Conan (comics)

Conan
Cover to Conan the Savage #6 (Jan. 1996). Art by The Brothers Hildebrandt.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics Dark Horse Comics
First appearance	Conan the Barbarian #1 (October 1970)
Created by	Robert E. Howard Roy Thomas Barry Smith
In-story information
Notable aliases	Amra the Lion
Abilities	Peak human physical condition, Melee weapons master, Knowledge and experience of fighting the supernatural

Conan the Barbarian by Robert E. Howard was first adapted into comics in 1952 in Mexico. Marvel Comics began publishing Conan comics with the series Conan the Barbarian in 1970. Since 2003, Conan has been published by Dark Horse Comics.

La reina de la Costa Negra

The first comic book adaptation of a Howard Conan story was the feature La reina de la Costa Negra (taken from the original Conan story, "Queen of the Black Coast") in the miniature-size Mexican anthology title Cuentos de Abuelito #8 (1952) published by Corporacion Editorial Mexicana, SA.^[1] The series features the main characters, Conan and Bêlit, though Conan is depicted as blond rather than black-haired.^[2] Issues 8 through 12 adapted the original Howard story, while subsequent issues featured original material. The feature ran in nearly every issue of Cuentos de Abuelito up through number 61.^[3] " A digest-sized standalone La reina de la Costa Negra series was published by Ediciones Mexicanas Asocidas in 1958-1959 which lasted for at least eleven issues. In 1965-66 Ediciones Joma published a standard-size La reina de la Costa Negra comic that ran for at least 53 issues.^[1]

Marvel Comics

Main article: Conan (Marvel Comics)

Marvel Comics introduced a fairly faithful version of Conan in 1970 with Conan the Barbarian, written by Roy Thomas with art initially by Barry Windsor-Smith, then John Buscema and Ernie Chan (aka Ernie Chua). The highly successful Conan the Barbarian series spawned the more adult, black-and-white Savage Sword of Conan in 1974, by Thomas, Buscema, and Alfredo Alcala. Savage Sword of Conan soon became one of the most popular comic series in the 1970s and is now considered a cult classic.

The Marvel Conan stories were also adapted as a newspaper comic strip which appeared daily and Sunday from September 4, 1978, to April 12, 1981. Originally written by Roy Thomas and illustrated by John Buscema, the strip was continued by several different Marvel artists and writers.

Other Marvel Conan titles over the years include Savage Tales (1971 – 1975, issues 1-5 only), Giant-Size Conan (1974–1975), King Conan/Conan the King (1980–1989), Conan the Adventurer (1994 – 1995), Conan (1995 – 1996), and Conan the Savage (1995 – 1996).

Dark Horse Comics

Main article: Conan (Dark Horse Comics)

An interior panel of Conan comic adaptation by Dark Horse Comics featuring the art of Cary Nord and Thomas Yeates.

Dark Horse Comics began their take on Conan in 2003.

The first comic series published was written by Kurt Busiek and Tim Truman and pencilled by Cary Nord and Tomas Giorello. This was followed by Conan the Cimmerian, written by Tim Truman and pencilled by Tomas Giorello, Richard Corben and José Villarrubia. This series is a fresh interpretation, based solely on the works of Robert E. Howard and on the Dale Rippke chronology, with no connection to the large Marvel run.

Dark Horse Comics is also publishing digitally re-coloured compilations of the 1970s Marvel Comics Conan the Barbarian series in graphic-novel format, by Roy Thomas (writer), Barry Windsor-Smith, John Buscema, Ernie Chan (artists) and others.

