Robert E Howard

From pulp fiction writer Robert E. Howard, the first story in his most commercially successful series A comedic western, “Mountain Man” is about the tall tales and big adventures of Brekenridge Elkins, an exaggerated, cartoonish version of Howard himself. The story first appeared in the March–April 1934 issue of Action Stories

Conan is captured as a child by Thulsa Doom, head of the malignant snake-cult of Set. For 15 years he is chained to the wheel of pain grinding grain, then enslaved as a pit fighter, developing a magnificent body and an indominable spirit.