Tag: Robert E. Howard
The Gods of Bal-Sagoth
Hawks of the Outremer
Kull
Bran Mak Morn
Eons Of The Night
The Slithering Shadow
Fritz Leiber rated The Slithering Shadow (a.k.a. Xuthal of the Dusk) among the worst of the Conan stories, calling it “repetitious and childish, a self-vitiating brew of pseudo-science, stage illusions, and the ‘genuine’ supernatural.” However, that didn’t stop this original Margaret Brundage painting for selling for $42,000. This entire issue can be downloaded here
Black Colossus
The She Devil
Temptress of the Tower of Torture and Sin
A Witch Shall Be Born
Queen of the Black Coast
A wonderful Brundage cover for a great Conan story, but I have to say this is probably the second-worst depiction of The Cimmerian ever officially published. This entire issue can be downloaded here.
The House of Golden Masks
The Fire of Asshurbanipal
This issue includes Robert E. Howard and H.P. Lovecraft (both writing a Cthulhu Mythos tale) and Robert Bloch and Otis Adelbert Kline and E. Hoffmann Price and Manly Wade Wellman and Henry Kuttner and August Derleth. The only one missing is Clark Ashton Smith, but he got a letter in, so he’s included too. And then there’s a cover by J. Allen St. John and interior art by Virgil Finlay. This entire issue can be downloaded here.
The cover story by Robert E Howard is a personal favorite of mine. The full text can be read here.
Loot Of The Vampire
This issue features the Southern Gothic horror story Black Canaan by Robert E. Howard, and was published the month he committed suicide. This entire issue can be downloaded here