Creative teams

Kurt Busiek (writer) and Cary Nord (artist) (2003-2006)
Tim Truman (writer) and Cary Nord (artist) (2007)
Tim Truman (writer) and Tomas Giorello (artist) (2008)
Tim Truman (writer) and Tomas Giorello (artist), Richard Corben (artist 2008), José Villarrubia (colorist) (2008-)

Awards

2004 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards

Best Single Issue or One-Shot: Conan #0: The Legend

2004 Eagle Awards

Favourite new comicbook: Conan

Titles

Core appearances

Title	Publisher	Issues	Dates
Conan the Barbarian	Marvel	#1 - 275	1970 – 1993
Conan the Barbarian	Marvel	Annual #1 - 12	1973 – 1987
Savage Tales	Marvel	#1 - 5	1971 – 1975
Savage Sword of Conan	Marvel	#1 - 235	1974 – 1995
Savage Sword of Conan	Marvel	Annual #1	1975
Giant-Size Conan	Marvel	#1 - 5	1974 – 1975
King Conan/Conan the King	Marvel	#1 - 55	1980 – 1989
Handbook of the Conan Universe	Marvel	#1	Jan. 1986
Conan the Adventurer	Marvel	#1 - 14	1994 – 1995
Conan the Savage	Marvel	#1 - 10	1995 – 1996
Conan	Marvel	#1 - 11	1995 – 1996
Conan	Dark Horse	#0 - 50	2003 – 2008
Conan the Cimmerian	Dark Horse	#0 - 25	2008 - 2010
Conan the Barbarian	Dark Horse	#1 -	2012 -

Newspaper Strip (September 4, 1978 – April 12, 1981), ?? strips.

Mini-series

Title	Publisher	Issues	Dates	Notes
Conan and the Daughters of Midora	Dark Horse	#1	2004
Conan and the Demons of Khitai	Dark Horse	#1 - 4	2005–2006	‡
Conan and the Jewels of Gwahlur	Dark Horse	#1 - 3	2005
Conan and the Midnight God	Dark Horse	#1 - 5	2005
Conan and the Songs of the Dead	Dark Horse	#1 - 5	2006
Conan: Book of Thoth	Dark Horse	#1 - 4	2006
Conan and the Midnight God	Dark Horse	#1 - 5	2007
Conan: Road of Kings	Dark Horse	#1 - 12	2011-2012

‡ Conan and the Demons of Khitai #3 featured a spoof nude advert for Conan #24 - after complaints a second printing was issued replacing the spoof nude advert with the actual (non-nude) advert for Conan #24, with retailers offering the option to swap copies. (see Recalled comics for more pulped, recalled and erroneous comics)

