(March 1973)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.20 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Magazine Management Co., Inc.
- Brand:
- Marvel Comics Group
- Editing:
- Roy Thomas
- Format:
- Color; Standard US size; saddle-stitched; was ongoing series
Issue Notes
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
- in The Chronicles of Conan (Dark Horse, 2003 series) #4 - The Song of Red Sonja and Other Stories (2004) [a detail from "The Song of Red Sonja" p1]
- in The Barry Windsor-Smith Conan Archives (Dark Horse, 2010 series) #2 (May 2010)
The Song of Red Sonja
Conan the Barbarian / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Barry Windsor-Smith [as Barry Smith] (signed)
- Inks:
- Barry Windsor-Smith [as Barry Smith] (signed)
- Colors:
- Barry Windsor-Smith
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
Content Information
- Genre:
- sword and sorcery; fantasy
- Characters:
- Conan; Red Sonja
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Marvel Treasury Edition (Marvel, 1974 series) #15 (1977)
- in The Savage Sword of Conan (Marvel, 1974 series) #82 (November 1982)
- in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #8 (December 1987)
- in Essential Conan (Marvel, 2000 series) #1 (July 2000)
The Song of Red Sonja
Conan the Barbarian / comic story / 20 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Roy Thomas
- Pencils:
- Barry Windsor-Smith [as Barry Smith]
- Inks:
- Barry Windsor-Smith [as Barry Smith]
- Colors:
- Barry Windsor-Smith [as Barry Smith]
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
- Job Number:
- 1225-Z
Content Information
- Genre:
- sword and sorcery; fantasy
- Characters:
- Conan; Red Sonja; Big Jax (intro); Eannatum; Melissandra; Kharam-Akkad
- Synopsis:
- Setting:Makkalet; Conan and Red Sonja start a bar-fight, bathe in a fountain, scale temple walls, break in and steal a snake-tiara, and fight a magical snake. At the end Sonja tricks Conan, and leaves for Pah-Disha.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Marvel Treasury Edition (Marvel, 1974 series) #15 (1977)
- in The Savage Sword of Conan (Marvel, 1974 series) #82 (November 1982)
- in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #8 (December 1987)
- in Essential Conan (Marvel, 2000 series) #1 (July 2000)
- in The Chronicles of Conan (Dark Horse, 2003 series) #4 - The Song of Red Sonja and Other Stories (2004)
- in The Barry Windsor-Smith Conan Archives (Dark Horse, 2010 series) #2 (May 2010)
Indexer Notes
Red Sonja story continues in Savage Sword of Conan (Marvel, 1974 series) #1
["Dear Roy, Barry, and Dan, Conan the Barbarian #19..."]
The Hyborian Page / letters page / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Roy Thomas
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- sword and sorcery; fantasy
Indexer Notes
Letters of comment from Lon Wolve; R. Benitz; and Keith Taylor. Roy Thomas responds and announces Barry Smith's final departure as Conan the Barbarian artist. Incidentally, Roy's responses to R. Benitz and Keith Taylor are mistakenly transposed.
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
The Song of Red Sonja
Conan the Barbarian -
2.
["Dear Roy, Barry, and Dan, Conan the Barbarian #19..."]
The Hyborian Page
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Bruno Andreacchi
- Derek Reinhard
- Merlin Haas
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Lou Mougin
- Shawn Dawson
- Tony R. Rose
- Kelly Langston-Smith
- Lou Mazzella
- Terry Vraspir
- Mike Nielsen
- Max Capp
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