SWORD & FANTASY #7 (2007). The front and back cover art is from foreign Robert E. Howard paperback editions. Articles include part two a long analysis of the Robert E. Howard story "Tower Of The Elephant" (profusely illustrated) by Rick McColum. An eight page folio of illustrations from Robert E. Howard stories printed in pulp magazines. An interview with Karl Edward Wagner from 1980. "H.P.L.: The History" by Lin Carter (from 1950). "An Appreciation of Clark Ashton Smith" by Lin Carter (from 1949). An article on A. Merritt from 1948 (with pulp art by Virgil Finlay and others). And more. Artwork by Rick McCollum, Eduardo Barreto, Mahlon Fawcett, and others.
SWORD & FANTASY #8 (2008). Features include a 32 page reprint of a 1960s Mexican Conan comic book (but translated into English). There is also a 1945 tribute to C.L. Moore and an 8,000 word original Solomon Kane story (by James Van Hise) with illustrations by Mahlon Fawcett. There is also an article on Robert E. Howard's Wild Bill Clanton.
SWORD & FANTASY #9 (2009). Features include an art folio by Howard Pyle. An original 9 page sword & sorcery comic strip by Ron Wilber "The Accursed Wizards Land." Articles on H.P. Lovecraft from 1950s fanzines. "On Science Fiction And The Weird" by Seabury Quinn from the fanzine THE TALISMAN (Summer, 1950), an article on the scarce 1960s Mexican Conan & Belit comic book, a 5 page Roy Krenkel folio, reprint of a Frank Frazetta fantasy comic strip in B&W (alternate issue with the color version reprinted is in my Ebay Store) and more.
SWORD & FANTASY #10 (2012). Features include a long article on Virgil Finlay by Sam Moskowitz, a folio of the 1953 Kelly Freas art from the TOPS IN SCIENCE FICTION reprint of "Lorelei Of The Red Mist" (just the art, not the story, too), 5 page reprint of the James Blish anti-A. Merritt reviews from the 1957 FANTASY TIMES and the original fan responses to them, facsimile reprint of Donald A. Wandrei's 1926 OVERLAND MONTHLY article on Clark Ashton Smith "The Emperor of Dreams", a 2 page article written by H.P. Lovecraft in 1929 discussing his own horror stories "In The Vault," "The Hound" and "The Colour Out of Space", reprints of the 1933 & 1934 letters by Forrest Ackerman and others regarding whether the fantasy stories of Clark Ashton Smith belong in the science fiction mag WONDER STORIES (even H.P. Lovecraft weighed in on the debate), a tribute to artist James Cawthorn (1929-2008), and more. Full color front and back covers by Mahlon Fawcett.
SWORD & FANTASY #11 (2013). Features include "The Technique of Fantasy Collecting" by Sam Peeples, "A Short Essay on Long" by Arthur J. Cox, "That Moment Of Horror" by Henry Kuttner, "The Case of Howard Phillips Lovecraft of Providence, R.I." from the Providence Sunday Journal for Dec. 26, 1943, "The Ships of Ishtar," "7 Footnotes To Merritt" by Thomas Carter, several letters written to me by Glenn Lord, "J.R.R. Tolkien, A Brief Survey & Comparison" by Doc Weir (from ELDRITCH DREAMQUEST #2), "Memories of Seabury Quinn" by E. Hoffman Price, "A Visit Inside Ackerman's Sci-Fi Mansion," and more. Full color front and back covers by Mahlon Fawcett.
SWORD & FANTASY #12 (2016). Features include an article on Frank Frazetta, 1945 Harper's review of H.P. Lovecraft, covers of foreign HPL books, old article on Clark Ashton Smith, index to STRANGE DETECTIVE STORIES, E. Hoffman Price tribute to Edmond Hamilton, an interview with the late Nils Hardin (publisher of XENOPHILE), a long article on comic books and horror by James Van Hise, previously unpublished fantasy art by Eduardo Barreto, article on artist Mahlon Fawcett who died in 2015, and more.
