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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_Kane_(comics)




I was looking through the Wrightson topic, and saw this post of mine that went on a tangent regarding a Wrightson pin-up page of Solomon Kane:

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There's two recent books from Dark Horse that collect the entire Solomon Kane run of stories previously published by Marvel.

One is titled THE SAGA OF SOLOMON KANE, that collects all the stories that appeared in black-and-white Marvel magazines, spanning a 20-year period. About 60% are Robert E. Howard story adaptations, with a few new/original stories. Plus dozens of beautiful pin-up pages, including this one by Wrightson. A tremendous collection of artistic talents drawing the character: Gene Day, Ralph Reese, Al Weiss, Neal Adams, Pablo Marcos, Mike Zeck, Howard Chaykin, Sonny Trinidad, Rudy Nebres, David Wenzel, Dan Bulanadi, Steve Carr, Al Williamson, Colin MacNeil, Jim Fletcher, Bob Gould, John Buscema, John Byrne. And Wrightson. Ranging from pin-ups to full stories, but nicely interpreted, either way.

A second thinner volume, CHRONICLES OF SOLOMON KANE, collects all the color Solomon Kane stories done for Marvel, a 1976 two-issue Thomas/Chaykin story done in MARVEL PREMIERE 33 and 34 (adapting Howard's "Red Shadows"), and a six-issue 1985 miniseries, 4 of which are Howard adaptations.

Between the two volumes, they adapt 13 of the 16 Howard stories, some of them adapted twice, by different hands. 4 of the 16 are incomplete story fragments by Howard, one loosely adapted and expanded on freely, the others not adapted. Two of the four Howard fragments were expanded and adapted in separate new books by Dark Horse, CASTLE OF THE DEVIL, and DEATH'S BLACK RIDERS about 10 years ago, that I found not overly satisfying reading. The first at least had very ornate art.
I liked the Howard fragment stories better in a Robert E. Howard text paperback edited by Ramsey Campbell, where Campbell I thought did a far superior job of expanding them into full stories that were good reading.


And while I thought it was relevant, listing another place where Wrightson's page could be found in a collected edition, I recall at the time regretting not creating a separate topic for Solomon Kane material, and in the back of my mind intending to at some point.

Solomon Kane is I think my favorite of Robert E. Howard's characters, in some ways even over Conan. I always liked the historical aspect of Kane. That Solomon Kane travelled on ships at the beginning of British colonialism to the four corners of the earth (or at least had the potential to). I saw him as the most connected to the modern era and the least mythological of Howard's characters. And I also enjoyed that he is a devout Christian, but with a conflicting wanderlust for adventure and violence.

And with a list of artists drawing him that's a who's-who of the industry's best talent (Neal Adams, Al Weiss, Barry Windsor-Smith, Gene Day, Howard Chaykin...) how could you possibly go wrong?

It was mind-blowing for me when this stuff was released in collected form how sporadically these stories were published, across an assortment of magazines and comics over a roughly 20-year period, and despite that I already had about 95% of them, to see them collected together what an enormous amount of talent had contributed to this brief obscure run, how cohesive they were, and how true they were to the original Robert E. Howard stories.


For me, only the two later Dark Horse adaptations (CASTLE OF THE DEVIL, and DEATH'S BLACK RIDERS) published around 2010 were somewhat disappointing. But still filled the void of some previously un-adapted Robert E. Howard Kane fragments, and still presented some nice art.

Much as I'd like to see new versions of Solomon Kane, I'm concerned in the modern era they'd just re-invent the character into something other than the character Howard created. The two collected editions of the Marvel material present an interesting package, offering both a consistent story, and remarkable variety in so short a series.




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As envisioned by Barry Windsor-Smith, from The Robert E. Howard portfolio (1975).

the other 4 images in the 5-page portfolio are Bran Mak Morn, Thoth Amon, Valeria, and Conan.




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By Rudy Nebres, from an early 1980's pin-up in SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN.

This version colored, from A SHORT BIOGRAPHY OF ROBERT E. HOWARD, July 1999, published by Cross Plains.



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https://diversionsofthegroovykind.blogspot.com/search?q=solomon+kane


A sampling of the Robert E. Howard comics stories collected from Marvel, by Ralph Reese (adapting the first R.E. Howard Solomon Kane story, "Skull In The Stars"), Steve Gan (adapting the 2nd storry, "The Right Hand of Doom")
And Howard Chaykin from MARVEL PREMEIRE 34 (part 2 of the 2-part story by Chaykin in issues 33-34, adapting "Red Shadows" the 3rd R.E. Howard Solomon Kane story).

