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Robert E. Howard’s Horror                                       One-shot Comic
Original Stories by: Robert E. Howard
Editor: Richard Ashford
Cover by: Steve Lightle

If your only exposure to Robert E. Howard is through Conan the Barbarian, you may be forgiven for thinking he was just a sword and sorcery writer. Howard was in fact, a story-teller who excelled in many genres, including; adventure, comedy, detective and horror. In this horror anthology collection, you can see Howard’s work graphically adapted by Frank Brunner and Gil Kane (among others) all in glorious Black & White.

Robert E. Howard’s Horror contains:“Hope Empty of Meaning”
Artist: Richard Pace

Robert E. Howard was a complex man who could hold contradictory views on the same subject and was able to write passionately about both sides. Throughout his poetry there are examples of both his visions of joy and the pain that haunted him. In “Hope Empty of Meaning” the battle between Shadow and Light can be seen in the same poem. Originally published in 1971.
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“Forward”
Writer: Richard Ashford

An introduction by Richard Ashford.
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“The Black Stone”
Writer: Roy Thomas
Artist: Gene Day

A man being gripped with curiosity by a brief reference to the Black Stone in the book Nameless Cults, aka The Black Book, by Friedrich von Junzt. travels to the village of Stregoicavar (“meaning something like Witch-Town”) in the mountains of Hungary. One night and makes his way to the stone. He falls asleep an hour before midnight but wakes to find the chanting and dancing people around the stone. After much dancing, during which the narrator is unable to move or do anything but observe, a baby is killed in sacrifice. Shortly a giant toad-like monster appears at the top of the stone and a second sacrifice, a young girl, is offered to it. Later, upon seeing a toad-monster artifact, he realizes that his “dream” was actually a vision of a real event in history and proclaims… “Man was not always master of the earth”.

Reprints: The Savage Sword Of Conan (1974) Issue #74. Marvel Comics
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“The Horror from the Mound”
Writer: Gardner F. Fox.
Artist: Frank Brunner

A former cowboy, now farmer, named Steve Brill who notices that an old Mexican laborer named Juan Lopez avoids a mound on Brill’s property. Brill learns that during the days of the conquistadors, a small expedition rescued a lone survivor from a ship. The survivor claimed the crew and the rest of the passengers died of plague. He accompanies the expedition to what would become Texas. Then the men start dying, bodies left by the side of the trail drained of blood. Eventually, they find the vampire sleeping in the brush. He’s the survivor. Afraid of waking the creature, they bury it in an old Indian burial mound. Lopez was a descendant of one of the survivors of the expedition. Later, Brill finishes reading to discover the vampire watching him from the window. The creature breaks down the door and Brill fights for his life against the creature.

Reprints: Chamber of Chills (1972) Issue #2. Marvel Comics
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“Dig Me No Grave”
Writer: Roy Thomas
Artist: Gil Kane
Inker: Tom Palmer

When John Grimlan dies, two of his friends must undertake a strange series of tasks that reveal dark secrets about the life of the dead man.

Reprints: Journey Into Mystery (1972) Issue #1. Marvel Comics
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“The Thing on the Roof”
Writer: Roy Thomas
Artist: Frank Brunner

An archaeologist who is also a book collector is asked by an old rival to find a copy of the obscure first edition of Friedrich Wilheim von Junzt’s Nameless Cults. He may live to regret the favor. Seeking some clue in Von Junzt’s volume, he reads about the Temple of the Toad, of the strange pre-Indian people who worshipped there, and of the huge, tittering, tentacled, hoofed monstrosity that they worshipped. A short while later, something crashed in the stillness and the death-scream of a human being burst upon his ears. Upon bursting through a closed door… the room was in ruins and foul, unspeakable slime smeared monster stood with a man crushed and flattened underneath it.

Reprints: Chamber of Chills (1972) Issue #3. Marvel Comics
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“Death of a Legend”
Writer: Roy Thomas
Artist: Sandy Plunkett

“Death of a Legend” graphically relates the story of Robert E. Howard’s last day on Earth, June 11, 1936. Working from the few photos available at the time of REH’s house and effects, Sandy drew a moody, evocative story. The final page of the story shows the REH funeral notice (which is printed from a copy of the original). Story includes artwork of some of REH’s greatest characters; Conan, Kull, Solomon Kane, Bran Mak Morn, Red Sonja, and others.

Reprints: Epic Illustrated (1980) Issue #34. Marvel Comics
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“The Beast of the Arkansas Woods”
Writer: Steve Lightle
Artist: Steve Lightle

A lycanthrope is lurking in the deep Arkansas woods…
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“A Look Back”
Writer: Roy Thomas

Remembrances by Roy Thomas.
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Comic is bagged and triple boarded and will be carefully / securely packaged then shipped via USPS Priority Mail to ensure that it arrives to you perfectly and quickly.

First Printing
Publisher: Cross Plains Comics
Publication Date: August 2000
Format: BW, 64 pages, Comic, 10.25″ x 6.75″
ISBN-10: 192890906X
ISBN-13: 9781928909064

Collectible Entertainment note: One-shot Comic is in Very Fine condition.  Beautiful!  Please See Scans!!  A must have for any serious Robert E. Howard and/or Horror Anthology collector / enthusiast.  A fun & entertaining read.  High Recommended.

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