Reprints

Robert E Howard's Conan: The Frost Giant's Daughter

Adaptations

Story	Company	Series	Issue	Notes
Queen of the Black Coast	Marvel	Conan the Barbarian	#57 - #58, #100	Collected in The Chronicles of Conan Volume 8: The Tower of Blood and Other Stories The Chronicles of Conan Volume 12: The Beast King of Abombi and Other Stories
Queen of the Black Coast	Dark Horse	Conan the Barbarian	#1 - #3, #22 - #25	Collected in Conan Volume 13: Queen of the Black Coast. Conan Volume 16: The Song of Bêlit.
The Frost Giant's Daughter (Gods of the North)	Marvel	Conan the Barbarian	#16	Collected in Conan The Barbarian Volume 4. The Chronicles of Conan Volume 2: Rogues in the House and Other Stories.
	Marvel	Savage Sword of Conan	#1	Collected in The Savage Sword of Conan Volume 3.
	Dark Horse	Conan	#2	Reprinted as Robert E. Howard's Conan: The Frost Giant's Daughter. Collected in Conan Volume 1: The Frost Giant's Daughter and Other Stories.
The Tower of the Elephant	Marvel	Conan the Barbarian	#4	Collected in The Chronicles of Conan Volume 1: Tower of the Elephant and Other Stories.
	Marvel	Savage Sword of Conan	#24	Collected in The Savage Sword of Conan Volume 2.
	Dark Horse	Conan	#20 - #22.	Collected in Conan Volume 3: The Tower of the Elephant and other stories.
The God in the Bowl	Marvel	Conan the Barbarian	#7	Collected in The Chronicles of Conan Volume 1: The Tower of the Elephant and Other Stories
The God in the Bowl	Dark Horse	Conan	#10 & #11.	Collected in Conan Volume 2: The God in the Bowl And Other Stories.
The Hour of the Dragon	Marvel	Giant-Size Conan	#1 - #4	These issues have not yet been collected Story concludes in Savage Sword of Conan #8, #10
	Marvel	Savage Sword of Conan	#8, #10	Collected in Savage Sword of Conan Volume 1
	Dark Horse	King Conan: The Hour of the Dragon	#1 - #6.	Collected in King Conan: The Hour of the Dragon.
	Dark Horse	King Conan: The Conqueror	#1 - #6.	Collected in King Conan: The Conqueror.
Red Nails	Marvel	Savage Tales	#2 - #3	Collected in The Chronicles of Conan Volume 4: The Song of Red Sonja and Other Stories Savage Sword of Conan Volume 1
The Phoenix on the Sword	Marvel	Conan the Barbarian Annual	#2	Collected in The Chronicles of Conan Volume 2: Rogues In the House and Other Stories
The Phoenix on the Sword	Dark Horse	King Conan: The Phoenix on the Sword	#1 - #4.	Collected in King Conan: The Phoenix on the Sword.
The Scarlet Citadel	Marvel	Savage Sword of Conan	#30	Collected in Savage Sword of Conan Volume 3
The Scarlet Citadel	Dark Horse	King Conan: The Scarlet Citadel	#1 - #4.	Collected in King Conan: The Scarlet Citadel.
Rogues in the House	Marvel	Conan the Barbarian	#11	Collected in The Chronicles of Conan Volume 2: Rogues in the House and Other Stories
Rogues in the House	Dark Horse	Conan	#41 - 44.	Collected in Conan Volume 5: Rogues in the House and Other Stories.
The People of the Black Circle	Marvel	Savage Sword of Conan	#16 - #19	Collected in Savage Sword of Conan Volume 2
The People of the Black Circle	Dark Horse	Conan and the People of the Black Circle	#1 - #4.	Collected in Conan and the People of the Black Circle.
Black Colossus	Marvel	Savage Sword of Conan	#2	Collected in Savage Sword of Conan Volume 1 Marvel Treasury Edition #15 (in color)
Black Colossus	Dark Horse	Conan the Cimmerian	#8 - #13.	Collected in Conan Volume 8: Black Colossus.
The Slithering Shadow (Xuthal of the Dusk)	Marvel	Savage Sword of Conan	#20	Collected in Savage Sword of Conan Volume 2
The Hall of the Dead	Marvel	Conan the Barbarian	#8	Collected in The Chronicles of Conan Volume 1: The Tower of the Elephant and Other Stories
The Hall of the Dead	Dark Horse	Conan	#29 - 31.	Collected in Conan Volume 4: The Hall of the Dead and other stories.
The Pool of the Black One	Marvel	Savage Sword of Conan	#22 - #23	Collected in Savage Sword of Conan Volume 2
Iron Shadows in the Moon (Shadows in the Moonlight)	Marvel	Savage Sword of Conan	#4	Collected in Savage Sword of Conan Volume 1
Iron Shadows in the Moon (Shadows in the Moonlight)	Dark Horse	Conan the Cimmerian	#22 - #25.	Collected in Conan Volume 10: Iron Shadows in the Moon and Other Stories.
The Devil in Iron	Marvel	Savage Sword of Conan	#15	Collected in Savage Sword of Conan Volume 2
A Witch Shall be Born	Marvel	Savage Sword of Conan	#5	Collected in Savage Sword of Conan Volume 1
Jewels of Gwahlur (The Servants of Bit-Yakin)	Marvel	Savage Sword of Conan	#25	Collected in Savage Sword of Conan Volume 3
Jewels of Gwahlur (The Servants of Bit-Yakin)	Dark Horse	Conan and the Jewels of Gwahlur	#1 - #3.	Collected in Conan and the Jewels of Gwahlur.
Beyond the Black River	Marvel	Savage Sword of Conan	#26 - #27	Collected in Savage Sword of Conan Volume 3
The Hand of Nergal	Marvel	Conan the Barbarian	#30	Collected in The Chronicles of Conan Volume 5: The Shadow In the Tomb and Other Stories
The Hand of Nergal	Dark Horse	Conan	#47 - 50.	Collected in Conan Volume 6: The Hand of Nergal.
Shadows in Zamboula (The Man-Eaters of Zamboula)	Marvel	Savage Sword of Conan	#14	Collected in Savage Sword of Conan Volume 2
The Black Stranger	Marvel	Savage Sword of Conan	#47 - #48	Collected in Savage Sword of Conan Volume 4
The Vale of Lost Women	Marvel	Conan the Barbarian	#104	Collected in The Chronicles of Conan Volume 13: Whispering Shadows and Other Stories
The Snout in the Dark	Marvel	Conan the Barbarian	#106 - #107	Collected in The Chronicles of Conan Volume 13: Whispering Shadows and Other Stories
Drums of Tombalku	Marvel	Conan the Barbarian	#204	Collected in The Chronicles of Conan Volume 26: Legion of the Dead and Other Stories
Wolves Beyond the Border	Marvel	Savage Sword of Conan	#59	Collected in Savage Sword of Conan Volume 5 Set in Conan's world, was not originally written as a Conan story