Plus an all-new non-Howard story, drawn by a very new-to-comics Mike Zeck in 1976. Beyond this early story, Zeck first made a name for himself penciling MASTER OF KUNG FU from roughly 55-100, his first regular series.



And here's part 1 of the 2-part "Red Shadows" adaptation, from MARVEL PREMIERE 33:
http://drmonkeyretroblog.blogspot.com/2011/01/marvel-premiere-33-mark-of-kane.html



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From the fourth consecutive Robert E. Howard story "Rattle of Bones", a beautiful and atmospheric sample page by Chaykin.






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If they brought him back now someone would claim he was ripping off that Hugh Jackman movie about Van Helsing

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 Originally Posted By: the G-man
If they brought him back now someone would claim he was ripping off that Hugh Jackman movie about Van Helsing






Yeah, the substandard knock-off has become much better known than the superior Robert E. Howard adaptations. Well, I actually liked the Van Helsing movie.

I've tried several times to watch the revisionist Solomon Kane movie out a few years ago, but it just wouldn't take.


I thought Marvel's SOLOMON KANE 6-issue 1985 series was the best adaptation.
And even nicer in the collected trade. 4 of the 6 are Robert E. Howard adaptations, issues 2 and 4 are original stories.











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That single Wrightson pin-up page makes you wish he could have done an entire story.




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http://swordsofreh.proboards.com/thread/331/great-art-images-solomon-kane

The above topic displays Solomon Kane images spanning roughly 50 years. One in particular I liked in the SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN serial of Howard adaptations was this page by David Wenzel:





A full-page illustration used as a recurring intro-page for "Solomon Kane" series episodes in SSOC from 1977-1982, but apparently pre-dates the SSOC stories it ran with, and originally appeared in a 1970 Solomon Kane hardcover.



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Solomon Kane by John Buscema.




It's easy to envision what a Buscema series would have looked like.




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As depicted by Gary Gianni, about 20 years ago on the cover of the definitive hardcover collecting all the Robert E. Howard complete stories and fragments.
Of the 16 stories by Howard, the four incomplete fragments are printed in this book as fragments, including only the words that Robert E. Howard wrote.


I actually prefer the 1995 collection of Robert E. Howard stories edited by Ramsey Campbell, where the fragments are fleshed into full stories by Campbell, far better, for my money, than anyone else has expanded them in other versions, either in text editions or as comics adaptations.


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Not sure, but my instinct is this one's by Tim Truman.








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A scene from "Hills of the Dead", by Gary Gianni.
From The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane (1998), page 247.
Clearly evocative of the 1930's pulp illustration style.




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Also depicting "Hills of the Dead", by artist Greg Staples.





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Artist unknown. But nice.






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From CONAN SAGA 47, Feb 1991, by artist Jim Fletcher.
Four pin-ups by Fletcher in this issue, 2 pin-ups of Solomon Kane, 2 pin-ups of Kull.

Fletcher did pin-ups in 4 scattered issues:
SSOC 169 (7 pages, 1990),
CONAN SAGA 47 (4 pages, 1991), 54 (1 page, 1991) and 97 (7 pages, 1995).
And outside of Howard material, less than a dozen other scattered anthology stories for different (mostly obscure) publishers.
But I love his work, and could do a whole topic on the guy.


All Fletcher's Solomon Kane pin-ups are collected in the SAVAGE SWORD OF SOLOMON KANE trade of black and white material, shown in my first post.





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Another Solomon Kane image by Fletcher.

Also from CONAN SAGA 47.




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An amateur piece by an artist named Ironsky.

It looks like it could be a 1970's Alex Nino piece. And the clothing is probably more true
to the late 1500's than how the character is normally portrayed.




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Ralph Reese, adapting the first Robert. E Howard story, in Marvel's MONSTERS UNLEASHED magazine, issue 1, Augusst 1973.

Collected in the above SAVAGE SWORD OF SOLOMON KANE collection in my first post.




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SOLOMON KANE in the 1995 paperback edition I like best, cover by Ken Kelly, who did many of the Warren magazine covers in the 1970's.
With an introduction and 4 stories completed from Howard fragments by horror writer Ramsey Campbell, I think more successfully expanded than in any other attempt to finish these incomplete Howard works.

