Conan Saga #2 [Direct]
(June 1987)

Marvel, 1987 Series
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Volume
1
Price
2.00 USD; 2.75 CAD; 0.40 GBP
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1987-03-24
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
A Marvel Magazine [plain text]
Editing
Larry Hama (editor); Pat Redding (managing editor); Barry Windsor-Smith (editorial consultant); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #114, listed as Classic Conan #2.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Conan / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Barry Windsor-Smith
Inks
Barry Windsor-Smith
Colors
Barry Windsor-Smith

Genre
sword and sorcery
Reprints

[frontispiece - pencils for cover without cropping for text] (Table of Contents: 1)

Conan / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Barry Windsor-Smith
Inks
Barry Windsor-Smith

Genre
sword and sorcery

[cover for Conan the Barbarian #04] (Table of Contents: 2)

Conan / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Barry Windsor-Smith
Inks
Barry Windsor-Smith
Letters
?

Genre
sword and sorcery
Reprints

Tower of the Elephant (Table of Contents: 3)

Conan / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
Barry Windsor-Smith
Inks
Sal Buscema
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan
Reprints

[cover for Conan the Barbarian #05] (Table of Contents: 4)

Conan / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Barry Windsor-Smith
Inks
Barry Windsor-Smith
Letters
?

Genre
sword and sorcery
Reprints

Zukala's Daughter (Table of Contents: 5)

Conan / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
Barry Windsor-Smith
Inks
Frank Giacoia
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan
Reprints

Hyborian Age of Conan (Table of Contents: 6)

Conan / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
Robert E. Howard
Pencils
Barry Windsor-Smith
Inks
Barry Windsor-Smith
Letters
?

Genre
sword and sorcery
Reprints

Indexer Notes

This is a hand drawn version of the map used in the "Nemedian Chronicles" intro page of many issues of Savage Sword of Conan. That map first appeared in Savage Sword #06 (Jun 1975). Another version appeared in Marvel Comics Super Special #02 (1977).

[cover for Conan the Barbarian #06] (Table of Contents: 7)

Conan / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Barry Windsor-Smith
Inks
Barry Windsor-Smith
Letters
?

Genre
sword and sorcery
Reprints

Devil-Wings Over Shadizar (Table of Contents: 8)

Conan / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
Barry Windsor-Smith
Inks
Sal Buscema
Letters
Mike Stevens

Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan; Fafnir; Jenna; Nubion; Maldiz; Hajii the Priestess; the night god
Synopsis
In Shadizar, Conan meets the beautiful waitress Jenna. She is however kidnapped by religious fanatics and taken to be sacrificed to the mysterious night god. The god no-one has ever seen is revealed to be a gigantic bat-like creature. Conan saves Jenna from the bat creature, while Jenna in her turn saves Conan from the priestess Hajii. Jenna then steals all his gold and leaves...
Reprints
Keywords
Shadizar the Wicked
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Conan
  2. 1. [frontispiece - pencils for cover without cropping for text]
    Conan
  3. 2. [cover for Conan the Barbarian #04]
    Conan
  4. 3. Tower of the Elephant
    Conan
  5. 4. [cover for Conan the Barbarian #05]
    Conan
  6. 5. Zukala's Daughter
    Conan
  7. 6. Hyborian Age of Conan
    Conan
  8. 7. [cover for Conan the Barbarian #06]
    Conan
  9. 8. Devil-Wings Over Shadizar
    Conan
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Boris Ammerlaan
  • Josh Blair
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Terry Vraspir
  • BobBob Zarfin