One-Shot Marvel Sword & Sorcery Adventures
Here are some one-shot Marvel Sword & Sorcery adventures that get over-looked because they were single outings. The anthology comics like Monsters Unleashed were good Read More
Tag: Marvel Comics
Andrew J. Offutt’s Conan Trilogy 1: Conan and the Sorcerer
No Stranger to Howard Andrew J. Offutt was no stranger to Robert E. Howard’s work in 1978 when he began his trilogy of Conan novels. Read More
The Savage Land: A Pulp Heritage
The Savage Land from the Ka-Zar comics has an obvious Pulp heritage. Or is it all that obvious? Who was the first person to place Read More
Gardner F. Fox’s Crom the Barbarian
Gardner F. Fox’s Crom the Barbarian is special. I have avoided it for a while because I really wanted to do it properly. I want Read More
Belmont Tower Sword & Sorcery 1968 to 1981
The history of Belmont and Tower Books (and later Belmont Tower Books) is convoluted. Belmont Books was created by the same company that owned Archie Read More
The Monsters of the Hyborian Age 7: Were-Hyenas
Last time we looked at the Winged Ape, the eldritch monster who Conan, Belit and her crew of pirates faced off against. That evil being Read More
The Monsters of the Hyborian Age 6: The Winged Ape
If you missed last time…. Robert E. Howard liked ape monsters. He had Thak in our last entry from “Rogues in the House” as well Read More
The Monsters of the Hyborian Age 5: Thak the Apeman
In case you missed the last monster… “Rogues in the House” (Weird Tales, January 1934) was the seventh Conan story Howard sold. It is set Read More
Superheroes Go Sword & Sorcery
Superheroes go Sword & Sorcery is not quite the same thing as Sword & Sorcery Superheroes. I would point to the piece I did on Read More
H. Rider Haggard Comic Adaptations
Henry Rider Haggard’s novels of adventure were an obvious choice for comic adaptions. Just as Hollywood found the color and majesty of Africa alluring, so Read More