[close] 76 pages. Oversized trade paperback. Introduction by Ben Szumskyj. "An Introduction to the Life and Works of Robert E. Howard" and an interview with Glenn Lord by Joe Marek; an untitled dark fantasy/Cthulhu Mythos style story featuring John O'Dare by Robert E. Howard; "A Short History of the Conan Typescripts" by Patrice Louniet; "The Devil's Woodchopper" by Robert E. Howard; "Pages from 'As the Poet Says'" by Rusty Burke with Leo Grin; "Three Autobiographical Letters" by Robert E. Howard (to ARGOSY, and to Farnsworth Wright, and to Wilfred Blanch Talman; "And in This Corner, Hailing from Nazareth, or, What the Eddas Don't Tell You" by Scott Sheaffer (on Robert E. Howard's pagan/Viking/Celtic stories); "Double Cross" by Robert E. Howard (an Ace Jessel & John Taverel boxing story); "Am-Ra: Howard's Lost Hero" by Ben Szumskyj; "The Right Hook No. 1 Vol. 1" by Robert E. Howard, introduced by Tom Munnerlyn (unpublished Robert E. Howard material from a zine produc! ed by a nineteen-year old Robert E. Howard); "Some People Who Have Had Influence Over Me" by Robert E. Howard (a high school essay); afterword by Ben Szumskyj. Profusely illustrated by Gary Gianni, Rick Cortes, Mark Schultz, Rick McCollum, David Burton. [close]