Conan the Barbarian #21 [Newsstand Edition]

(December 1972)

The Monster of the Monoliths (Table of Contents)

Conan the Barbarian / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Roy Thomas

Pencils:

Barry Windsor-Smith (layout); P. Craig Russell [as Craig Russell] (penciller); Val Mayerik (penciller)

Inks:

Dan Adkins; Sal Buscema

Colors:

?

Letters:

Artie Simek

Content Information

Genre:

sword and sorcery; fantasy

Characters:

Conan; Melissandra; Kharam-Akkad; Yezdigerd; Balthaz; King Eannatum (intro); Khurusan (intro, death); Justin the Blind Hermit (intro, death); Xuthltan

Synopsis:

Setting: Makkalet; Conan is taken captive in Makkalet when he defects from the Turanian army. Conan joins and is betrayed by Makkalet forces; Conan fights giant toad-god.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #7 (November 1987)
• in Conan (Bladkompaniet, 1990 series) #8/1991 ([august] 1991)
• in Essential Conan (Marvel, 2000 series) #1 (July 2000) [Confirm: direction of reprint]
• in The Chronicles of Conan (Dark Horse, 2003 series) #3 - The Monster of the Monoliths and Other Stories (2003)
• in The Barry Windsor-Smith Conan Archives (Dark Horse, 2010 series) #2 (May 2010)

Indexer Notes

Inspired by Robert E Howard story 'The Black Stone'. Smith credit changed from sketches to layout, based on splash page credits and info derived from letters pages.

According to the interview of Craig Russell in Conan: The Jewels of Gwahlur, only the first page and a couple of separate panels were fully drawn by Barry Smith, Val Mayerik completed figure work and Russell backgrounds. Inker Dan Adkins fell behind and called on them to do finished inks.