Two-Gun Bob's Saloon - The Pulps of Robert E. Howard 2 2

[comicjack]

6 hours ago, Xaltotun said:

And the last of the REH Sport-Story appearances, with the Dec 25, 1931 issue. "Kid Galahad" (appearing here as "The Good Knight").

I always found this cover a tad ambiguous. Maxwell Grant is not Walter Gibson here, btw, just the S&S house name.

At any rate, a very rare pulp in incredibly beautiful condition, with a bone white cover.

Looking amazing for the age 

[Xaltotun]

Slowly rounding up the list of the Howard sports pulp, here is the first issue (of three), of the very short-lived Jack Dempsey's Fight Magazine, published in 1934. This first issue is quite uncommon.

 

[Xaltotun]

The second of the Jack Dempsey's. If the first one is uncommon, the second one is way more uncommon. Also, this is a very ratty copy, one of the very few I need to upgrade. Last: it is a Canadian variant (note the "July" date rather than June"). Never seen another one.

[Xaltotun]

Third and last Jack Dempsey's Fight Magazine, which folded with this issue. If 1 and 2 are tough to come by, 3 is even harder. I snatched this copy quite a number of years ago and will have a hard time upgrading.

 

 

[Xaltotun]

The next-to-last entry in my sports pulps featuring Howard. RedFury showed his copy in the first page of this thread, but here is mine. As he said, a tough to get copy of Dime Sports, April 1936, with "Iron Jaw" (original title: "Fists of the Desert").

 

[Xaltotun]

And here is the last entry of the REH sports pulps, one which few people know of because the REH connection was only discovered a few years ago: a full page biographical letter, which, sadly, was published the very month Howard died. Dime Sports, June 1936

Edited April 23, 2021 by Xaltotun

[Xaltotun]

Here is a nice little series of cool Howard/Lovecraft items.

In the course of the Lovecraft/Howard correspondence, they would often share clippings and documents. While all the original letters are now held by the Harry Ransom Center in Austin, what few enclosed documents that survived are not, and those are 5 photos taken by Howard, with his typewritten comments on the back. I obtained those a year ago or so.

[Xaltotun]

[Xaltotun]

Kelly, the "conjer-man" was the basis for a factual article Howard wrote in 1931, which in turn was the basis for his "Black Caaan" (Weird Tales, Jun 1936)

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[Xaltotun]

Technically not a pulp because those were digest-sized, but lots of ultra cool reprints and nice covers. The Avon Fantasy Reader, from 1947 onward.

[OtherEric]

The last issue of Avon Fantasy reader even has the first publication of a story by REH, rather than a reprint:

[Xaltotun]

Yep, "The House of Arabu", heavily edited by Otis Kline.

[OtherEric]

4 minutes ago, Xaltotun said:

Yep, "The House of Arabu", heavily edited by Otis Kline.

It could have been worse, a few years later de Camp would have edited it into a Conan story...

[Xaltotun]

For certain !

[Xaltotun]

Cowboy Stories, July 1937, with "Knife-River Prodigal" yet another tough to find REH pulp, let alone in this condition.

Strasser pedigree copy (with a tip of the hat to RedFury!)

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[Xaltotun]

Another rarity, The Fantasy Fan, March 1934, with "Gods of the North", aka "The Frost King's Daughter", aka the Conan tale "The Frost Giant's Daughter" with the hero's name changed to Amra. Extremely low print run, maybe 60 copies.

[Xaltotun]

Action Stories, October 1934, "A Gent from Bear Creek"

[Xaltotun]

Action Stories, Oct 1935, "The Riot at Cougar Paw, another Breckinridge Elkins tale.