Specifically Ramsey Campbell completed the story fragments for:
* "Castle of the Devil" (the 5th chronological story)
* "Death's Black Riders" (the 6th story)
* "Hawk of Basti" (the 11th story)
* "The Children of Asshur" (the 15th story)

Of the 16 original Howard stories in the book.

While Howard died in 1936, several of these stories remained unpublished until 1968 and 1979. And only completed in this 1995 book, 60 years later.


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Another nice Solomon Kane portrait.
Not sure of the artist, I want to say Bill Sienkiewicz.

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A version used as a pin-up with many Solomon Kane episodes in SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN, by book illustrator Robert Gould, who did many nice covers and art prints in the late 1970's era, one in particular of Elric.

This pin-up is also reproduced in the SAVAGE SWORD OF SOLOMON KANE collection.

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A pencil page by Mario Gueverra, who did two previously unadapted Robert E Howard stories as limited series for Dark Horse around 2010-2011.

I like Gueverra's art, I was less impressed with the story writing. The first of the two limited series, CASTLE OF THE DEVIL has much more labored over art.

The seccond Dark Horse series by Gueverra, DEATH'S BLACK RIDERS, is much more loose and quickly drawn.

You can compare these two comics adaptations (both expanded from incomplete Howard fragments) to the text stories expanded from the same fragments by Ramsey Campbell I cited above in the 1995 paperback. Although for my money, there is no comparison, Ramsey's version is far superior.






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A Solomon Kane poster image by book illustrator Marcus Boas, another book illustrator who worked on a collection of Robert E. Howard's middle-eastern adventurers in the Indiana Jones mode (one of the influeces for pre-production of Raiders of the Lost Ark, actually).

Boas has a photo-realistic quality to much of his work.



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One of the seductive vampire women in "Castle of the Undead" published in DRACULA LIVES 3, Oct 1973, a non-Howard story that teams Solomon Kane with Bram Stoker's Dracula. But oddly blends remarkably well with the Howard-adapted stories.
By Roy Thomas and Alan Weiss, inked by "Crusty Bunkers" (a k a Neal Adams, along with whatever artists were working in the Continuity Associates studio that day.)

Also collected in the SAVAGE SWORD OF SOLOMON KANE trade collection, as cited in my first post.



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The world as it was known in the era of Solomon Kane's adventures, circa 1550-1600.
Much of it mapped, but parts of it slightly imperfectly mapped, or pockets still completely unexplored. California for centuries was believed to be an island. Australia and many pacific islands not fully mapped, and the maps of these regions vary greatly until the 1700's.

As a British subject of a still then-rapidly expanding British empire, there are vast universes to explore with a character like Solomon Kane.


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https://readcomiconline.to/Comic/The-Savage-Sword-Of-Conan/Issue-22?id=65324#38


Another Solomon Kane pin-up by Chaykin, from SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN 22 (amid a 4-page Chaykin portfolio of Robert E. Howard characters).

In addition to Chaykin's adaptation of "Rattle of Bones" in SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN 18, April 1977.
And Chaykin's adaptation of "Red Shadows" in MARVEL PREMIERE 33 (Dec 1976) and 34 (Feb 1977).

And Chaykin's work on a number of other Robert E. Howard characters such as CONAN THE BARBARIAN 79-83, and Red Sonja stories in SAVAGE SWORD, KULL AND THE BARBARIANS and MARVEL SUPER SPECIAL.

And probably a few I forgot. I wonder sometimes if even the artists themselves can remember all the issues their work appeared in.

Here's the rest of the collection of Chaykin pin-ups from SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN 22:
https://diversionsofthegroovykind.blogspot.com/2012/02/black-and-white-wednesday-some-awesome.html





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Along the same lines as the map I posted above, someone else created this web-page that cites the defining characteristics of Solomon Kane, as exerpted from the Robert E. Howard stories, showing many of the covers of the WEIRD TALES issues they first appeared in.
And maps and world history of the times in which Solomon Kane is portrayed.

https://sites.google.com/site/skprofile00/home

Someone spent a heck of a lot of time assembing the material on this website. While it is very true to Robert E. Howard, my only complaint is that it doesn't give a good overview of the Robert E. Howard stories and their chronology, or help you to put in order the comics stories that adapt them. Which I may do here at a later time.





