[1] A second edition with substantially different content was published in hardcover and trade paperback by Timaios Press in January 2021.

A controversy erupted on publication due to Price's introduction in which he criticizes feminism and the concept of rape culture, and expresses transphobic views.

Reviewing the second edition at castaliahouse.com, Morgan Holmes characterizes the book as "a retro-sort of anthology with a number of vintage characters in new adventures by new writers.

So, if you want to read new adventures of Thongor, Elak, and Ki-Gor, Flashing Swords #6 will scratch that itch.

#6 that were not carried over into the revised version, D. M. Ritzlin's "A Twisted Branch of Yggdrasil" was subsequently published in his collection Necromancy in Nilztiria (DMR Books, 2020), while Adrian Cole's "The Tower in the Crimson Mist" and Steve Dilks's "Tale of the Uncrowned Kings" were subsequently published in the anthology Savage Scrolls, Volume One (Pulp Hero Press, 2020).