As an authority on Roy Rogers, and a Rogers biographer, and a researcher of the silver screen cowboys and author of numerous related books and more than 300 published articles on the subject, and as a Western comicographer, I highly recommend this work for any and all interested in more data than has previously ever been published on this subject: it is thorough yet consise, and crammed full of illustrated examples of the work of the many artists who contributed to this--one of the most exciting and important media in our Western heritage, pertaining to the American cowboy in the comic art form. I have had a long association with Mr. Black, and he demonstrates here his devotion to research and the subject. This is a tremendous reference source for Western Americana buffs, students, and Western art/comics buffs and collectors. I am working on a massive reference book of all Western comics, 1900-present day, and have found Black's work to be an invaluable reference, not merely for it's content, but for it's quick and easy-to-use format. It has been long overdue!

Gath finds his childhood memories deep inside a jungle; he finds himself; and the characters all fall into place perfectly; James Silke, along with the Death Dealer (Gath character) are great!!!!!!!

Going way back, this was the first fantasy book I ever read, whichboth opened doors for me as a fantasy fan and a fantasy writer. I was always, of course, a fan of Frazetta's work, with his shadow-faced wizards, his primordial barbarians, and his plump, voluptuous damsels in their hip-hugger bikinis. After reading the first Death Dealer I also became a huge fan of James Silke, though sadly, I've never found any more of his work aside from the three sequels to the Prisoner of the Horned Helmet.

Gath of Baal is a barbaric guardian of a realm called the Shades, which stands between a race of forest-dwellers and the nomadic encroachment of a vast desert empire. Gath's enemies, he soons discovers, are armed and armored with steel, a precious resource, though he soon discovers that not even steel will be enough. He forms a dark pact with the beautiful, ivory-skinned sorceress called Cobra, who in turn leads him to the demonic Horned Helmet. Wrought by the Master of Death, the Horned Helmet makes Gath almost invulnerable when he wears it, along with giving him access to other supernatural abilities. But there's a catch---the fact that he can't remove the helmet once he's put it on. Enter the nubile, innocent Robin Lakehair, who is virtuous enough to remove the helmet for him.

This book is one of the great ones. Just like a Frazetta painting. Lusty, naked women that glisten beneath a primordial sun. Ravening, bloody battles. Demons. Barbaric sorcery. The Death Dealer books are cut from the cloth of Conan, and I'm talking about Robert E. Howard's Conan. Also a great deal like Bloodstone and the rest of the Kane books by Karl Edward Wagner. As long as you appreciate naked girls, two-fisted honor and axe-heavy battles, you'll love the Prisoner of the Horned Helmet as well as the three others after it.

Too bad that all the books I tend to like seem to go out of print. I read this whole series and it so phenomenal! At first, I read this book becuase Frank Franzetta is one of my favorite artist! I saw the cover and I had to have this book. So when I found out James Silke was the writer, I was a bit skeptical because I never heard of this guy. But much to my surprise, I was exilerated by the captiving story! I'm surprised that James Silke does not have any other books out there besides this series! I've always feel that this character should be recogonized & exploited but I don't think it will ever happen! If anyone ever get a copy of a book of the this series, please never let it go! It one of those series that will be legenadary in your life and be willing to talk about!

This book series, (The Death Dealer series) seems to be very rare. I am surprised at this! The books are great! Well... as a typical teenager, I am into books with a fantasy theme. The Death Dealer books are one of the book series I have read, and also my favorite book series. The author, James Silke, really knows what to write to inspire a good feeling in the reader! The hero, Gath of Baal, Is somewhat like a "Conan" character. Yet he does 'Un- Conan like things" in the book. Oh! By the way, these books are probably the MOST VIOLENT books you will ever read. for example: Gath, in one of the books, rips off someone's arm, and BEATS HIM TO DEATH WITH IT! then beats the assailants friends with it too. he carries around a huge axe, and the art on the covers is GREAT! this is the only book series I have ever read, that the cover was not only really cool, but the cover ACTUALLY HAPPENS IN THE BOOK!!! The second you see the art on the cover of "Prisoner of the Horned Helmet" you will want to read the book more that anything! trust me... order this book! it isn't expensive, and it is REALLY WORTH THE MONEY! Thanks for listening! Chris Gline HUT software

