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Vol five is my favorite with a wild eyed Conan leaping onto the back of the ape-like creature Thak, from my favorite REH story, Rogues in the House. Thanks for the look back! You're welcome, Charles, I'm glad you liked my article.

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It's hard for me to choose my favorite among the illustrations here, but the cover of Conan Vol. Now that you have mentioned "Rogues in the House," I think I'll reread it after many years. If Robert E. Howard created a genre in heroic fantasy, then he also created the most well-known character in that genre, Conan of Cimmeria. Howard's original stories of Conan came to an end in June with the author's death.

I would hazard a guess that in the minds of most readers, especially of a certain age, Conan is as Frank Frazetta depicted him on the covers of eight Lancer paperbacks from the s and '70s.

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There were eleven books in the complete Lancer Conan. Everyone remembers the Frazetta covers. Less well known are the covers by "the other Lancer artist," John Duillo. Elmo John Duillo was born on January 4, , a few weeks before Frank Frazetta and probably not far from him. Like Frazetta, Duillo was an Italian-American. He brought his wife, Beatrice Perciasepe Duillo , and his son, Ettore , over in