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A few months back, I bought a copy of an old sword & sorcery magazine called Chacal at the Bizarre Bazaar in Fort Collins, CO. I bought it because it had the names of Robert E. Howard, C.L. Moore, Frank Frazetta, and Karl Edward Wagner on the cover, which is a total murderer's row. Within is a series of plates of Kane story scenes by artist Jeff Easley, who would go on to do tons of D&D art and more. I can't find these images anywhere, so I thought I would digitize them. Plate One in the image above is titled, "...For Kane's eyes were the eyes of Death." This refers to Wagner's version of the "Mark of Kane." Within his stories, Kane's eyes are an intense ice blue which no person can look into without knowing his true nature. They make people pretty uncomfortable. His story "Sing a Last Song of Valdese" describes Kane and his eyes like this: "Legend describes him as a man of powerful build, seemingly a warrior in his prime years. His hair is red and he is left-handed… But his eyes are his mark. The eyes of Kane are blue, and in them glows the mad gaze of a ruthless killer. No man may look into Kane’s eyes and not know him." Our next plate here is titled, "He hurled it aside and jerked his sword up." I don't remember this scene specifically, but the winter setting makes me think it's from "Reflections for the Winter of My Soul." Plate Three is titled, "It's a haunted night... Death hovers near," which I believe is from the short story "Mirage," but could be "The Dark Muse." Plate Four is titled, "Thus died Abel!" I think this is "Mirage" yet again since he fights a werewolf in that one.
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AuthorHey, I'm Dan. This is my project reading through the career of everyone's favorite sword-and-sorcery character, Conan the Cimmerian, in chronological order. Archives
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