BitterOldMan Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Robert E. Howard wrote much more than fantasy stories. His western stories were among the best ever written. And who can forget the hilarious adventures of Breckinridge Elkins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theagenes Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Robert E. Howard wrote much more than fantasy stories. His western stories were among the best ever written. And who can forget the hilarious adventures of Breckinridge Elkins. I completely agree! If you haven't read the Breck stories you're missing out. Over the top violence in humorous tall tale style. Think Pecos Bill meets Kill Bill. I'm actually giving a paper on the Breckinridge Elkins stories at the pulp studies area at the PCA/ACA conference in April. The Action Stories issues with the Breck stories are nearly impossible and I haven't managed to get one yet, but i did pick up this Star Western last year. The story here was originally entitled "An Elkins Never Forgets" but apparently it went unsold to Action Stories. So Howard rewrote it, changing the title to "The Curly Wolf of Sawtooth" and renamed the main protagonist Bearfield Elston. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theagenes Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 I'm enjoying seeing everyone else REH items! Keem 'em coming if you've got 'em. I've got way too much to post, but here are a couple of my scarcer items. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theagenes Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theagenes Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 This one has a variant cover: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theagenes Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 (edited) A 20 year old Howard had a letter published in The Ring Edited January 23, 2012 by Theagenes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theagenes Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 His first published story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted January 23, 2012 Author Share Posted January 23, 2012 Happy Birthday, Two-Gun Bob! Yes, indeed. Happy Birthday, Robert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted January 23, 2012 Author Share Posted January 23, 2012 His first published story. This is the cover to that issue. Weird Tales (July 1925) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted January 23, 2012 Author Share Posted January 23, 2012 The first appearance of Conan was in the December, 1932 issue of Weird Tales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted January 23, 2012 Author Share Posted January 23, 2012 This one has a variant cover: I love seeing all those rare fan publications. Great collection, Jeff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theagenes Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 The first appearance of Conan was in the December, 1932 issue of Weird Tales. The interior title page and the first ever image of Conan. I love seeing the Nemedian Chronicles passage in its appearance in print. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 I love seeing this copy every time you post it. The first appearance of Conan was in the December, 1932 issue of Weird Tales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theagenes Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 One last fun item. This is the original art for the Postal cancellation stamp from the 2010 Howard Days. It's by Jim and Ruth Keegan who do the Two-Gun Bob backup feature in the Dark Horse conan series and who have done the artwork for a number of Howard books by Del Rey and the REH foundation. This hangs in my foyer and is the first thing anyone sees when they enter my house. Amazingly it was my wife's idea to hang it there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 I found about a year's worth of Mickey Mouse strips from 1943 in an old scrap book. Even the mouse was brought into the war against the Nazis. Interesting to see I think. Black Pete was also on the other side. I knew he was a bad guy. BB This is from a few years ago in the thread but WOW! I love old Mickey Mouse and I'd never seen strips like these. Thought I'd give these strips a bump again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weird Paper Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 One last fun item. This is the original art for the Postal cancellation stamp from the 2010 Howard Days. It's by Jim and Ruth Keegan who do the Two-Gun Bob backup feature in the Dark Horse conan series and who have done the artwork for a number of Howard books by Del Rey and the REH foundation. This hangs in my foyer and is the first thing anyone sees when they enter my house. Amazingly it was my wife's idea to hang it there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted January 23, 2012 Author Share Posted January 23, 2012 One last fun item. This is the original art for the Postal cancellation stamp from the 2010 Howard Days. It's by Jim and Ruth Keegan who do the Two-Gun Bob backup feature in the Dark Horse conan series and who have done the artwork for a number of Howard books by Del Rey and the REH foundation. This hangs in my foyer and is the first thing anyone sees when they enter my house. Amazingly it was my wife's idea to hang it there. Very cool. Does Cross Plains have a different cancellation stamp every year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted January 23, 2012 Author Share Posted January 23, 2012 This is from a few years ago in the thread but WOW! I love old Mickey Mouse and I'd never seen strips like these. Thought I'd give these strips a bump again! Walt Disney's Comics & Stories later reprinted some of that storyline. WDC&S #46 (July 1944) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted January 23, 2012 Author Share Posted January 23, 2012 Donald Duck expressing some anti-Japanese sentiment in this story by Carl Barks. WDC&S #56 (May 1945) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehumantorch Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Donald Duck expressing some anti-Japanese sentiment in this story by Carl Barks. WDC&S #56 (May 1945) Wow, what a page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
