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Ooh, that's on the list now. There also appears to be a dinosaur story in that issue. From Time's Dawn by B. Wallis Pulps are like the gifts that keep on giving.

Ooh, that's on the list now.

This great stuff, My buddy Mark Finn is working on an anthology of Gorillas from the Pulps right now. Should be fun!

Just heard Frank Robinson passed away. RIP.

Gorgeous!

You may have to fight me for it! I have two copies of it right now, but neither one looks like that! Congrats Dwight!

Great stuff comicjack!

Dang. Now I got two more books I've got to chase. Brian, you'll need this too. Just came in today. I am absolutely stoked at how nice (and inexpensive) these REH books turned out. It's rare that I actually agree with the seller's raw grades. The JIM #1 is a solid 9.0 if not borderline 9.2, the other two are 9.4s. Now if I can find a decent Chamber of Chills #3 OK. I think I've rounded out my REH collection. Picked up this beautiful raw 9.2-9.4 CoC #3 today. Very nice Brian! (Sorry fo rthe late reply but I've been away from the boards for a couple of weeks)

Yeah, good call on the philsp site.

Thanks for the link! It was educational, and made me want to hear more about pulps. I also listened to"Pulpcon 36: The Future of Pulp Collecting". I found many of their concerns similar to the Golden Age community and collecting, but don't think they view the GA collector any differently than the modern comic collector. Id love to learn more about pulps but find it somewhat overwhelming. Is there a pulp cover book similar to the GA photo journals? These books helped me grasp the immense depth of GA. Are any pulps listed in the overstreet? I wish there was more of a pulp presence at the cons I attend. I'm glad I at least have this thread. Glad you enjoyed the panel. Bookery's Guide is the only price guide and is an excellent. You may have seen the author Tim Cottrell posting here as Bookery. There are a number of books out there that have a lot of pulp covers, but nothing like the Gerbers. The closest thing might be the big color catalog that Adventure House put out for the Frank Robinson Collection. You might see if they have any left: http://www.adventurehouse.com/

Bob Weinberg owns the Rhiannon art. He just posted it on FB the other day.

This pulp is beyond cool! Very nice of REH to give the lead writing credit to his buddy Tevis. I read that REH wrote the whole thing and Tevis may have done some "research". The conclusion was that REH wanted to give his friend an opening to submit some of his own stories. Yeah, that was essentially what Tevis said in the introduction to the Donald Grant edition that was published in the 70s. Xaltotun may want to comment.

Hmmm. I certainly don't remember that scene from the book. Nice though. I don't have my copy handy, but I don't remember it either. In fact the only story from the volume Schultz did that I can think of that might fit is maybe "Black Colossus" after he is made general. Perhaps the seller is just using the words "Red Nails" to get more looks from anyone using that for a search. In light of the BWS Art Archives book Yeah, I don't know. Maybe he mistakenly thought it was Red Nails because the architecture looks vaguely Mesoamerican. But Red Nails is the third volume which Greg Manchess illustrated. I'll check my copy when I get home, but I'm wondering if this is an unpublished piece.

Hmmm. I certainly don't remember that scene from the book. Nice though. I don't have my copy handy, but I don't remember it either. In fact the only story from the volume Schultz did that I can think of that might fit is maybe "Black Colossus" after he is made general.

Those are nice editions, though I was never a big fan of the fleshy colored cover. I wrote a review for the first volume when it came out for The Cimmerian blog several years ago. http://leogrin.com/CimmerianBlog/the-barry-windsor-smith-archives-conan-volume-one-hits-the-shelves/

New addition.

I could not agree more. These are some of the best Conan comics ever put together and that is no exageration. In terms of pairing a writest and an artist together Tim and Tomas are one of those rare combinations that is greater than the sum of its parts. If you watch the panel above, you'll see that Tim is a true life long REH fan. He really gets it on a level that no other comic writer has, even Roy Thomas. Because he truly understands Howard's world and characters he is able make necessary changes required by the comics medium and pull it off while still keeping the feel of Howard's prose. And tomas, man it's been fun watching him develop as an artist. He was a little rough to begin with several years ago, but he has found his style and it's breathtaking. He captures hints of some of the best Conan artists, Frazetta, Buscema, Gianni, yet still maintains his own unique style. The King Conan series is easily up there with the best Conan comics ever made, and the ongoing Hour of the Dragon/Conan the Conqueror series is on par with Thomas and Smith's Red Nails and Thomas, Buscema, and Alcala's "Black Colossus." Seriously if you are interested enough in Conan comics to click on this thread, you should be reading these books right now. Previews: http://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/Previews/23-592?page=0

Some of you might find this interesting. This is the "From Pulps to Comics" panel at Pensacon last week in podcast form at ThePulp.net. It features me, with David Earle (professor from UWF and pulp expert) and Nicky Wheeler Nicholson (granddaughter of Malcom Wheeler Nicholson, the pulp writer who founded DC comics) http://www.thepulp.net/pulp-info/convention-coverage/pensacon-2014/

Thanks for posting this. Quite enjoyable! Glad you enjoyed it. We got quite a few compliments after that panel.

And this.

Dang. Now I got two more books I've got to chase. Brian, you'll need this too.

This was just posted on YouTube. It's the Robert E. Howard in the Comics panel from Howard Days 2013. It features me (Jeff Shanks), my buddies and fellow Howard scholars Al Harron and Mark Finn, along with Tim Truman, who has written the DH Conan series for most of the last decade and currently writes the amazing King Conan series. As a special bonus, Joe R. Lansdale, who was in the audience jumps in a couple of times. Hope you guys enjoy it.

Saucy!!!