Pat Calhoun Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Story goes that ERB was miffed when Kline published his first interplanetary swashbuckler set on Venus, ‘The Planet of Peril’ begun in Argosy Jul 1929, considering any such subject matter as poaching, and his aggressive response was the genesis of his Carson of Venus series (first part published Argosy Sep 1932). And of course OAK parried that thrust by launching a series set on Mars (first part published Argosy Jan 1933). Touche! the below 1939 Burroughs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Calhoun Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 two effective illustrations by John Coleman Burroughs from the 1963 Canaveral Press reprint of ERB's 'Escape on Venus' the fourth and final book of the series. In the foreground of the first: Carson Napier and Lady Duare... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciorac Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 Speaking of JCB, here is a fun, large, item that was in the collection. And it reminds me that I need to mail this out to David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted April 27, 2011 Author Share Posted April 27, 2011 That's a nice collectible. Is that the House of Greystoke edition that was published in the early 1970's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted April 27, 2011 Author Share Posted April 27, 2011 Pat, you sure have a gorgeous copy of that book. Carson of Venus publication in Argosy (January 8, 1938). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted April 27, 2011 Author Share Posted April 27, 2011 Pirates of Venus was the first book in the series. 1934 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Mentallo Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 Argosy (January 8, 1938) Fabulous cover! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted April 27, 2011 Author Share Posted April 27, 2011 Pirates of Venus was the first book in the series. Here is the first pulp publication of Pirates of Venus. Argosy (September 17, 1932) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Calhoun Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 (edited) the battle of the planets begins! another star cover from Stahr! just to be fair (don't have- thanks, philsp) here's first Kline Venus appearance, pairing off Graef and Stahr like ERB & OAK... (Jul 1929) Edited April 27, 2011 by pcalhoun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat-Man_America Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 ...Not sure if bronze sculptures fit this category to the letter, but these new additions to our household are connected in spirit to the GA by only a degree or two of separation. Sculpted by Daniel Cockersell, Brigitte Wuest and Eden Small under the creative guidance of John Howe and Richard Taylor, based on John Howe's LOTR/Hobbit paintings... Smaug... Eowyn & Nazdal... Hope you like 'em; we sure do! (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Calhoun Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 Bighead says 'Metal Dragons are GOOD!' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theagenes Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 the battle of the planets begins! another star cover from Stahr! just to be fair (don't have- thanks, philsp) here's first Kline Venus appearance, pairing off Graef and Stahr like ERB & OAK... (Jul 1929) This issue also has REH's first appearance in Argosy with "Crowd Horror." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theagenes Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 Here's another Carson issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciorac Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 That's a nice collectible. Is that the House of Greystoke edition that was published in the early 1970's? Why yes it is BZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted April 27, 2011 Author Share Posted April 27, 2011 Smaug... Eowyn & Nazdal... They're incredible. I love all the fine detail work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted April 27, 2011 Author Share Posted April 27, 2011 Bighead says 'Metal Dragons are GOOD!' How about Metal Monsters? Argosy (August 7, 1920) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted April 27, 2011 Author Share Posted April 27, 2011 (Jul 1929) This issue also has REH's first appearance in Argosy with "Crowd Horror." And worth noting: I think it may be the only story that Howard had published in Argosy during his lifetime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted April 27, 2011 Author Share Posted April 27, 2011 Here's another Carson issue. That's a cover that I don't see very often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfcityduck Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 Bangzoom, You need to vacuum your billiards table or stop practicing the trick shots around that dragon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theagenes Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 (Jul 1929) This issue also has REH's first appearance in Argosy with "Crowd Horror." And worth noting: I think it may be the only story that Howard had published in Argosy during his lifetime. That's right, after this early story he tried for years to get back in (and also to break into Adventure). The last year of his life he had great success with his humorous Breckinridge Elkins tales at Action Stories and editor Jack Byrne was apparently a big fan of them. When Byrne left Fiction House to go to Argosy in early 1936 he asked REH to create a similar character. Howard quickly whipped out some stories with Breck knock-offs like "Pike Bearfield" and Byrne bought three of them. He also bought a straight western, "Vulture's Sanctuary" and a weird western, "The Dead Remember." Unfortunately, they didn't see print until fall of '36, several months after REH killed himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