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Here's a chronological list of the original Robert E. Howard stories of Solomon Kane:


1. "Skulls in the Stars", first published in Weird Tales, Jan 1929.
(Adapted in comics form in SAGA OF SOLOMON KANE (SOSK) tpb, b & w (2009), by Roy Thomas and Ralph Reese in 1973.)

2. "The Right Hand of Doom", unpublished during Howard's life, was eventually published in the collection Red Shadows in 1968 by the executor/agent of Howard's estate, Glenn Lord.
(Adapted in comics form in SOSK tpb, b & w, by Moench and Steve Gan, in 1976.)

3. "Red Shadows" , published in Weird Tales, August 1928.
[ Adapted in comics form in CHRONICLES OF SOLOMON KANE (COSK) tpb, in color (2009), two versions of same story, by Roy Thomas and Howard Chaykin (1976), and Steve Carr/Brett Blevins (1985). ]

4 "Rattle of Bones" published in Weird Tales, June 1929.
(Adapted in comics form in SOSK tpb, b & w, by Roy Thomas and Howard Chaykin, in 1977.)

5. "The Castle of the Devil", an incomplete story fragment by Howard, unpublished until 1978, when it first appeared in Skulls in the Stars in 1978. Not expanded into a complete story until the above listed Solomon Kane collection (1995), edited and written by Ramsey Campbell, for the first time collecting all 16 stories in completed form.
(Adapted in comics form in SOLOMON KANE: CASTLE OF THE DEVIL tpb, 2009. And previously in 2008 as a 5-issue series. Adapted by Scott Allie, with art by Mario Guevara.)

6. "Death's Black Riders", another incomplete story fragment by Howard, long unpublised until it appeared in The Howard Collector Vol 2, Number 4, Spring 1968.
Finally expanded into a complete story by Ramsey Campbell in Solomon Kane (1995) , that for the first time presented all 16 stories in completed form.
(Adapted in comics form by Dark Horse as SOLOMON KANE: DEATH'S BLACK RIDERS tpb, 2010. And previously as a 4-issue series in 2009. Adapted by Scott Allie, with art by Mario Guevara)

7. "The Moon of the Skulls", a longer Howard story, first published in Weird Tales, June and July 1930 issues.
(Adapted in comics form in SOSK tpb, in b & w. Adapted by Don Glut, art by David Wenzel, serialized Oct 1978-Apr 1979. )

8. "The One Black Stain", a long unpublished Howard poem, first published by Glenn Lord in The Howard Collector, Spring 1962.
(Adapted in comics form in SOSK tpb, in b & w. Art by Wenzel, 1981.)

9. "Blades of the Brotherhood", another story long unpublished, first appeared in Red Shadows by Glenn Lord in 1968. (A revised version of the story under the titles "The Blue Flame of Vengeance" elsewhere adds more supernatural elements.)
(Adapted in comics form in SOSK tpb in b & w. Adapted by Don Glut, art by David Wenzel/Duffy Vohland, 1978.
And also another version in COSK tpb, in color, adapted by Ralph Macchio, art by Brett Blevins, 1985.)

10. "The Hills of the Dead" first appeared in Weird Tales, August 1930.
(Adapted in SOSK tpb, b & w, by Roy Thomas and Al Weiss/Pablo Marcos in 1975.
And a second adaptation in COSK tpb, in color, adapted by Macchio, art by Bogdanove/Al Williamson, in 1985.)

11. "Hawk of Basti" another long unpublished incomplete story fragment by Howard, first printed in The Hills of the Dead by Alla Ray Kuykendall and Ray Morris (1979).
Finally expanded into a complete story by Ramsey Campbell in the Solomon Kane collection (1995).
(Unadapted in comics form.)

12. "The Return of Sir Richard Grenville", a poem by Howard, unpublished in Howard's lifetime, first published in Red Shadows (1968) by Glenn Lord.
(Adapted in comics form in SOSK tpb, b & w, art by Wenzel, 1979).

13. "Wings in the Night" first published in Weird Tales, July 1932.
(Adapted in comics form in SOSK tpb in b & w, script by Glut, art by Wenzel, 1980.
And again in COSK tpb in color, script by Macchio, art by Ridgeway/Al Williamson, 1985.)

