The King and the Oak
| First published | February 1939 |
|---|---|
| Type | Poem |
| Series | Kull of Valusia |
Notes
First published in Weird Tales.
Lines 1-3 appear in The Dark Barbarian ed. Don Herron, p.32 and Two-Gun Bob: A Centennial Study of Robert E. Howard by Benjamin Szumskyj, p. 61-2.
Publications (54)
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 1939 |
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Weird Tales, February 1939 | Weird Tales | MAGAZINE | 4 |
| October 1953 |
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The Coming of Conan | Gnome Press | Collection | 69 |
| 1957 |
|
Always Comes Evening: The Collected Poems of Robert E. Howard | Arkham House | Collection | 22 |
| September 1967 |
|
King Kull | Lancer Books | Collection | 215 |
| September 1967 |
|
King Kull | Lancer Books | Collection | 215 |
| September 1969 |
|
King Kull | Lancer Books | Collection | 215 |
| August 1972 |
|
King Kull | Lancer Books | Collection | 215 |
| August 1972 |
|
King Kull | Lancer Books | Collection | 215 |
| 1976 |
|
King Kull | Sphere | Collection | 180 |
| 1976 |
|
Night Images: A Book of Fantasy Verse | The Morning Star Press | Collection | 13 |
| 1976 |
|
Night Images: A Book of Fantasy Verse | The Morning Star Press | Collection | 13 |
| June 1977 |
|
Always Comes Evening | Underwood-Miller | Collection | 40 |
| June 1977 |
|
Always Comes Evening | Underwood-Miller | Collection | 40 |
| September 1978 |
|
Kull | Bantam Books | Collection | 155 |
| November 1985 |
|
Kull | Donald M. Grant | Collection | 186 |
| November 1985 |
|
Kull | Donald M. Grant | Collection | 186 |
| July 1995 |
|
Kull | Baen Books | Collection | 165 |
| June 1998 |
|
The "New" Howard Reader, #1 June 1998 | Joe & Mona Marek | FANZINE | 16 |
| June 1998 |
|
The "New" Howard Reader (second state), #1 June 1998 | Joe & Mona Marek | FANZINE | 16 |
| January 2006 |
|
Odes at the Black Dog | Paul Herman | Collection | 13 |
| March 2006 |
|
The Weird Writings of Robert E. Howard, Volume 2: August 1934-September 1954 | Girasol Collectables | Collection | 515 |
| March 2006 |
|
The Weird Writings of Robert E. Howard, Volume 2: August 1934-September 1954 | Girasol Collectables | Collection | 515 |
| October 2006 |
|
Kull: Exile of Atlantis | Del Rey / Ballantine | Collection | 211 |
| December 2006 |
|
Kull: Exile of Atlantis | Del Rey / Ballantine / SFBC | Collection | 211 |
| December 2007 |
|
The Best of Robert E. Howard, Volume 2: Grim Lands | Del Rey / Ballantine | Collection | 19 |
| June 2008 |
|
Kull: Exile of Atlantis | Subterranean Press | Collection | 211 |
| June 2008 |
|
Kull: Exile of Atlantis | Subterranean Press | Collection | 211 |
| January 2009 |
|
The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard | The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press | Collection | 3 |
| February 2009 |
|
A Word from the Outer Dark | Project Pride | Collection | 135 |
| February 2009 |
|
A Word from the Outer Dark | Project Pride | Collection | 135 |
| April 2009 |
|
The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard | The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press | Collection | 3 |
| August 2009 |
|
The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard | The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press | Collection | 3 |
| October 2009 |
|
Halloween at the Dog and Duck | Dennis McHaney | Collection | 36 |
| November 2009 |
|
Robert E. Howard: Selected Poems | Frank Coffman | Collection | 428 |
| November 2009 |
|
Robert E. Howard: Selected Poems | Frank Coffman | Collection | 428 |
| December 2009 |
|
Kull: Exile of Atlantis | Tantor Audio | Collection | |15 |
| 2010 |
|
A Thunder of Trumpets | Wildside Press | Collection | 67 |
| 2010 |
|
The Screaming Skull of Silence / The Striking of the Gong / The Altar and the Scorpion / The Curse of the Golden Skull / The King and the Oak | Paradox Entertainment | Collection | 23 |
| January 2010 |
|
Kull: Exile of Atlantis | Tantor Audio | Collection | |
| March 2010 |
|
The Singer in the Mist & Others | Stanza Press | Collection | 31 |
| July 2010 |
|
Kull, le roi Atlante | Bragelonne | Collection | 247 |
| January 2011 |
|
Conan's Brethren | Gollancz | Collection | 201 |
| January 2011 |
|
Conan's Brethren | Gollancz | Collection | 201 |
| April 2011 |
|
Conan's Brethren | Gollancz / Orion | Collection | |
| July 2011 |
|
A Thunder of Trumpets | Wildside Press | Collection | |09 |
| February 2013 |
|
The Saga of King Kull | Grasshopper Books | Collection | |
| July 2015 |
|
A Thunder of Trumpets | Wildside Press | Collection | |09 |
| August 2015 |
|
A Thunder of Trumpets | Wildside Press | Collection | |
| 2016 |
|
The Saga of King Kull | Apex | Collection | |
| 2018 |
|
The Gods of Easter Island and Other Poems | Fedogan & Bremer | Collection | |6 |
| March 2018 |
|
The Saga of King Kull | Ktoczyta.pl | Collection | |
| 2019 | Weird Tales (disc 4, part 2) | Anthology | 4|43302004 | ||
| March 2021 |
|
Kull: Exile of Atlantis | Tantor and Blackstone Publishing | Collection | |
| March 2021 |
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Kull: Exile of Atlantis | Tantor and Blackstone Publishing | Collection |