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Lorelei of the Red Mist                            Comics Lot
Original Story by: Ray Bradbury & Leigh Brackett
Adapted by: R. A. Jones & Christy Marx
Artists: Dell Barras & C. Manalac
Inkers: Butch Burcham & Romeo Lopez
Letterer: Susan Dorne
Editor: Alfonso DJ. Alfonso
Covers by: Marcus Boas

Leigh Brackett and Ray Bradbury collaborated on one story, “Lorelei of the Red Mist“, which appeared in 1946. “Lorelei of the Red Mist” is one of those stories you hear about and you just have to read it. The first half was written by Leigh Brackett in 1944 who then had to drop it because she went to Hollywood to write the Bogart picture The Big Sleep (1946) with William Faulkner. This left Lorelei unfinished. Ray Bradbury, yes, that Ray Bradbury, finished the tale without any outline from Leigh. Bradbury’s part starts with: “He saw the flock, herded by more of the golden hounds.” It was generally well-received, although one letter to the magazine complained that the story’s treatment of sex, though mild by modern standards, was too explicit. The artwork also emphasized attractive women, with scantily clad damsels in distress or alien princesses.

Story/Spoilers (featuring the full Lorelei of the Red Mist 1946 Novel Synopsis for nostalgic remembrance)
Hugh Starke, space-rat and convict, was being pursued by spacecraft into the unknown parts of Venus. He had just pulled off the largest lone wolf heist in the history of that planet. But now it looked like he was going to pay the ultimate price for his misdeeds. But fate had a strange twist on Starke’s life when he woke up in a different body. A body that was strong and powerful. In a body of a Venusian barbarian named Conan. But was Starke anything more than a puppet in this new body? For he soon found out the strings were being pulled by the beautiful, but terrible, Rann. For Rann was like the siren, Lorelei, and it was Hugh-Starke-called-Conan that would have to fight her or be lured to his doom!

Comics lot contains: Lorelei of the Red Mist (1992) Issues #1-2.  Conquest Press

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First Printings
Publisher: Conquest Comics
Publication Date: 1992
Format per comic: BW, 32 pages, Comic, 10.25″ x 6.75″
UPC: None Stated

Collectible Entertainment note: Comics are in Fine condition.  Nice Set!  Please See Scans!!  A must have for any serious Ray Bradbury collector and/or enthusiast.  A fun & entertaining read.  Recommended.

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