- Script
- Roy Thomas (credited) (adaptation); Robert E. Howard (credited) (original story)
- Pencils
- Barry Windsor-Smith (credited as Barry Smith)
- Inks
- Sal Buscema (credited)
- Colors
- Mimi Gold
- Letters
- Sam Rosen (credited)
- Feature Logo
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan; Borri [Grey God]; Malachi (dies); Choosers of the Slain; Dunland (first appearance); King Brian (first appearance, dies); Eevin (first appearance); Kormlada; King Tomar (first appearance, dies)
- Synopsis
- Conan meets and converses with the Grey God Borri. He then joins the Brythunian army and participates in a great and bloody battle. Conan kills Malachi, a traitor and then watches the winged Choosers of the Slain carry off the souls of the fallen to their just reward.
- Reprints
- in Conan (Carlsen/if [SE], 1978 series) #3 [second Swedish translation / andra svenska översättningen]
- in Serie-nytt [delas?] (Semic, 1970 series) #9/1971 [first Swedish translation / första svenska översättningen]
- in Giant-Size Conan (Marvel, 1974 series) #1 (September 1974)
- in Eclipso (Arédit-Artima, 1968 series) #46 (novembre 1974) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
- in Savage Sword of Conan (Marvel UK, 1975 series) #3 (22 March 1975)
- in Mundo de Aventuras (Agência Portuguesa de Revistas, 1973 series) #136 (6 Maio 1976)
- in Conan the Barbarian (Yaffa / Page, 1977 series) #1 ([1977] ?)
- in Conan (Ace Books, 1978 series) #1 (11692) (1978)
- in Conan (Condor, 1979 series) #1 (1979)
- in Conan de barbaar (Oberon, 1979 series) #1 (1979)
- in Conan Pocket Book (Marvel UK, 1980 series) #1 (1980) [Pages 1-9 only.], #2 (1980) [Pages 1 and 10-19 only]
- in Conan de barbaar (Oberon, 1981 series) #2 (maart 1981) [Pages 9, 11, 18, 20 omitted. Re-colored.]
- in Conan el Bárbaro (Planeta DeAgostini, 1983 series) #68 ([agosto 1985])
- in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #1 (May 1987)
which is reprinted- in Magnum Spesial (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1988 series) #2/1990 ([februar] 1990)
which is reprinted- in Conan Le Barbare (Semic S.A., 1990 series) #28 (juin 1992)
- in Conan Saga (Comic Art, 1993 series) #1 (Luglio 1993)
- in Conan: Roy Thomas y Barry Windsor-Smith (Planeta DeAgostini, 1994 series) #1 (Mayo 1994) [Blanco y Negro]
- in Conan Classic (Marvel, 1994 series) #3 (August 1994)
- in Conan el bárbaro (Planeta DeAgostini, 1998 series) #3 (Febrero 1998)
- in Essential Conan (Marvel, 2000 series) #1 (July 2000) [black and white]
- in The Chronicles of Conan (Dark Horse, 2003 series) #1 - Tower of the Elephant and Other Stories (2003)
- in The Barry Windsor-Smith Conan Archives (Dark Horse, 2010 series) #1 (February 2010)
- in Conan el Bárbaro. Edición 35 Aniversario (Planeta DeAgostini, 2017 series) (Marzo 2017)
- in Conan the Barbarian: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2018 series) #1 (2018)
- in Conan le barbare : L'intégrale (Panini France, 2019 series) #1970-1971 (août 2019)
- in Conan the Barbarian: The Original Marvel Years Epic Collection (Marvel, 2020 series) #1 - The Coming of Conan (2020)
- Keywords
- Brythunia; Hyperborea; Valkyries
Based on "The Grey God Passses" by Robert E. Howard.
Coloring credits acknowledged by Barry Windsor-Smith in Ragnarok #3 [Dec. 1973/Jan. 1974] p. 41 and Spectrum Super Special #3 [2005]
- Script
- ?
- Letters
- ?; typeset
- Feature Logo
- Reprints
Short excerpts from letters on the first issue from Jonathan Toms, Larry Nunn, Jerry Gelb, Michael Jordon, Paul Sanford, William J. Rogers, Jim Griffin, Thomas Anthony, Darrel Smith, Randy Holder, Rob Reiner, Frank Lynch, David Simons, Lewis Forro, and Michael Arndt.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Reprints
Map of the lands of Hyboria based on a map prepared by Robert E. Howard.