14. "The Footfalls Within" first published in Weird Tales, September 1931.
(Adapted in comics form in SOSK tpb in b & w, script by Glut, art by Will Meugniot/Ralph Reese, 1979)

15. "The Children of Asshur", the fourth unpublished story fragment by Howard, long unpublished, first appeared in The Hills of the Dead (1979) by Alla Ray Kuykendall and Ray Morris.
Finally expanded into a complete story by Ramsey Campbell in the Solomon Kane collection (1995).
(Unadapted in comics form.)

16. "Solomon Kane's Homecoming" a poem by Howard, first published in Fanciful Tales, Fall 1936.
(Adapted three times in comics form. In SOSK tpb in b & w, two versions: by V. Redondo/Nebres in 1977. And by Carr/Williamson in 1989.
And in COSK tpb in color, by Plunkett/Williamson, 1985.)



16 stories total.
12 complete stories or poems by Robert E. Howard, 4 partial story fragments (5,6, 11 and 15) later finished by others.
2 of them poems (8 and 16).

14 of the 16 adapted into comics form, several of them multiple times.


Robert E. Howard lived from 1906- 1936.
Probably none of the unreleased manuscripts were written by Howard later than 1932, at which point he was devoting his full energy to Conan.

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Originally Posted by WB
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A Solomon Kane poster image by book illustrator Marcus Boas, another book illustrator who worked on a collection of Robert E. Howard's middle-eastern adventurers in the Indiana Jones mode (one of the influeces for pre-production of Raiders of the Lost Ark, actually).

Boas has a photo-realistic quality to much of his work.



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Marcus Boas did illustrations for a collected hardcover of Robert E. Howard's middle east adventurer character, Francis Xavier Gordon.
Titled Son of the White Wolf (1977), the second of two hardcovers collecting Howard's short stories of the character.


[Linked Image from adventurehouse.com]

The first hardcover volume was The Lost Valley of Iskander (1974), illustrated by Michael Kaluta.
The second volume is also billed on the back cover to be illustrated by Michael Kaluta, but for whatever reason ended up being done by Marcus Boas.

You can scroll through the images at the bottom of this page, and see just a sampling of the collected hardcover editions of Robert E. Howard's work...
https://reh.world/howardworks/hardcovers/the-lost-valley-of-iskander/

...and this is not even getting into all of the Howard editions in hardcover, let alone an even more vast run of paperback editions. As best I understand it, Robert E. Howard's work, particularly his Conan series, experienced a revival in popularity when released in the early/mid 1960's, in paperback editions, mostly with really nice Frazetta covers. It was in 1969-1970 that Roy Thomas discovered these, which led to the CONAN THE BARBARIAN comic book, that expanded the audience for Robert E. Howard's work even wider, culminating in the 1982 Conan movie.
Oddly, while pretty much every other Robert E. Howard character (Solomon Kane, Kull, Bran Mak Morn, Almuric) has also been given comics series at Marvel and elsewhere , many multiple attempts and revivals, no others have achieved the enormous popularity of Howard's Conan work. But regardless, Howard's Solomon Kane stories rank among my favorites of his work.

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By Tim Truman.

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Originally Posted by Wonder Boy
A version used as a pin-up with many Solomon Kane episodes in SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN, by book illustrator Robert Gould, who did many nice covers and art prints in the late 1970's era, one in particular of Elric.

This pin-up is also reproduced in the SAVAGE SWORD OF SOLOMON KANE collection.

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A bit larger than the first image, so you can see the detail.

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Here's an updated version of all the Solomon Kane stories by Robert E. Howard, with the specific Marvel and Dark Horse issues their adaptations originally appeared in, linked here for easy chronological reading :

Originally Posted by Wonder Boy
Here's a chronological list of the original Robert E. Howard stories of Solomon Kane:


1. "Skulls in the Stars", first published in Weird Tales, Jan 1929.
(Adapted in comics form in SAGA OF SOLOMON KANE (SOSK) tpb, b & w (2009), by Roy Thomas and Ralph Reese in 1973.)
Originally adapted in MONSTERS UNLEASHED 1, August 1973
https://viewcomiconline.com/monsters-unleashed-issue-1/

2. "The Right Hand of Doom", unpublished during Howard's life, was eventually published in the collection Red Shadows in 1968 by the executor/agent of Howard's estate, Glenn Lord.
(Adapted in comics form in SOSK tpb, b & w, by Moench and Steve Gan, in 1976.)
Originally adapted in SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN 13, July 1976
https://viewcomiconline.com/savage-sword-of-conan-v1-013/


