Introduction
“The Hand of Nergal” is one of the original short stories by American author Robert E. Howard starring the sword and sorcery hero Conan the Cimmerian, an untitled fragment begun in the 1930s but not finished or published in Howard’s lifetime. It was completed and titled by Lin Carter.
Alternate title:
UNTITLED FRAGMENT (The battlefield stretched silent, . . .)
Howard's fragment was published in:
- THE LAST CELT, Grant, 1976 (synopsis only)
- THE LAST CELT, Berkley, November 1977 (synopsis)
- CONAN, Wydawnictwo Atlantis, 1990 (Polish)
- THE CONAN CHRONICLES Volume 1, Millennium, August 2000 (synopsis)
- COMPLETE CONAN OF CIMMERIA VOLUME 1, Wandering Star, 2002 (as untitled fragment “The battlefield . . .”)
- THE COMING OF CONAN THE CIMMERIAN, Del Rey, December 2003 (as untitled fragment “The battlefield . . .”)
- THE COMING OF CONAN THE CIMMERIAN, Science Fiction Book Club, December 2003 (as untitled fragment “The battlefield . . .”)
- CONAN YILLIKLARI 1: FIL KULESI, İthaki Yayınları, 2003 (Turkish)
- ÖSSZES CONAN TÖRTÉNETE I, Szukits Könyvkiadó, 2004 (Hungarian)
- THE COMING OF CONAN THE CIMMERIAN, Del Rey, November 2005 (as untitled fragment “The battlefield . . .”)
- THE COMPLETE CHRONICLES OF CONAN, Gollancz, January 2006
- 新訂版コナン全集1: 黒い海岸の女王 (SHINTEIBAN KONAN ZENSHŪ 1: KUROI KAIGAN NO JŌŌ)(THE AUTHORIZED CONAN CHRONICLES 1: QUEEN OF THE BLACK COAST), Tōkyō Sōgensha, October 2006 (synopsis, Japanese)
- THE CONAN CHRONICLES Volume 1, Gollancz, April 2008
- CONAN – THE FRAZETTA COVER SERIES #6, Dark Horse Comics, November 2010 (graphic adaptation)
- CONAN THE DESTROYER, Gollancz, October 2011
Carter's story was published in:
- CONAN, Lancer, 1968
- BEYOND THE GATES OF DREAM, Belmont, August 1969
- CONAN, Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, 1970 (German)
- コナンと髑髏の都 (KONAN TO DOKURO NO MIYAKO), Sōgen Suiri Bunko, April 1971 (Japanese)
- CONAN, Edition Spéciale, June 1972 (French)
- BEYOND THE GATES OF DREAM, Belmont Tower, November 1972
- BEYOND THE GATES OF DREAM, Five Star, 1973
- CONAN THE BARBARIAN #30, Marvel, September 1973
- CONAN, Sphere, 1974
- ACHTER DE PORTEN VAN DE DROOM, Ridderhof, 1974 (Dutch)
- CONAN!, Editrice Nord, June 1976 (Italian)
- CONAN, Zwarte Beertjes, 1976 (Dutch)
- CONAN, Prestige, 1977
- BEYOND THE GATES OF DREAM, Leisure, 1977
- SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #220, Marvel, du
- CONAN, Jean-Claude Lattès, 1st Quarter 1980 (French)
- CONAN, Ace, 1981
- CONAN, Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, May 1982 (German)
- BEYOND THE GATES OF DREAM, Leisure, 1982
- CONAN, Jean-Claude Lattès, April 1983 (French, 2nd printing)
- CONAN DE BARBAAR, W & L Boeken, 1983 (Dutch)
- CONAN, Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, 1983 (German, 3rd edition)
- CONAN: ORIGEN DE UNA LEYENDA, Ediciones Forum, 1983 (Spanish)
- CONAN, J’ai Lu, December 1984 (French)
- KONAN: GRAD LOBANJA, Niro Dečje Novine, 1984 (Yugoslavia/Croatian)
- RĘKA NERGALA / STALOWY DEMON, Klubowe SFera, 1985 (Polish)
- CONAN, Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, 1985 (German, 4th edition)
- CONAN, Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, 1987 (German, 5th edition)
- CONAN, Aventyrsspel, 1987 (Swedish)
- THE CONAN CHRONICLES Volume 1, Sphere, August 1989
- LA LEGGENDA DI CONAN IL CIMMERO, Editrice Nord, October 1989 (Italian)
- CONAN, SFK Winston, 1989 (Czech)
- CONAN, J’ai Lu, May 1990 (French, 2nd printing)
- CONAN, Wydawnictwo PiK, 1991 (Polish)
- КОНАН ВАРВАРИНЪТ (KONAN VARVARINĂT), Rolis, 1991 (Bulgarian)
- CONAN, J’ai Lu, April 1992 (French, 3rd printing)
- CONAN, Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, June 1992 (German)
- CONAN IL CIMMERO, Editrice Nord, June 1993 (Italian)
- CONAN, Semic / Nordisk Forlag A/S, 1994 (Norwegian)
- LA SAGA DI CONAN IL CIMMERO, Editrice Nord, 1994 (Italian)
- CONAN, Editura Fantasia, 1995 (Romanian)
- CONAN, Ediciones Martinez Roca, 1995 (Spanish)
- CONAN: ESPADA & MAGIA VOLUME 2, Unicórnio Azul, 1995 (Portuguese)
- CONAN, J’ai Lu, 1996 (French, 4th printing)
- CONAN, Claude Lefrancq Editeur, October 1998 (French)
- AZ ALKONY KIRÁLYAI, Cherubion Könyvkiadó, 1998 (Hungarian)
- CONAN, Zagrebačka naklada, 1998 (Croatian)
- BEYOND THE GATES OF DREAM, Wildside Press, December 1999
- KONANAS, Eridanas, 2000 (Lithuanian)
- CONAN, J’ai Lu, March 2001 (French, 5th printing)
- コナンと髑髏の都 (KONAN TO DOKURO NO MIYAKO), Sōgen Suiri Bunko, 2001 (Japanese)
- CONAN DE CIMMERIER, De Boekerij – Uitgeverij M, March 2003 (Dutch)
- CONAN, J’ai Lu, February 2004 (French, 6th printing)
- CONAN: KLETBA MONOLITU , United Fans / Klub Julese Vernea, 2004 (Czech)