In this episode, Eric explores the transition of vintage pulp stories and heroes from magazine format to mass market paperbacks in the 1960s...

The tenth of the Lancer Conan paperbacks, Conan of Cimmeria , was published in 1969. The publisher reprinted it in 1970 through 1973. Ace t...

The February 1937 issue of Weird Tales featured Robert E. Howard's horror story “Dig Me No Grave”. The iconic Texas author was paid $1...

In the 1968 hardcover Red Shadows (red binding), a fragmented six-page story appeared titled “The Castle of the Devil” by Robert E. Howard ...

Conan the Usurper was published in 1967 by Lancer with a painted cover by Frank Frazetta. It was later reprinted by Ace once Lancer ceased ...

The Savage Sword of Conan #3 was first published in December of 1974. The cover, inspired by Bjorn Nyberg's short story “The People of ...

“Three-Bladed Doom” was a short story authored by Robert E. Howard starring his character El Borak . It was not published during Howard...

Robert E. Howard's weird fiction story “Black Hound of Death” first appeared in the November 1936 issue of Weird Tales . It was also in...

Robert E. Howard's story “Rattle of Bones” was first published in Weird Tales in the June 1929 issue. The story was also printed in Sk...

Bjorn Nyberg (1929-2004) briefly associated himself with Conan lore beginning in the 1950s. The Swedish author collaborated with L. Sprague...

British publisher Titan Books began licensing Robert E. Howard's Conan character from Heroic Signatures in 2022. The publisher has bee...

Robert E. Howard's Conan licensing is a moving target in the comics industry. Many associate the character with Marvel based on the s...

Glenn Lord (1931-2011) became a literary agent for the Robert E. Howard  estate in 1965, a role he served in for over 25 years. Lord was ins...

If I may take some liberties here, I'm introducing my review of  Robert E. Howard's   horror  tale “Wolfshead” with a fun tidbit of ...

Robert E. Howard 's “Red Shadows” story featured Puritan hero Solomon Kane . Howard had initially pitched the story to Argosy but was m...

Robert E. Howard's 16th century Puritan hero Solomon Kane made his first appearance in the August, 1928 issue of Weird Tales . The stor...