The Bloody Crown of Conan
368 pages, ISBN: 0739449710
The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane
416 pages, ISBN: 0739450336
Robert E. Howard
$15.95 each, Del Rey
reviewed by Barry Hunter

There is not a lot left to say about the characters created by the legendary Man from Cross Plains. He may not have created swords and sorcery but the genre would not be what it is today without his influence. The Conan volume contains some of Howard’s longest and strongest tales of the canon. The Solomon Kane volume contains all the stories of the Puritan adventurer as he battles devils and demons, both human and otherwise.

These are trade paper reprints of the Wandering Star limited editions and contain the Gary Gianni illustrations. Even if you have the other editions of these books, you will need these if only for the art.