This is the novelization of the TV episode of "Gun on Ice Planet Zero." It faithfully recreates the story of the daring raid by the Galactica crew to destroy the massive Ravishol Pulsar weapon that is about to destroy the Colonial fleet. Glen Larson and Robert Thurston do a good job in fleshing out the characters and adding in a few twists to the plot of this original 2-part tv episode. The character of Croft, the leader of the criminal demolitions team, really gets the treatment in this book. He comes across as an inidividual who has real depth and emotion. In fact, much of the book is told from his point of view. Of course, fans of the show will recognize what happens in the story except for a few little things that are changed, of course. The biggest thing is the ending, with Croft hanging from a wire attached to a stolen Cylon raider trying to rescue Boxey who is a stowaway in a remote-controlled Cylon ship!!! Unbelievable!!! But it still makes a good read for all of us who knew and loved this late '70's sci-fi show. If you like Battlestar Galactica, get all of these novels and relive the show like you never have before. Great fun.

The book is always better than the movie or the episode

Well very intertaining. I couldn't keep my nose out of it, I found it in the thrift shop, a rare find indeed. Starbuck and Apollo at their best, and of course the normal action of the series. When my Dad saw me reading this book, he said that sometimes he'd watch it on the T.V, and he didn't turn it off. Which means the series were good, because it doesn't take alot for my dad to turn the switch. The plot was entertaining, and the humor was good. Read it, you wont regret it.

The original Lancer paperback was supposed to be the 2nd in an 8-part reissue of the Conan stories. All 3 stories are by Robert E. Howard; none are 'finished' by L. Sprague De Camp.

"Red Nails" is one of REH's best. Unlike the typical tale of the lost city, dying race and monster-menaced ingenue this tale gives us the tough female pirate Valeria, who I wish we saw more of (in a different sense from what Howard provides!)

"Jewels of Gwahlur" is more typical of the lost- city genre, with Conan breaking up an attempt to defraud an African kindom of its mystic gems and rescuing the girl at the same time.

"Beyond the Black River" is classic Conan, as the mercenary- barbarian fights the Picts on behalf of Aquilonian colonizers.

Great stuff!

This is Robert E. Howard's best Conan novel, in my opinion. In one of the stories, Conan is forced to battle a prehistoric lizard, and outwits it rather than using "mighty thews" and "barbaric primal fury". Also, at the end of the same story, Conan is actually trapped for a while, and doesn't kill the main arch-enemy, but has to settle for eliminating the last bit of sword fodder. Overall, a good book.

Ken Kelly was a student of Frank Frazetta and it shows in Kelly's style of art. This 94 page book is an outstanding collection of violent pulp art depicting struggles to the death with serpents, fierce cats, grotesque monsters, and heavily muscled warriors. Of course the fair maiden in distress is also a frequent theme. If you love this kind of art then this book is highly recommended. The master, Frank Frazetta, also gives a nice two page introduction to Kelly's work.

Number four in the five volume series entitled "The Fantastic Art of Frank Frazetta," this book, like the others, begins with a brief introduction by Betty Ballantine. Contains images of fantasy and science fiction containing some violence and nudity. For those wondering whether the art reproductions in these out-of-print Ballantine volumes are closer to the originals than the reproductions in Icon are, the answer is: sometimes. I went to the Frazetta Museum in PA in part to answer this question because I saw clear differences between the books. In Icon, reproductions are sometimes cropped and appear washed out with a dominant color. In Icon, for example, "Berserker" is washed out with red, almost duo-toned, which ruins his skin color. In Icon, many reproductions are cropped off. In the Ballantine series, reproductions are complete and have vibrant colors much more true to the originals.

