Robert E. Howard's Solomon Kane, the dour English Puritan Swashbuckler gets a revised complete collection of his classic Marvel suggested for mature readers sword and sorcery adventures.
The omnibus is available in two versions: with a Mike Mignola dust jacket (available everywhere) or with a direct market Howard Chaykin dust jacket (only available from comic book stores).
Inside this magnificent hardcover you will find the following:
Stories in full color:
Kane versus looter Le Loup (Red Shadows by Robert E. Howard, Roy Thomas and Howard Chaykin)
Kane versus looter Le Loup (Red Shadows by Robert E. Howard, Ralph Macchio, Steve Carr and Bret Blevins)
Kane versus a werewolf (And Faith, Undying... by Ralph Macchio and Bret Blevins)
Kane versus kidnaper Sir George Banway (Blades of the Brotherhood by Robert E. Howard, Ralph Macchio, Bret Blevins and Al Williamson)
Kane versus Prince Ali-Ben Ar (The Prophet by Ralph Macchio, Mike Mignola and Al Williamson)
Kane versus vampires/zombies/the walking dead men (The Hills of the Dead by Robert E. Howard, Ralph Macchio, Jon Bogdanove and Al Williamson)
Kane versus the bat-people (Wings in the Night by Robert E. Howard, Ralph Macchio, John Ridgway and Al Williamson)
Kane versus coming back home (Solomon Kane's Homecoming by Robert E. Howard, Sandy Plunkett and Al Williamson)
Stories in black and white:
Kane versus a murderous ghost (Skulls in the Stars by Robert E. Howard, Roy Thomas and Ralph Reese)
Kane versus Dracula (Castle of the Undead by Roy Thomas, Alan Weiss and the Crusty Bunkers)
Kane versus vampires/zombies/the walking dead men (The Hills of the Dead by Robert E. Howard, Roy Thomas, Alan Weiss, Neal Adams and Pablo Marcos)
Kane versus a severed hand (The Right Hand of Doom by Robert E. Howard, Doug Moench and Steve Gan)
Kane versus werewolves (The Silver Beast beyond Torkertown by Doug Moench and Mike Zeck)
Kane encounters a skeleton (Rattle of Bones by Robert E. Howard, Roy Thomas and Howard Chaykin)
Kane versus the Devil (The Castle of the Devil by Robert E. Howard, Donald F. Glut, Alan Kupperberg and Sonny Trinidad)
Kane versus coming back home (Solomon Kane's Homecoming by Robert E. Howard, Roy Thomas, Virgil Redondo and Rudy Nebres)
Kane versus a dinosaur (The Dragon at Castle Frankenstein by Donald F. Glut and Sonny Trinidad)
Kane versus a succubus (The Cold Hands of Death by Donald F. Glut, Steve Gan and Amado Castrillo)
Kane versus Dracula II (Retribution in Blood by Donald F. Glut, David Wenzel and Marilitz)
Kane versus kidnaper Sir George Banway (Blades of the Brotherhood by Robert E. Howard, Donald F. Glut, David Wenzel and Duffy Vohland)
Kane versus Nakari, queen of Negari (The Moon of Skulls by Robert E. Howard, Donald F. Glut, David Wenzel and Bill Wray)
Kane versus a horde (The Return of Sir Richard Grenville (1542-1591) by Robert E. Howard, Roy Thomas and David Wenzel)
Kane versus a Lovecraftian billow of blood (The Footfalls Within by Robert E. Howard, Donald F. Glut, Will Meugniot and Steve Gan)
Kane versus the bat-men (Wings in the Night by Robert E. Howard, Donald F. Glut and David Wenzel)
Kane versus Sir Francis Drake (1540-1596) (The One Black Stain by Robert E. Howard and David Wenzel)
Kane versus privateer Allen Stewart (Red Seas by Jo Duffy and Danny Bulanadi)
Kane versus coming back home (Solomon Kane's Homecoming by Robert E. Howard, Steve Carr and Al Williamson)
Kane versus a bad seed (Shattered Innocence by Solomon Kane by John Arcudi, Steve Carr and Al Williamson)
