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 "The Right Hand of Doom", unpublished during Howard's life, was eventually published in the collection Red Shadows in 1968 by the executor/agent of Howard's estate, Glenn Lord.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 "The Castle of the Devil", an incomplete story fragment by Howard, unpublished until 1978, when it first appeared in Skulls in the Stars in 1978.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 "The One Black Stain", a long unpublished Howard poem, first published by Glenn Lord in The Howard Collector, Spring 1962.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 "Blades of the Brotherhood", another story long unpublished, first appeared in Red Shadows by Glenn Lord in 1968.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.