Lurid Little Nightmare Makers: Volume Two: Comics from the Golden Age

Barbarians in comics before Conan.

Viking Warrior - Previously unpublished, from the collection of the editor. This undated scratchboard piece is signed by Richard Hook to fellow artist Roberto Pettinato. It may date from the mid to late-1950s. Hook is probably best known for his 1964 illustration, Head of Christ.

Newsstand Days: Memories of growing up with comic books by Matthew H. Gore.

La Reina de la Costa Negra (The Queen of the Black Coast) - A gallery of Mexico's Robert E. Howard title, Conan's first appearance in comic books, from the 1950s and 1960s.

The Barbarian (Konar the Barbarian) - Feature Funnies #15-18 (December 1938-March 1939), Quality Comics. Story by Robert M. Hyatt, art by Edward Cronin. The first documented use of a barbarian character in American comic books is in an illustrated text serial running in these four issues.

Doc Strong and the Isle of Right (Doc Strong)- Blue Ribbon Comics #8-11 (December 1940-April 1941), M. L. J. Magazines, Inc. Art by Sam Cooper (#8), Mort Meskin (#9), and George Mandel (#10-11) . Story by Joe Blair. Doc Strong and his companions are captured first by Martians and later (#10) by Teena and her barbarian hoard.

Crom the Barbarian - Out of This World #1 (June 1950), Avon Comics. Art by John Giunta. Story by Gardner Fox.

The Spider God of Akka (Crom the Barbarian) - Strange Worlds #1 (November 1950), Avon Comics. Art by John Giunta. Story by Gardner Fox.

The Giant From Beyond (Crom the Barbarian) - Strange Worlds #2 (April 1951), Avon Comics. Art by John Giunta. Story by Gardner Fox.

Dara of the Vikings - Strange Worlds #2 (April 1951), Avon Comics. Both writer and artist are, as of yet, unknown.

Newsstand Days: My Own Personal Golden Age of Comics Collecting by Greg Walker.

Author: Matthew H. Gore
Publisher: Boardman Books
Published: 05/15/2014
Pages: 92
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.24d
ISBN: 9780692211335

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