I hope I can ask this question without getting flamed.

How can I find the best REH stories?

Robert E Howard was a genius, and his best works are going to survive for centuries. But it was not all great. (That's the part that's going to incense certain fans.) He wrote to make money, he churned out a lot of stories, and while the worst of them was better than the best from a lot of other people who get paid to write I still don't want to read it.

Reading through all of Conan or Borak or Kull is just out. Some stories from each character are great, some are not worth reading. They were probably worth reading while you were riding the bus in 1935, but they aren't worth the time now. When I start a new story I don't know if it's going to be another Red Nails or another forgettable story.

The new illustrated black books are neat because you get all the Solomon Kane or Kull stories in one place with a few fragments and a couple essays - and the illustrations, of course - but the downside is that you're getting the mediocre with the great.

The not great stories take forever to read and I'd rather spend that time reading something else.

So how can I figure out which are the really good stories and which are the ones I can avoid?

So December is coming and I've been wondering because most of the shirts i find online are trash looking shirts that are the type where you just paste a google image on a white background. Now i don't really care too much about the quality to be honest unless its affordable, but most of these shirts i find online look so cheap that they look like something you would find out of city trends or dollar tree. Like common, anyway if you guys know of any places where i can get good looking Conan T Shirts that aren't trash looking, and im mostly looking for the ones based on the books not the movie.

No Conan Arnold please, i love the movie but im looking for something based on Howards books, something unique and epic, or at least something that looks cool and awesome at least it doesn't have to be like super rare or old or something. Something when you look at the shirt, it shows the epicness of Conan and not just a google image you put in a white background.

A local comic shop was having a Black Friday sale today, all wall books were $1 so I stocked up on variants and Savage Swords. They also had a buy one get two free TPB sale am I got the three Titans TPB and some Marvel ones.

Just found out the other day Robert Jordan cut his teeth on Conan early in his career. I can't find the books on Audible does any one know if they are on another service?

I was surprised by how good the Valeria figure looks. My wife found the medallion for me.

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I appreciate the input from everyone. After much thought (and a good night's rest), I've decided to go with a more Celtic sounding name, which ironically, is associated with destiny and strength.

Thank you all.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/60912142

There was a panel where a girl was chained up with a bear chained just outside of reach of her. The narrative captions said she’d live until the bear learns to unwrap his chain from the pole or tree. Conan just casually walked by it and didn’t rescue her. Anyone know what I’m talking about? 80’s Savage Sword of Conan

They really are a thing of beauty. And hopefully a testament to making some positive changes in my life!

Hi - decades ago I read some Conan story (it was not in english it was translated to my language) so maybe I will not be able to put it right in words but I will try. Only thing I remember from that story was that conan together with bunch of mercenaries/comrades/soldiers was going up to some mountain. Probably to get to some wizard/mage etc/ At some point some strange, spherical objects started to float from top of the mountain towards Conan and his companion. One of them tried to puncture sphere with his sword but it exploded leaving just his arm holding sword.

Anyone?

This arrived in the post today.

If you are married and you can do this with your wife's sisters or cousins and still keep your wife, then Crom is proud of you.

Did the later issues in the series just have low print-runs? In the last year, I’ve started re-collecting SSOC (I had a lot of them years ago…they all got wiped out in a flood), but since I’ve been rebuilding my collection, I have yet to find many issues past #100. I like the thrill of the hunt, so I haunt flea markets, thrift stores, and all the comic shops that are nearby, but almost everything I find are the early issues…and they’re pretty cheap. (Picked up copies of #3 and 4 in great shape for $3 each recently.) Why are later issues seemingly so difficult to run across?

What is the best, most detailed map of the Hyborean Age? I'd love to see what you all have. Thanks in advance.