, 1977 (Dutch)
- CONAN LO ZINGARO, Editrice Nord, January 1980 (Italian)
- CONAN THE WANDERER, Ace, 1981
- CONAN LE VAGABOND, Jean-Claude Lattès, March 1982 (French)
- CONAN DER WANDERER, Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, October 1982 (German)
- CONAN DER WANDERER, Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, 1983 (German, 2nd edition)
- CONAN EN HET VLAMMENDE MES, W & L Boeken, 1983 (Dutch)
- CONAN EL VAGABUNDO, Ediciones Forum, 1983 (Spanish)
- CONAN LE VAGABOND, J’ai Lu, December 1985 (French)
- KONAN: DEMONSKO OSTROVO, Niro Dečje Novine, 1985 (Part 2, Serbo-Croatian)
- KONAN: DRVO SMRTI, Niro Dečje Novine, 1985 (Part 1, Serbo-Croatian)
- LA LEGGENDA DI CONAN IL CIMMERO, Editrice Nord, October 1989 (Italian)
- CONAN FÖRGÖRAREN, Target Games, 1989 (Swedish)
- CONAN LE VAGABOND, J’ai Lu, May 1990 (French, 2nd printing)
- THE CONAN CHRONICLES Volume 2, Orbit, September 1990
- CONAN OBIEŻYŚWIAT, Wydawnictwo PiK, 1991 (Polish)
- CONAN LE VAGABOND, J’ai Lu, January 1992 (French, 3rd printing)
- CONAN L’AVVENTURIERO, Editrice Nord, November 1993 (Italian)
- CONAN, AFSF, 1994 (Czech)
- LA SAGA DI CONAN IL CIMMERO, Editrice Nord, 1994 (Italian)
- CONAN DER WANDERER, Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, November 1995 (German)
- CONAN SNIKMORDERNES BY, Semic / Nordisk Forlag A/S, 1995 (Norwegian)
- CONAN I: BARBAR, AFSF, 1997 (Czech)
- CONAN II: DOBYVATEL, AFSF, 1997 (Czech)
- CONAN, Claude Lefrancq Editeur, October 1998 (French)
- КОНАН СКИТНИКА (KONAN SKITNIKA), Bard, 1998 (Bulgarian)
- CONAN LE VAGABOND, J’ai Lu, April 2002 (French, 4th printing)
