6,783 Characters
AnimalFictional / created

Abercrombie

sardineA sardine caught by Captain Vilo McPants.1 Work1 name formExplore Character Supernatural beingFictional / created

Abhoth

Directly named or invoked in the Dawnward Spire letter body.0 Works2 Letters1 name formExplore Character HumanFictional / created

Abie

figure in Monk Costigan’s unfinished joke1 Work1 name formExplore Character HumanFictional / created

Abie Goldberg

person Dutchy recalls accidentally shooting in the breeches1 Work1 name formExplore Character HumanHistoricity uncertain

Abie Goldstein

owner or namesake of the pawn shop in “Come You Back to Rachel Shea”0 Works1 Poem1 name formExplore Character HumanHistorical / real

Abie Goldstein

historical bantamweight boxer; distinct from fictional pawn-shop namesakeHistorical bantamweight boxer named by Robert E. Howard as a former American and world champion. This real boxer is distinct from Howard’s fictional pawn-shop figure of the same name.0 Works1 Letter1 name formExplore Character HumanFictional / created

Abie Hussenstein

Battling Santos’s former manager1 Work1 name formExplore Character HumanHistorical / real

Abigail Sprague

Tevis Clyde Smith ancestor named in Smith family genealogy0 Works1 Letter1 name formExplore Character HumanHistoricity uncertain

Abner

Biblical military leader discussed at length in Howard's account of Saul's reign0 Works2 Letters1 name formExplore Character HumanFictional / created

Abner Brill

first-person adventurer/narrator1 Work1 name formExplore Character HumanFictional / created

Abner Jeppard

Edward Willington's uncle and guardian who engineers the hidden-voice murder scheme1 Work3 name formsExplore Character HumanHistorical / real

Abraham

biblical/historical figure invoked as a chronological comparison1 Work1 Letter1 name formExplore Character HumanHistorical / real

Abraham Lincoln

historical person referenced in the source2 Works1 Poem1 Letter2 name formsExplore Character HumanFictional / created

Abraham Simeon Levine

comic ancestor named by the first-person speaker in “An American”0 Works1 Poem1 name formExplore Character HumanHistoricity uncertain

Absalom

Biblical son of DavidAbsalom is the Biblical son of David mentioned by Isaac M. Howard in his October 7, 1944 discussion of Joab. Howard recalls Joab's part in bringing Absalom back to Jerusalem and later…0 Works1 Letter1 name formExplore Character HumanFictional / created

Absolom Tannernoe

owner of Tannernoe Lodge who draws Steve Harrison into a trap1 Work2 name formsExplore Character HumanHistorical / real

Abu Bakr

first caliph named by Howard in historical prose; source form “Abu Bekr”0 Works1 Letter1 name formExplore Character HumanFictional / created

Accountant who reports John Skile’s death

A young accountant lodging in the same house as Skile.1 Work1 name formExplore Character HumanFictional / created

Ace Banning

fighter in Costigan’s title-eliminating series1 Work1 name formExplore Character HumanFictional / created

Ace Barlow

Shanghai saloon man/crook1 Work1 name formExplore Character HumanFictional / created

Ace Bissett

1 Work1 name formExplore Character HumanFictional / created

Ace Brannigan

boxer who loses to Brennon on a foul in the first Iron Men version1 Work1 name formExplore Character HumanFictional / created

Ace Brelen

1 Work1 name formExplore Character HumanFictional / created

Ace Brent

Wahpeton gambler1 Work1 name formExplore Character HumanHistorical / real

Ace Hudkins

historical boxing figure named in the source1 Work1 name formExplore Character HumanFictional / created

Ace Jessel

heavyweight boxer managed by John Taverel2 Works1 name formExplore Character HumanFictional / created

Ace Johnson

gambler entrusted with fight stakes1 Work1 name formExplore Character HumanFictional / created

Ace Keenan

1 Work1 name formExplore Character HumanFictional / created

Ace Larnigan

fight-arena promoter2 Works1 name formExplore Character HumanFictional / created

Ace Middleton

gambler and Gloria La Venner's associate1 Work1 name formExplore Character HumanFictional / created

Ace Tremayne

Bucksnort gambler1 Work1 name formExplore Character HumanHistorical / real

Achmed Abdullah

Russian-born American author, screenwriter and actor; distinct from fictional Characters named Abdullah0 Works1 Letter1 name formExplore Character HumanFictional / created

Achmet

Soudanese henchman in the later Sons of Hate drafts1 Work1 name formExplore Character HumanFictional / created

Achmet

young prince slain by Zenghi1 Work1 name formExplore Character HumanFictional / created

Achmet ibn Mitkhal

Gordon’s host/friend at el-Azem1 Work1 name formExplore Character HumanFictional / created

Achmet Kerim

Kerim Ali's father and former emir of the Mahdi1 Work2 name formsExplore Character