Miscellaneous or parody appearances

National Lampoon (May 1972)
Mad Magazine #235, December 1982, Conehead the Barbituate [sic] by Dick De Bartolo and Don Martin.
Mad Magazine #340, October 1995 Superhero High School (with Archie's Jughead)
Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew! (DC, 1982), issue 7. Written by Roy Thomas: Bow-Zar the Barkbarian.
What The--?! # 12 versus Groo (Goo) among others such as Hot Stuff and Yogi the Bear and Frosty the Snowman.
UHF in a dream sequence titled Conan the Librarian (1989).
Discworld Series (novels) by Terry Pratchett, "Cohen the Barbarian"
The Flesh , a modified Conan the Barbarian action figure

Footnotes

1 2 Shanks (2013, p. 5)
↑ Lord (1976, p. 333)
↑ Shanks (2013, pp. 4–5)

Sources

Lord, Glenn (1976), The Last Celt, Berkley Windhover Books, ISBN 978-0-425-03630-3
Shanks, Jeffrey (Spring 2013), "La reina de la Costa Negra: The Mystery of the Mexican Conan Comics", Comic Book Quarterly (11): 3–6, retrieved 2013-05-22

External links

Conan the Barbarian

Stories, books

Books	Conan (books)

Original works by Robert E. Howard	"Beyond the Black River" "Black Colossus" "The Black Stranger" "Cimmeria" "The Devil in Iron" "Drums of Tombalku" "The Frost-Giant's Daughter" "The God in the Bowl" "The Hall of the Dead" "The Hand of Nergal" The Hour of the Dragon "Jewels of Gwahlur" "The People of the Black Circle" "The Phoenix on the Sword" "The Pool of the Black One" "Queen of the Black Coast" "Red Nails" "Rogues in the House" "The Scarlet Citadel" "Shadows in the Moonlight" "Shadows in Zamboula" "The Slithering Shadow" "The Snout in the Dark" "The Tower of the Elephant" "The Vale of Lost Women" "A Witch Shall be Born" "Wolves Beyond the Border"