3. "Red Shadows" , published in Weird Tales, August 1928.
[ Adapted in comics form in CHRONICLES OF SOLOMON KANE (COSK) tpb, in color (2009), two versions of same story : ]
First by Roy Thomas and Howard Chaykin, Originally adapted in MARVEL PREMIERE 33, Dec 1976 and 34, Feb 1977
https://viewcomiconline.com/marvel-premiere-issue-33/
https://viewcomiconline.com/marvel-premiere-issue-34/
and again by Steve Carr/Brett Blevins, adapted in THE SWORD OF SOLOMON KANE 1, Sept 1985
https://viewcomiconline.com/the-sword-of-solomon-kane-001/

4 "Rattle of Bones" published in Weird Tales, June 1929.
(Adapted in comics form in SOSK tpb, b & w, by Roy Thomas and Howard Chaykin, in 1977.)
In SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN 18, April 1977
https://viewcomiconline.com/savage-sword-of-conan-v1-018/


5. "The Castle of the Devil", an incomplete story fragment by Howard, unpublished until 1978, when it first appeared in Skulls in the Stars in 1978. Not expanded into a complete story until the above listed Solomon Kane collection (1995), edited and written by Ramsey Campbell, for the first time collecting all 16 stories in completed form.
(Adapted in comics form in SOLOMON KANE: CASTLE OF THE DEVIL tpb, 2009. And previously in 2008 as a 5-issue series. Adapted by Scott Allie, with art by Mario Guevara.)
https://viewcomiconline.com/solomon-kane-issue-1/ (issues 1-5)
https://viewcomiconline.com/solomon-kane-tpb/ (collected tpb form)
The comic adaptation is a completely different expansion on Robert E. Howard's original story fragment. I far prefer Ramsey Campbell's separate expanded version in text story form , rather than the newer comics adaptation version.

6. "Death's Black Riders", another incomplete story fragment by Howard, long unpublised until it appeared in The Howard Collector Vol 2, Number 4, Spring 1968.
Finally expanded into a complete story by Ramsey Campbell in Solomon Kane (1995) , that for the first time presented all 16 stories in completed form.
(Adapted in comics form by Dark Horse as SOLOMON KANE: DEATH'S BLACK RIDERS tpb, 2010. And previously as a 4-issue series in 2009. Adapted by Scott Allie, with art by Mario Guevara)
https://viewcomiconline.com/solomon-kane-death-s-black-riders-issue-1/ (issues 1-4, miniseries.) also later a tpb.
Again, this is a completely different expansion, building on from Robert E. Howard's story fragment.
And again, I much prefer Ramsey Campbell's own separate completed version of that story in text form, rather than the newer comics adaptation version.

7. "Moon of Skulls", a longer Howard story, first published in Weird Tales, June and July 1930 issues.
(Adapted in comics form in SOSK tpb, in b & w. ) Adapted by Don Glut, art by David Wenzel, serialized Oct 1978- Feb 1979.
In SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN 34, Oct 1976, issue 37, Feb 1979, and issue 39, April 1979
https://viewcomiconline.com/savage-sword-of-conan-v1-034/
https://viewcomiconline.com/savage-sword-of-conan-v1-037/
https://viewcomiconline.com/savage-sword-of-conan-v1-039/

8. "The One Black Stain", a long unpublished Howard poem, first published by Glenn Lord in The Howard Collector, Spring 1962.
(Adapted in comics form in SOSK tpb, in b & w. Art by Wenzel, 1981.)
In SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN 62, March 1981, directly from the poem by Robert E. Howard, art by David Wenzel
https://viewcomiconline.com/savage-sword-of-conan-v1-062/

9. "Blades of the Brotherhood", another story long unpublished, first appeared in Red Shadows by Glenn Lord in 1968. (A revised version of the story, under the title "The Blue Flame of Vengeance", adds more supernatural elements.)
(Adapted in comics form in SOSK tpb in b & w.) Adapted by Don Glut, art by David Wenzel/Duffy Vohland,
In SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN 33, September 1978
https://viewcomiconline.com/savage-sword-of-conan-v1-033/
And also another version in COSK tpb, in color, adapted by Ralph Macchio, art by Brett Blevins/Al Williamson, 1985.
In SWORD OF SOLOMON KANE 3, January 1986
https://viewcomiconline.com/the-sword-of-solomon-kane-issue-3/