SWORD & FANTASY #13 (2017). Features include an in-depth 50 page article by Rick McCollum on the classic writers of fantasy in the early 20th century. "The Most Popular Stories in Weird Tales 1924-1940", a 1969 article on Robert E. Howard by Bob Weinberg, an author index to FANTASTIC NOVELS and FAMOUS FANTASTIC MYSTERIES. Art by Eduardo Barreto, Allen Koszowski, Berni Wrightson and more. Front cover art from an unpublished 1971 issue of SATELLITE SCIENCE FICTION.
SWORD & FANTASY #14 (2018). Features
include cover art by Allen
Koszowski. Tribute to Robert Weinberg and Joel Freiman with their 1960s
fanzines DEEPER THAN YOU THINK on Robert E. Howard and Weird Tales. A 7
page 1980 interview with Lin Carter. Art folio from the A. Merritt
novel CREEP SHADOW.A 2 page folio of covers from foreign H.P. Lovecraft
books. An interview with Wally Wood. A reprint of his original story THE
END (which was revised and rewritten without his permission in the
magazine 1984), and more. SWORD & FANTASY #15 (2019). Features
include cover art by Allen
Koszowski. Tribute to Frank Frazetta and Al Williamson. Article on the
works of H.P. Lovecraft from a 1945 issue of THE NEW YORKER (one page
shown below), and also an article on Lovecraft from the January 1946
ESQUIRE magazine. "The Last Romantic: Clark Ashton Smith" (from 1956).
Two imitation Frazetta covers from foreign Conan paperbacks, and more. SWORD & FANTASY #16 (2019). Features
include H.P. LOVECRAFT by Don Wilson (CANFAN June 1956), 1935 Letter from HPL to Forrest J Ackerman, SWORD AND SORCERY by Fritz Leiber (SHANGRI L’AFFAIRES #55 - 1961), rare early book review of SKULL FACE AND OTHERS (FANTASY TIMES August 1948). SELECTED LETTERS OF CAS TO GEORGE STERLING (MIRAGE #10 - 1971), Obit on AUGUST DERLETH (MIRAGE #10 - 1971), ROY HUNT illo (STARLIGHT - Spring 1941), ROBERT E. HOWARD LANCER PB CHECKLIST (PSFQ #3/4 - 1978) and more. SWORD & FANTASY #17 (2020) Features
include Jack Jackson's adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's "The Hound" from
1972 (and which he gave me permission to reprint back in 1984). Skip
Olson color art of Cthulhu. "HPL On Edgar Rice Burroughs." Reviews of
Robert E. Howard books from 1971 & 1977. Folio of HPL inspired art
by R.F. McCann. "Introduction to the Cthulhu Mythos" by J. Vernon Shea. A
Roy Hunt fantasy illo from 1948. An article on Mark Schultz by James
Van Hise. A long fantasy comic strip by Ron Wilber and more.
SWORD & FANTASY #18 (2021) Contents
include letters by GLENN LORD, ZARFHAANA by GLENN LORD (1974), H.P.
LOVECRAFT: THE HOUSE AND THE SHADOWS by J. Vernon Shea, Cthulhu drawing
by J. Cockroft (cover of LIGHT, 1946), LOVECRAFT ON BURROUGHS, MEMORIES
OF QUINN by E. Hoffman Price (1969), AN INTERVIEW WITH E. HOFFMAN PRICE, ART FOLIO BY JOSEPH H. KRUCHER (1962), AN INTERVIEW WITH KARL EDWARD WAGNER (1975), and more. SWORD & FANTASY #19 (2022) Contents include articles by and about H.P. Lovecraft. Sword & Sorcery art. Article on the A. Merritt novel THE FACE IN THE ABYSS, and more. Cover by Margaret Brundage. Normal cover price would be $195 but this set is $160.
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