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Witch-House
Wizard’s Isle
Skull-Face
Skull-Face originally ran as a three-part serial in Weird Tales in 1929….
Robert E. Howard clearly took his inspiration from the Fu Manchu books, but went far beyond that model to create a villain that could eat old Fu for breakfast. The guy with the skull-like face is first believed to be some sort of Chinese crime lord, then an ancient Egyptian, and finally a master sorcerer who should have gone down with Atlantis. He’s a guy who would have made a fine nemesis for Conan.
This story is in the public domain, and the full text is available here. Of course, it is one of the most racist stories I have ever read, but there it is.
Buccaneers of Venus
The first appearance in any medium of Robert E. Howard’s Conan came in this issue with the publication of The Phoenix On The Sword. The entire issue can be downloaded here
Interestingly, Buccaneers of Venus is the serialization of the previously featured novel The Port of Peril