Conan the King #22 [Newsstand]
(May 1984)

Marvel, 1984 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.00 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1984-01-24
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Barcode
0714860248005
Editing
Christopher Priest (credited as Jim Owsley) (editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #40, with shipping date of 1984-01-03.
This issue is a variant of Conan the King (Marvel, 1984 series) #22 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

The Black Dragons (Table of Contents)

Conan / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Michael Wm. Kaluta (signed)
Inks
Michael Wm. Kaluta (signed)
Colors
Michael Wm. Kaluta (signed)
Letters
?

Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Tarquin (leader of King Conan's Black Dragons)

The Black Dragons! (Table of Contents: 1)

Conan / comic story / 25 pages (report information)

Script
Alan Zelenetz
Pencils
Geof Isherwood
Inks
Geof Isherwood
Colors
George Roussos
Letters
Rick Parker

Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
The Black Dragons [Tarquin (leader); Hrolf; Syan-lin; Leonidas; Markon; Sentor]; King Conan; Queen Zenobia; Baron Maloric; Radegund; Taurus; Councilor Publius; Queen Ayelet; Count Trocero; Baron Aemilius
Synopsis
Unable to go himself, King Conan sends his Black Dragons to seek out the witch in the salt marshes to see if she can locate the missing Prince Conn.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

King Conan / letters page / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
Christopher Priest (credited as Jim Owsley)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Conan the King, Michael Kanterovich, David Carragher, T. M. Maple, Jon Turnbow, Robert Dowd, Joe Chiappetta.

Statement of Ownership (Table of Contents: 3)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Total Number Copies Printed (net press run): Average number of copies each issue during preceding 12 months: 293,838. Single issue nearest to filing date: 293,715.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Prince Conn / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Alan Zelenetz
Pencils
Marc Silvestri
Inks
?
Colors
George Roussos
Letters
Rick Parker

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Prince Conan II, eldest son of Aquilonia's king, ...
Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Prince Conn; Rundolfo
Synopsis
Prince Conn is sold by the slavers to Rundolfo. Conn escapes by the aid of Rundolfo's sister (unnamed) who is killed by her brother for her treachery.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The Prince Conn stories run along side the Conan The King stories to show what each is doing after they have been separated.

Special 1984 Low Price Offer (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Marvel Subscriptions / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Black Dragons
    Conan
  2. 1. The Black Dragons!
    Conan
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    King Conan
  4. 3. Statement of Ownership
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  6. 5. ["Prince Conan II, eldest son of Aquilonia's king, ..."]
    Prince Conn
  7. 6. Special 1984 Low Price Offer
    Marvel Subscriptions
This issue was modified by
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Richard Thomson