Kane versus a sorcerer (Satan's Sanctuary by Alan Rowlands, Steve Carr and Al Williamson)
Kane and Conan the Barbarian Team-Up in Negari (The Moon of Skulls II: Death's Dark Riders by Robert E. Howard, Roy Thomas and Colin MacNeil)
The Marvel covers that featured swordsman Solomon Kane are all present and accounted for:
Kull and the Barbarians #3 by Michael Whelan
Marvel Premiere #33 by Howard Chaykin and Klaus Janson
Marvel Premiere #34 by Howard Chaykin, John Romita and Frank Giacoia
Solomon Kane (1985) #1 by Bret Blevins
Solomon Kane (1985) #2 by Kevin Nowlan
Solomon Kane (1985) #3 by Bill Sienkiewicz
Solomon Kane (1985) #4 by Mike Mignola
Solomon Kane (1985) #5 by Frank Cirocco
Solomon Kane (1985) #6 by Dan Green
Savage Sword of Conan #162 by Dorian Vallejo
Savage Sword of Conan #219 & #220 by Colin MacNeil
Solomon Kane: The Original Marvel Years (Standard Edition) by Patrick Zircher and Edgar Delgado
Solomon Kane: The Original Marvel Years (DM variant) by Howard Chaykin, John Romita, Frank Giacoia and Veronica Gandini
Solomon Kane art pin-ups by Neal Adams, Bernie Wrightson, Al Milgrom, John Buscema, Rudy Nebres, Ernie Chan, Gene Day, Howard Chaykin, John Byrne & Duffy Vohland, Don Maitz & Duffy Vohland, Robert Gould & Duffy Vohland, David Wenzel & Duffy Vohland, David Wenzel, Michael Nicastre & David Wenzel, Howard Bender & Dan Adkins, Jim Fletcher/FletcherGraffix and more.
Original art from Monsters Unleashed #1 p. 38, Marvel Premiere #34 p. 1, Savage Sword of Conan #18 p. 52, SSoC #22 p. 43, SSoC #34 pp. 36 & 38, Solomon Kane (1985) #5 p. 20 and Conan Saga #50 p. 41.
One Solomon Kane house ad by Bret Blevins!
Two promotional photos: Lon Chaney as the Red Death from The Phantom of the Opera (1925 Universal Pictures film) and Sir Christopher Lee as Count Dracula from Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966 Hammer Film Productions movie).
"The Trail of Solomon Kane" an informal biography by Fred Blosser, illustrated by Bob Budiansky (Transformers Hall of Famer), Duffy Vohland and Gene Day!
Kane ... The Avenger. The Life and Times of Solomon Kane by Fred Blosser.
An introductory note on Solomon Kane by Roy Thomas.
Solomon Kane, a publishing history by Glenn Lord.
A 2-page article from Marvel Age #29 by Dwight Jon Zimmerman.
"When Kane Comes Calling" an introduction by Ralph Macchio.
If you are into W. C. Tuttle's Sir Piegan Passes, the movies Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter (1974) and Van Helsing (2004), Ryre from Ramsey Campbell's Far Away and Never, John Pocsik's Isaac Grail, Hideyuki Kikuchi's Vampire Hunter D, Andrew Cain the Avenger from the Zagor comics of Italy, or even Alan Moore's Deliverance Drue, you need to get this collection!
I give it an 11/10. The Solomon Kane: Original Comics Omnibus from Heroic Signatures-Titan Comics is even more amazing than the out of print Marvel omnibus from 2020! 624 incredible pages, yes, the same amount of pages as the Marvel edition... but the endsheets are now white (instead of red) and showcase Kane confronting a macabre moor-monster by Ralph Reese. We also get an updated credits page, a corrected table of contents and improved inner margins! Double-page spreads now look spectacular. This fantastic, weighty tome is a must own! Make mine Titan Comics and Heroic Signatures!
Now all we need is a Volume 2 (collecting all the Kane content from Dark Horse Comics: The Castle of the Devil, Death's Black Riders, Red Shadows, Robert E. Howard's Savage Sword #8 & #10 and MySpace Dark Horse Presents #2 & #5).