Non-Howard works (some based on non- Conan Howard works)	"Black Sphinx of Nebthu" "Black Tears" "The Blood-Stained God" "The Castle of Terror" "The City of Skulls" Conan and the Amazon Conan and the Death Lord of Thanza Conan and the Emerald Lotus Conan and the Gods of the Mountain Conan and the Grim Grey God Conan and the Manhunters Conan and the Mists of Doom Conan and the Shaman's Curse Conan and the Sorcerer Conan and the Spider God Conan and the Treasure of Python Conan at the Demon's Gate Conan, Lord of the Black River Conan of the Isles Conan of the Red Brotherhood Conan of Venarium Conan, Scourge of the Bloody Coast Conan the Barbarian (1982) Conan the Barbarian (2011) Conan the Bold Conan the Buccaneer Conan the Champion Conan the Defender Conan the Defiant Conan the Destroyer Conan the Fearless Conan the Formidable Conan the Free Lance Conan the Gladiator Conan the Great Conan the Guardian Conan the Hero Conan the Hunter Conan the Indomitable Conan the Invincible Conan the Liberator Conan the Magnificent Conan the Marauder Conan the Mercenary Conan the Outcast Conan the Raider Conan the Rebel Conan the Relentless Conan the Renegade Conan the Rogue Conan the Savage Conan the Triumphant Conan the Unconquered Conan the Valiant Conan the Valorous Conan the Victorious Conan the Warlord "The Curse of the Monolith" "Death-Song of Conan the Cimmerian" "The Flame Knife" "The Gem in the Tower" "Hawks over Shem" "The Ivory Goddess" "The Lair of the Ice Worm" "Legions of the Dead" "Moon of Blood" "The People of the Summit" "Red Moon of Zembabwei" The Return of Conan The Road of Kings "The Road of the Eagles" "Shadows in the Dark" "Shadows in the Skull" "The Star of Khorala" The Sword of Skelos "The Thing in the Crypt" "The Witch of the Mists"

Collections	Black Colossus The Bloody Crown of Conan The Coming of Conan The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian The Complete Chronicles of Conan Conan The Conan Chronicles (Howard et al) The Conan Chronicles (Jordan) The Conan Chronicles, 1 The Conan Chronicles 2 The Conan Chronicles, 2 The Conan Chronicles II Conan of Aquilonia Conan of Cimmeria Conan the Adventurer Conan the Avenger Conan the Barbarian (1954) Conan the Barbarian (2011) Conan the Freebooter Conan the Swordsman Conan the Usurper Conan the Wanderer Conan the Warrior The Conquering Sword of Conan The Devil in Iron The Essential Conan The Further Chronicles of Conan Jewels of Gwahlur King Conan The People of the Black Circle The Pool of the Black One Queen of the Black Coast Red Nails Rogues in the House Sagas of Conan The Sword of Conan Tales of Conan The Tower of the Elephant The Treasure of Tranicos

Scholarship	The Blade of Conan The Conan Grimoire The Conan Reader The Conan Swordbook The Spell of Conan

Authors

Creator	Robert E. Howard

Later authors	Poul Anderson Leonard Carpenter Lin Carter L. Sprague de Camp Roland J. Green John C. Hocking Robert Jordan Sean A. Moore Björn Nyberg Andrew J. Offutt Steve Perry John Maddox Roberts Michael A. Stackpole Roy Thomas Harry Turtledove Karl Edward Wagner

Other media

Television	Conan the Adventurer (animated series) Conan and the Young Warriors Conan the Adventurer (TV series)

Film	Conan the Barbarian (1982) Conan the Destroyer (1984) Conan the Barbarian (2011)

Comics	Conan (comics) Conan (Marvel Comics) Conan (Dark Horse Comics) Savage Sword of Conan

Games	Age of Conan (Rise of the Godslayer) Conan (2004) Conan (2007) Conan: Hall of Volta Conan: The Mysteries of Time Conan Against Darkness! Conan Collectible Card Game Conan Role-Playing Game Conan: The Roleplaying Game Conan the Buccaneer Conan the Mercenary Conan Triumphant Conan Unchained!

Setting

Characters	Bêlit Conan the Barbarian Kulan Gath Queen Taramis Red Sonja Serpent Men Thoth-Amon Thulsa Doom Valeria Vammatar Xaltotun Zenobia

Deities	Crom Mitra Set

World	Hyborian Age Aquilonia Cimmeria Acheron Empire

Chronology	The Hyborian Age Conan Chronologies

Kull	Thurian Age

Red Sonja	"The Shadow of the Vulture"

References	Cohen the Barbarian Conan the Librarian

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