10. "The Hills of the Dead" first appeared in Weird Tales, August 1930.
(Adapted in SOSK tpb, b & w) by Roy Thomas and Al Weiss/Neal Adams and Weiss/Pablo Morcos.
In KULL AND THE BARBARIANS 2, July 1975, and issue 3, September 1975
https://viewcomiconline.com/kull-and-the-barbarians-issue-2/
https://viewcomiconline.com/kull-and-the-barbarians-issue-3/
And a second adaptation in COSK tpb, in color, adapted by Macchio, art by Bogdanove/Al Williamson, in 1985.
First published n SWORD OF SOLOMON KANE 5, May 1986.
https://viewcomiconline.com/the-sword-of-solomon-kane-issue-5/

11. "Hawk of Basti" another long unpublished incomplete story fragment by Howard, first printed in The Hills of the Dead book by Alla Ray Kuykendall and Ray Morris (1979).
Finally expanded into a complete story by Ramsey Campbell in the Solomon Kane paperback anthology collection (1995).
**Unadapted in comics form. But the text story version, completed by Ramsey Campbell, is in the above SOLOMON KANE Robert E. Howard paperback of all 16 original Howard stories.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/363712.Solomon_Kane

12. "The Return of Sir Richard Grenville", a poem by Howard, unpublished in Howard's lifetime, first published in Red Shadows (1968) by Glenn Lord.
(Adapted in comics form in SOSK tpb, b & w, directly from the poem by Robert E. Howard, art by David Wenzel, 1979).
First published In SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN 41, June 1979
https://viewcomiconline.com/savage-sword-of-conan-v1-041/

13. "Wings in the Night" first published in Weird Tales, July 1932.
Adapted in comics form in SOSK tpb in b & w, script by Don Glut, art by David Wenzel,
in SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN 53, June 1980, and issue 54, July 1980
https://viewcomiconline.com/savage-sword-of-conan-v1-053/
https://viewcomiconline.com/savage-sword-of-conan-v1-054/
And again adapted in COSK tpb in color, script by Macchio, art by Ridgeway/Al Williamson, 1985.
first published in SWORD OF SOLOMON KANE 6, July 1986.
https://viewcomiconline.com/the-sword-of-solomon-kane-issue-6/

14. "The Footfalls Within" first published in Weird Tales, September 1931.
(Adapted in comics form in SOSK tpb in b & w), script by Don Glut, art by Will Meugniot/Ralph Reese,
Comics adaptation first published In MARVEL PREVIEW 19, Summer 1979.
https://viewcomiconline.com/marvel-preview-issue-19/

15. "The Children of Asshur", the fourth unpublished story fragment by Howard, long unpublished, first appeared in The Hills of the Dead (1979) book by Alla Ray Kuykendall and Ray Morris.
Finally expanded into a complete story by Ramsey Campbell in the Solomon Kane paperback anthology collection (1995).
**Unadapted in comics form. But the text story version concluded by Ramsey Campbell is in the complete SOLOMON KANE Robert E. Howard paperback book of all 16 original Robert E. Howard stories.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/363712.Solomon_Kane

16. "Solomon Kane's Homecoming" a poem by Howard, first published in Fanciful Tales, Fall 1936.
Adapted three times in comics form :
Adapted in comics form n SOSK tpb in b & w, two versions:
by Virgil Redondo/Nebres in SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN 20, July 1977.
https://viewcomiconline.com/savage-sword-of-conan-v1-020/
And by Carr/Williamson in SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN 162, July 1989,
https://viewcomiconline.com/savage-sword-of-conan-v1-162/

And adapted again in COSK tpb in color, by Plunkett/Williamson, first published in SWORD OF SOLOMON KANE 6, July 1986.
https://viewcomiconline.com/the-sword-of-solomon-kane-issue-6/



16 stories total.
12 complete stories or poems by Robert E. Howard, 4 partial story fragments (5, 6, 11 and 15) later finished by others.
2 of them poems (8 and 16).

14 of the 16 adapted into comics form, several of them multiple times. (11 and 15 remain unadapted)


Robert E. Howard lived from 1906- 1936.
Probably none of the unreleased manuscripts were written by Howard later than 1932, at which point he was devoting his full energy to Conan.


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