Continuing to look at the Bantam Conan Series. Conan the Liberator. Catherine's heavy hand? Satyrs. A four-part Marvel Comics adaptation. And the satisfying crunch of Numedides' neck.

https://spraguedecampfan.wordpress.com/2024/04/21/the-bantam-conan-series-conan-the-liberator/

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This month we read "Exile of Atlantis," which was unpublished during Howard's lifetime. It first saw print in King Kull from Lancer; some more background is given in "Atlantean Genesis" by Patrice Louinet in Kull: Exile of Atlantis. Chronologically, this works as a prequel to "The Shadow Kingdom," showing Kull in Atlantis, and it includes his friend Am-Ra (shades of "Queen of the Black Coast"!) The connective tissue between the "Am-Ra of the Ta-An" fragments and the Kull/Bran Mak Morn series is almost more fascinating to me than the story itself.

Roy Thomas incorporated "Exile of Atlantis" as a flashback in Kull the Conqueror #1 (1971).

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 "The Altar and the Scorpion."

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

"Moon of Blood" from Conan the Swordsman is discussed. Info about the game based on it. Map, Art, etc. Included is the splash page to another story (that most probably don't remember) in the Savage Sword of Conan issue where the adaptation appears.

https://spraguedecampfan.wordpress.com/2024/04/14/the-lancer-conan-series-moon-of-blood/

Vincent Darlage who has written for Conan Role Playing Games has done an excellent overview of The Book of Skelos. REH's stories, pastiches, Marvel Comics... it's all covered. Check it out, you won't be sorry.

https://spraguedecampfan.wordpress.com/2024/04/11/the-book-of-skelos/

"The Ivory Goddess" review. Did Lin Carter actually contribute to the story? Naked goddess statue, bad joke, Marvel art. and summary of the story.

https://spraguedecampfan.wordpress.com/2024/04/07/the-bantam-conan-series-the-ivory-goddess/

"The Gem in the Tower." Old Marvel Tales art. Commentary.

https://spraguedecampfan.wordpress.com/2024/04/02/the-bantam-conan-series-the-gem-in-the-tower/

Check out last month's State of the Subreddit if you'd like to see what you missed.

Only a few months left before Robert E. Howard Days 2024, if you haven't made arrangements yet, check out www.howarddays.com for details.

She Is Conann is available for pre-order. While this is a very different derivative work, it's fun to see all the strange ways Robert E. Howard's work has inspired others.

Conan the Barbarian from Titan Comics continues publication with issue number 9, as well as the resurrected Savage Sword of Conan. Titan also continues to produce original standalone short stories and novellas featuring Conan and other of Howard's characters in the Heroic Legends Series; the latest ones are:

• Bran Mak Morn: Red Waves of Slaughter by Steven L. Shrewsbury

• Conan: Terror from the Abyss by Henry Herz

• Conan: Lethal Consignment by Shaun Hamill

Things you may have missed in March:

• A Conan By Any Other Name

• Cimmerian Remembrance: "If Nobody but a Pure Celt Wore the Green..."

• Doc Howard Letter

• “Jirel of Joiry: Into The Violet World” (1987) by C. L. Bevill and “Werewoman” (1994) by Roy Thomas et al.

• Life Beyond Conan: The Other Heroes of Robert E. Howard

• "Robert E. Howard’s Apology to H. P. Lovecraft" by Michael K. Vaughan

• Rusty Burke: Back at Home and Back on the Phone

Reviews [Reviewer]:

• A Little Bronze Book of Weird Tales by Robert E. Howard [Adventures Fantastic]

• Bêlit: Shipwrecked - V. Castro [James Reasoner]

• Legions of the Dead [Gary Romeo]

• The People of the Summit [Gary Romeo]

• Red Waves of Slaughter [Gary Romeo]

• Savage Sword of Conan #1 [James reasoner]

• Sequel to Black Colossus [Gary Romeo]

• The Star of Khorala [Gary Romeo]

• The Valley of the Worm [LordSampler]

On the r/Cimmeria Reading Club, we're reading the Kull of Atlantis stories, in order of publication. This month we're reading and discussing "Exile of Atlantis" HowardWorks.

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

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/