The Star of Khorala is reviewed. Screamo band, Savage Sword of Conan, Bob Larkin Prizm card. This one has too much info.

https://spraguedecampfan.wordpress.com/2024/03/29/the-bantam-conan-series-the-star-of-khorala/

Short review of a short story. "Red Waves of Slaughter." The latest Heroic Legends offer featuring Robert E. Howard's Bran Mak Morn.

https://spraguedecampfan.wordpress.com/2024/03/26/review-red-waves-of-slaughter-by-steven-l-shrewsbury/

Hi, I recently purchased Volume 1 and 2 of The Chronicles of Conan, printed by Dark Horse Comics. Unfortunately I didn't realize that these editions had been newly recolored to appeal to more contemporary tastes. The difference between the recolored and original version is pretty dramatic: https://i.imgur.com/ArVkhBb.jpeg

So how can I read Barry Windsor-Smith's Conan run in its original color? Are they collected in any trades? Also, are they affordable? My initial Googling shows that there's going to be a new omnibus coming out this summer but it's over $100. I just want some slim volumes printed on nice paper stock. Thanks!

Two sequels to Black Colossus. One by Lin Carter and Sprague de Camp, the other by Roy Thomas. Who did better?

https://spraguedecampfan.wordpress.com/2024/03/22/the-bantam-conan-series-shadows-in-the-dark/

"The People of the Summit." Review, lots of Jim Steranko art. (Why? Read the article.) Textual differences between the Lancer and Bantam versions. Bjorn Nyberg does a good job. Marvel Comics adaptation.

https://spraguedecampfan.wordpress.com/2024/03/19/the-bantam-conan-series-the-people-of-the-summit/

Content: *Savage Sword of Conan #01 (2024), *Conan The Barbarian #08 (2023), *Sword Woman (Del Rey) (2011), *The Best of R.E.H. Volume 01 & 02 (Del Rey) (2007).

Thanks to "mycomiccave" from eBay.

"Legions of the Dead" reviewed. Tim Kirk map. Marvel Comics scans. And a rare advertising article from Bantam Books. Check it out.

https://spraguedecampfan.wordpress.com/2024/03/15/the-bantam-conan-series-legions-of-the-dead/

Welcome all! This is the reading club for r/Cimmeria, and we're starting out by reading all of the Kull of Atlantis stories by Robert E. Howard in order of publication.

This month we read "Kings of the Night" Archive | Gutenberg

"Kings of the Night" was the last of the Kull tales published during Howard's lifetime, and represents one of, if not the first, crossover of two series characters in Weird Tales, as Kull meets Bran Mak Morn. Weirdly, neither of these two is the actual viewpoint character, which is predominantly the Celtic king Cormac of Connacht.

Kull in this story lacks a bit of the somberness of his earlier adventures, taking things less seriously since he believes himself dreaming, and this is as close to the wild mirth of Conan as Kull would ever get. This is also the story where Howard weaves another connective thread between the Picts of the Thurian Age to Roman Britain - REH had previously expanded on the history of the Picts in "The Lost Race" and "Men of the Shadows," but that was before he seems to have conceived of Kull and Valusia.

Tell us what you think about this story!

Do you have any questions?

Do you know any fun facts?

Favorite quotes?

Next month we read "Exile of Atlantis."

If you want a print or audio book to follow along, the best version is Kull: Exile of Atlantis.

An unpublished letter from Doc Howard (REH's father) and a book review of Darker Than You Think. What's the connection? Read the article and see...

https://spraguedecampfan.wordpress.com/2024/03/09/robert-e-howards-father-dr-isaac-howard/

Review of the new S&S anthology "Neither Beg Nor Yield." Not every story is discussed but a decent overview. Some thoughts on S&S in general as well. New book, new review, new fun to have.

https://spraguedecampfan.wordpress.com/2024/03/06/review-neither-beg-nor-yield-edited-by-jason-m-waltz/