Two-Gun Bob's Saloon - The Pulps of Robert E. Howard 1 1

[Xaltotun]

Action Stories, Oct 1936, with "Politics at Blue Lizard" (as "The Conquerin' Hero of the Humbolts").

[Xaltotun]

Action Stories, Aug 1936, "High Horse Rampage"

[Xaltotun]

Here's one gloomy document. Two surviving copies for this, one held at the Harry Ransom Center with the rest of the Howard papers, the other in my collection. Obviously prepared by Howard's father, which he then had printed by the local paper, and distributed to locals and family.

[Xaltotun]

This one has a funny story to go with it. I obtained it with a bunch of credit slips issued by Howard's father. At first, I didn't notice anything special about it, and it was only when I scanned and catalogued it that I realized what it is. For this is more than Howard cashing a check: *he* signed the document "Robt Howard" (how many times have you seen a "Robt Howard" signature?).

But there's more. This is for a $100 check, deposited Sep 1. Howard sold two stories for that amount in 1929, and one was a boxing story for which we know he was paid in the spring at the latest. So... what was the other story? Well, it appeared in a mag that paid upon publication, not acceptance. Weird Tales. This is thus the deposit slip of his check for the story that had appeared in Weird Tales in August, "The Shadow Kingdom", no less!

[RedFury]

Wow, now that is rare and cool!  Thanks for sharing!

[Xaltotun]

Action Stories, Sept 1936, "No Cowherders Wanted"

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Action Stories, January 1932, "One Shangai Night", published as "Dark Shangai"

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Action Stories, Oct 1931

[Xaltotun]

Here's one of the crown jewels of my Howard collection. The latin expression translates as "to each is own"

 

[Xaltotun]

Action Stories, February 1936

[Xaltotun]

Not a pulp, but close, Marvel Tales, Jul/Aug 1934. This came in two versions, and here is the bright orange one.

(Couldn't connect to the site for days. Did everything, on several machines and browsers. Eventually managed to connect via Tor, and once I was connected there, Firefox suddenly showed me as connected. Weird!!)

 

Edited May 31, 2021 by Xaltotun

[FoggyNelson]

That is real old 1934 , in good shape for that age👍‼️😷

[Xaltotun]

Headed to Cross Plains, TX, for Howard Days. GoH this year is none other than Roy Thomas!

[RedFury]

8 hours ago, Xaltotun said:

Headed to Cross Plains, TX, for Howard Days. GoH this year is none other than Roy Thomas!

So great!  Have fun!  Say hello to Jeff for me! 

[Xaltotun]

On 6/9/2021 at 5:55 PM, RedFury said:

So great!  Have fun!  Say hello to Jeff for me! 

Back in Austin now. It was lots of fun and good to see friends I hadn't seen in two years. Sadly, Jeff couldn't make it this year.

[Xaltotun]

Top-Notch, June 1935, with "Hawk of the Hills", by far the best of the El Borak stories. Doug Ellis owns the original art to this beautiful cover.

[FoggyNelson]

Great cover on that Top-Notch pulp‼️‼️🔥🔥

[Sarg]

On 7/2/2021 at 4:02 AM, Xaltotun said:

Top-Notch, June 1935, with "Hawk of the Hills", by far the best of the El Borak stories. Doug Ellis owns the original art to this beautiful cover.

Nice to see Robert be given the cover illustration for a change. Who is the artist?

[Surfing Alien]

This is not a pulp but I just re-read and so powerful still... Posting because a couple of these are 1st appearances in print in the Dell edition.

[Pulpflakes]

On 7/6/2021 at 7:27 AM, Sarg said:

Nice to see Robert be given the cover illustration for a change. Who is the artist?

Probably Tom Lovell.