Book is a 9" x 11", 95 pages, soft cover, first published in the U.S. in August 1980 and going into at least three printings thereafter. The cover painting is Sacrifice. Volumes four and five were printed in fewer numbers than the first three. Paper is high quality: thick and glossy. It contains assorted small sketches, figure studies, and the following untitled black and white drawings and color paintings: Eternal Champion, Iron Thorn, Tree of Death, Gollum, Fantasy World, Carson of Venus, Black Star, Count Dracula, Outlaw of Torn, Beyond the Grave, Winged Terror, Mongol Tyrant, Two of a Kind (fat nude female with fat pig) colored drawing, half page (hp) drawing African tribesman with shield & spear vs. big cat, hp drawing primitive man with spiked club in swamp, hp drawing primitive man with spiked club vs. triceratops, full page (fp) drawing seven primitives with spears vs. a tyrannosaurus, fp drawing cloaked, helmed man holding nude with two guards and corpse, primitive man carrying off two resisting nude women, preliminaries for Green Death and A Princess of Mars, God from the Sky, fp drawing primitive man with knife in grip of flying pterodactyl, hp colored drawing two primitive men fist fighting over woman on ground, small colored drawing tyrannosaurus in swamp, fp drawing tyrannosaurus in swamp, Space Attack, Space 104-Scramble, The Tempters, Circle of Terror, New World, The Cave Demon, Eve, The Return of Jongar, Thor's Flight, Witherwing, Frankenstein and Dracula, Las Vegas, Devil Rider, Sacrifice, The Secret People, Sound, Seven Romans, Flesh Eaters, Mothman, King Kong and Frazetta Self Portrait.

Frazetta continues on in his fine tradition of lush fantasy/sci-fi art, but falls short of the mark in this effort. There are some fine gripping works in this volume like the first and second, but some of them are starting to look tired and uninspiring. Could it be that Frazetta's commercial success is now affecting his talent? Still a must have for Frazetta fans though.

This is really a bad book ..., I wonder if someone ghost wrote it. It is flat boring and depresing. There is no fun. horrible. I...Moorcock can be the #1 writer of sword n sorcery when he's on, ....

.... Moorcock usually get me into his writing when describing the baddies and their plots. There is too much simplicity in thsi eries and it is too quickly ended. ...

First and foremost let it be known to those rabid fans out there that I haven't read much beyond this book and the Elric series. All I can really say as such is that enigma reigns supreme in a book I thought would be far more enlightening as to the state of the multiverse. I guess I have to read the White Wolf paperbacks. I enjoyed the book in and of itself only as much as I would enjoy a toss off read. (Maybe I need to read it again.) It seemed to lack some of the awesome philosophical insights that so cleverly haunted the better parts of the Elric Saga. I should refer to it best as a preview of things to come as I'm sure that's what I'll see it as upon reading the further adventures of John Daker/Erekose in the WW paperbacks.

This novel picks up where "The Eternal Champion" left off. Erekose (a.k.a. John Daker) has finally found happiness with his true love Ermizhad . . . but for how long?

Of course, soon he is swept away to another part of the multiverse to save the day as the eternal champion named Count Urlik Skarsol. The story adds noteable details to the multiverse concept, the nature of the eternal champion, and his nemesis/ally, the black sword.

Also, the book is a good, fast read with great images and nice studies of the supporting characters.

Written in 1942 the story takes place in the "lost land" of Austrailia where overhead airplane flights are mysteriously pulled down by unknown forces. No one can penetrate the desert or the mountain pass that lead into the land. Heroin Ann Hunter is in search of her lost brother, with her is a man named Richard Varsey who is looking for diamonds and a German by the name of Hofer. Hofer wants the mysterious technology that believes is there so he can take over the world. "Is, is he a commie?" Ann asks at one point. The response was "Worse than that. He's an anarchist!"

There in the "lost land", all three meet Jongor, who proceeds to save them continuously. Jongor was born there, a product of parents who were in one of those overhead flights that crashed. Parents died, poor Jongor never finds his way out.

In general, you have dinosaurs, flying reptiles, ape men, mysterious technology, adventure and a happy ending.

A Tarzan and Allan Quatermain imitation but much less laborious than Burroughs, much less thoughtful than Haggard. I recommend this as it is an entertaining and easy read.