Robert E. Howard's creative splendor

Robert E. Howard, creator of Conan the Barbarian, will never be looked at as a great literary figure - but his incredibly vast output had more impact than that of many literary greats.

While everyone knows Conan the Barbarian, the character Robert E. Howard created in the 1930s, most people have no idea that Howard created several other legendary characters, such as Solomon Kane and Kull of Atlantis. Both of these actually preceded the invention of Conan and are, therefore, the tales that really were foundational to the sword and sorc…