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A few years later, another online comics website is gone, the ViewComicOnline and ReadComicOnline websites are no more, so disregard those now-expired links.

And luckily, ReadAllComics.com is here to replace those links.


So here is an updated chronological list of Robert E. Howard Solomon Kane stories, with new links so you can easily read them in order online :







  • 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 MONSTERS UNLEASHED 1, August 1973
    https://readallcomics.com/monsters-unleashed-v1-01/

    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 "The Right Hand of Doom", unpublished during Howard's life, was eventually published in the collection Red Shadows in 1968 by the executor/agent of Howard's estate, Glenn Lord.
    Originally adapted in SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN 13, by Doug Moench and Steve Gan, July 1976.
    https://readallcomics.com/savage-sword-of-conan-v1-013/


    3. "Red Shadows" , first published in Weird Tales, August 1928.
    [ two comics versions of same story : ]
    First adapted in MARVEL PREMIERE 33, by Roy Thomas and Howard Chaykin, Dec 1976 and 34, Feb 1977
    https://readallcomics.com/marvel-premiere-033/
    https://readallcomics.com/marvel-premiere-034/
    and again byRalph Macchio, with Steve Carr/Brett Blevins art, adapted in THE SWORD OF SOLOMON KANE 1, Sept 1985.
    ( Both versions collected in CHRONICLES OF SOLOMON KANE (COSK) tpb, in color , 2009 ).
    https://readallcomics.com/the-sword-of-solomon-kane-001/


    4 "Rattle of Bones" first published in Weird Tales, June 1929.
    Adapted in comics form in SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN 18, by Roy Thomas and Howard Chaykin, April 1977
    https://readallcomics.com/savage-sword-of-conan-v1-018/


    5. "The Castle of the Devil", an incomplete story fragment by R.E. Howard, long unpublished until 1978, when it first appeared in Skulls in the Stars in 1978.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 paperback story collection (1995), edited and written by Ramsey Campbell, for the first time collecting all 16 R E H stories in completed form.
    First adapted in comics form in SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN 19, by Roy Thomas and Alan Kupperberg/Sonny Trinidad, June 1977. This version adapted from a Fred Blosser story, pretty much only the story title is the same.
    https://readallcomics.com/savage-sword-of-conan-v1-019/

    Also adapted in comics form in SOLOMON KANE: CASTLE OF THE DEVIL in 2008 as a 5-issue series, and then in a collected 2009 tpb.. Adapted by Scott Allie, with art by Mario Guevara.
    The comic adaptation is an almost completely new expansion on Robert E. Howard's original story fragment.
    But I by far prefer Ramsey Campbell's separate expanded version in text story form , rather than the newer comics adaptation version.
    (story is currently not online yet, to post a link to )

    6. "Death's Black Riders", another incomplete story fragment by Howard, long unpublished until it appeared in The Howard Collector Vol 2, Number 4, Spring 1968.
    Finally expanded into a complete story by Ramsey Campbell in his Solomon Kane paperback collection (1995) , that for the first time presented all 16 stories in completed form.
    Expanded on in comics form by Roy Thomas and Colin MacNeil in SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN 219, March 1994, and 220, April 1994.
    https://readallcomics.com/savage-sword-of-conan-v1-219/
    https://readallcomics.com/savage-sword-of-conan-v1-220/

    Also adapted in comics form by Dark Horse as SOLOMON KANE: DEATH'S BLACK RIDERS in a 4-issue series in 2009. Then collected in a 2010 tpb. Adapted by Scott Allie, with art by Mario Guevara.
    https://readallcomics.com/solomon-kane-deaths-black-riders-001/
    Again, this is an almost completely new adaptation, freely expanded 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 by Don Glut, art by David Wenzel, serialized in SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN issue 34, Oct 1976, issue 37, Feb 1979, and issue 39, April 1979
    https://readallcomics.com/savage-sword-of-conan-v1-034/
    https://readallcomics.com/savage-sword-of-conan-v1-037/
    https://readallcomics.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 In SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN 62, March 1981, directly from the poem by Robert E. Howard, art by David Wenzel
    https://readallcomics.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 later appeared under the title "The Blue Flame of Vengeance", that adds more supernatural elements.)
    Adapted in SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN 33, September 1978, by Don Glut, art by David Wenzel / Duffy Vohland,
    https://readallcomics.com/savage-sword-of-conan-v1-033/
    And also another version in SWORD OF SOLOMON KANE 3, January 1986, in color comics form, adapted by Ralph Macchio, art by Brett Blevins/Al Williamson.
    https://readallcomics.com/the-sword-of-solomon-kane-003/

