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Well, as I put on the soundtrack of Basil Poledouris and Zoe Poledouris , I listened to it real loud as I reading Conan novels and I will keep reading it after I put heavy metal on it……………sword and sorcery, heavy metal yeahhhhhhhh

Awesome! I’ve got a book I’ve been holding off on all year for this. Looks like you’ve got some good stuff lined up! Hope they live up to your expectations!

Great reads - should be a fun month

That’s a great looking TBR. Looking forward to it.

Really looking forward to this. Loved the hat 😊

Hi, Jim! Luke here. Occult Detective October sounds really fun. You will be a great host for it! I love both Kolchack and Sherlock so that book looks really intriguing. Darren McGavin was a really good actor. I have seen a few of the episodes of when he played Mike Hammer and they were enjoyable. Thanks for sharing!

Sherlock and Cthulhu?!?! I'm very much looking forward to your review of this book Jim!

Hi, Jim👋. ❤ both the Kolchak movies & the series. The Holmes book doesn’t release here until 9/10.🇺🇸

I'm very happy to be a part of this eclectic group. Very nice, cool looking anthologies. I'm looking forward to learning from y'all, next month. I remember "The Night Stalker," on 1980s TV (I loved the theam music to it, too) 📺

I’m so happy the event lines up with an awesome BookTube memory! Glad you are a part of year 2 of ODO! - MJ 🔮✨

Kolchak!!!!!!

Me too, enjoyed Kolchak. Great opening. Congrats on your one year anniversary 🎉

I loved Darren Mcgavin and Kolchak so enjoyed your opening!! Great hat too Jim!

Oh my. I loved Kolchak!

What de cramp did was barbaric!!!

Lovely books for all their flaws. As a kid none of this bothered me though I could tell that the REH stories were far better. The pastiche Conan will always be a puppet as REH was the only guy able to create the character or have major events.

I'm getting involved in this too - gonna do a Conan video this weekend.

Great video! I completely agree with you, of course.

Great video. I don't think De Camp really saw or understood the philosophy behind Conan. If you read his letters to HP Lovecraft there are extensive debates between what Howard called Barbarism and Civilized man. Howard believed that his idea of Barbarism was the truest self, the idea of being totally true to yourself, without the guise of civilized refinement. Conan and Kull and all his Sword and Sorcery stories reflected that sense of honesty and truth. I feel that was lost on a lot of the writers that came after him that wrote Conan or Kull stories, they lack the philosophy that made it resonate with the readers and make the characters relatable. They were always guided by an inherent a priori moral code.

Excellent video giving context to Conan's publication history and pastiche. Thanks for sharing your collection, too.

You finally got a REH Conan video out! Congratulations! I know it took a lot of effort! It was very well done and informative. The Camp books are definitely a double edged sword. On one hand they did keep Conan in the public eye and popular, but it was done in a very backhanded way that muddled REH's legacy. I am excited for Cimmerian Sept though. I'm going to be reading the two most recent Conan pastiche novels Blood of the Serpent and City of the Dead.

I ordered my first Conan book. I am 64 and femalebut I is never too late to try something new. I actually was/am looking for a biography on Robert E Howard. Can you recommend one? Great video!

"Arm chair psychiatry"....oh boy. Good stuff and great overview Jim!

Worth the wait! Good job. I"ve never heard anything good about that DeCamp biography, but I should read it some day, I suppose.

Great job, Jim! I'm starting Cimmerian September by reading all the new Conan e-novellas that Heroic Signatures is publishing, then going back to by Ace editions. I think most folks are doing the Lance/Ace books, so I thought I'd do a different take. Like so many, those books, while greatly flawed, got me into REH. I'm grateful for that.

Great video, Jim. I agree with you on all points, my friend.

Just finished Summer of Smoke by Luke short from 1958. A very satisfying read.

You have a fantastic Batman book collection. I'm not sure whether I have more Batman books or Green Lantern books. Probably Batman, but it would be close. The first comic I owned was Batman. I can't remember which one it was. Aparo is probably my iconic Batman artist. I really enjoyed this!

The dream team is back together! I'm so sorry to have missed this live but I'll watch on replay.

I also just read Battle Mask and really enjoyed it!

Thanks for sharing! Yours and Michael's videos were fun to watch. Those Neal Adams collections are nice. The modern Adams collections retouched the color and very much lowered the quality of the pencil art in my opinion.

Grear collection!

The first book you showed, I also got in the 70's as a gift from my mother!! Still in my bookcase along with a matching Superman book!!

Upvoted the minute I heard the theme song from the original 60’s Batman TV show! Great job!

I'm not a DC guy, but of their stable of heroes Batman is absolutely my favorite. Great video Jim! (Batman 3D - if only you could get the 3d to come across on UA-cam!) (That Wagner art looks amazing)

What a great idea! 😂 Fantastic video!

This was great fun!

I know this is out of step, but I loved the series with Adam West. When I was a little girl, that was it, and they had great guest stars. I even have comics from that time, and autographed pics of Adam West as Batman and Yvonne Craig as Batgirl.

What a feast of a video!

Nice collection. I like Matt Wagner, his Grendel and Mage books are particularly dear to me, but haven't seen his Batman work until now. I have rarely liked side kicks ( I couldn't stand "boy" in the Tarzan films) so whenever Robin was with Batman it upset me. I tried voting to kill off Jason Todd. I got a busy signal. An artist edition of Batman Year One came out this month. Frank Miller was at his peak in creativity then with Daredevil, Ronin, Dark Knight, Batman Year One, DD Born Again, Elektra Assassin...all within 7 year period. One of my favorite panels in comics is when Batman holds Talia in his arms and they share a kiss. Neal Adams drew sexy men and women. Don Newton came close. Do you have the DC treasury edition that collects the Ra's Al Ghul storyline? It's fantastic! Didn't see The Killing Joke or Arkham Asylum. Two of my favorite Batman stories. Interesting video.

Awesome video as always Jim. I am a huge Batman fan myself I own quiet a collection of Graphic novels, like The Dark knight returns by Frank Miller. And The Killing joke by Alan Moore. I recently bought the complete Batman 1960s tv show on bluray. I love the crazy humour of the original series And the Darker side we see now in films like The outstanding Christopher nolan Batman trilogy.

Great soft of reads! I've got an Arkham Knight book with the Riddler that I might read for the square. Nearly half a century since I read Battle Mask 😅 Yeah hard to get time for all the stuff of life.

Kamala is our "Miss from Sis." She'll take care of that guy who wants to be king...

Love that cover from 'The Miss from Sis'. Great stuff Jim! And one of these days I'll have to pick up an Executioner for some fun summer fare!

Sorry to hear of your lack of reading time Jim. 😢 As you said, I like to read the Pendleton stories. (with many re-reads) I've read a scattering of the later stories, but I don't find them as entertaining.

Great Update Jim! Freezing cold in South Africa, glad you are enjoying the sunshine. I need to try out an Executioner novel one day. Will try and start reading Garbology before the end of the month, glad you are having fun!