    10. "The Hills of the Dead" first appeared in Weird Tales, August 1930.
    Adapted by Roy Thomas and Al Weiss/Neal Adams, and Thomas Weiss/Pablo Marcos.
    In KULL AND THE BARBARIANS issue 2, July 1975, and issue 3, September 1975
    https://readallcomics.com/kull-and-the-barbarians-2/
    https://readallcomics.com/kull-and-the-barbarians-3/
    And a second adaptation first published n SWORD OF SOLOMON KANE 5, May 1986, in color comics form, adapted by Macchio, art by Bogdanove / Al Williamson
    https://readallcomics.com/the-sword-of-solomon-kane-005/

    11. "Hawk of Basti" another long unpublished incomplete story fragment by Howard, was 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 (1995) 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.
    Directly from the poem by Robert E. Howard, art by David Wenzel, 1979.
    First published In SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN 41, June 1979
    https://readallcomics.com/savage-sword-of-conan-v1-041/

    13. "Wings in the Night" first published in Weird Tales, July 1932.
    Adapted in comics form by Don Glut, art by David Wenzel,
    in SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN 53, June 1980, and issue 54, July 1980
    https://readallcomics.com/savage-sword-of-conan-v1-053/
    https://readallcomics.com/savage-sword-of-conan-v1-054/
    And again adapted by Macchio, art by Ridgeway/Al Williamson, 1985.
    first published in SWORD OF SOLOMON KANE 6, July 1986.
    https://readallcomics.com/the-sword-of-solomon-kane-006/

    14. "The Footfalls Within" first published in Weird Tales, September 1931.
    Adapted in comics form in MARVEL PREVIEW 19, Summer 1979, by Don Glut, art by Will Meugniot / Ralph Reese art.
    https://readallcomics.com/marvel-preview-019/

    15. "The Children of Asshur", the fourth unpublished story fragment by Howard, long unpublished in his lifetime, 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 :
    by Virgil Redondo/Nebres in SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN 20, July 1977.
    https://readallcomics.com/savage-sword-of-conan-v1-020/
    And a second version by Carr/Williamson in SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN 162, July 1989,
    https://readallcomics.com/savage-sword-of-conan-v1-162/
    And adapted a third time, Robert E. Howard's unaltered poem with Sandy Plunkett / Al Williamson art, first published in SWORD OF SOLOMON KANE 6, July 1986, in color comics form.
    https://readallcomics.com/the-sword-of-solomon-kane-006/



    16 Robert E. Howard stories total.
    12 complete stories or poems by Robert E. Howard, plus 4 partial story fragments (5, 6, 11 and 15) later finished by others.
    2 of the 16 are 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 Jan 22 1906- June 11 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.



And just to review abbreviations :

SOSK = SAGA OF SOLOMON KANE, the collected trade of all the black-and-white magazine R E H adaptations of Solomon Kane stories from Marvel, such as SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN, KULL AND THE BARBARIANS 1-3, MONSTERS UNLEASHED 1, and MARVEL PREMIERE 19. This book collects all the Solomon Kane stories from Marvel magazines, including others I didn't list, that are all new stories and not Robert E. Howard adaptations.
https://readallcomics.com/the-saga-of-solomon-kane/

COSK = CHRONICLES OF SOLOMON KANE, the collected trade of all the color R E H comics adaptations for Marvel comics, such as MARVEL PREMIERE 33-34, and SWORD OF SOLOMON KANE 1-6. This book collects all the Solomon Kane stories that originally appeared in color Marvel comics, including a few I didn't list above, because they are all-new Solomon Kane stories, not part of the above canon of Robert E. Howard adaptations.
https://readallcomics.com/category/the-chronicles-of-solomon-kane/