Marvel Treasury Edition #4 [Regular Edition]

([June] 1975)

An Informal History of the Thomas/Smith Conan (Table of Contents: 1)

Conan / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas

Pencils

Marie Severin; Barry Windsor-Smith

Inks

Marie Severin; Barry Windsor-Smith

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Comics is storytelling.

Genre

sword and sorcery

Characters

Conan

Reprints

• in Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 (2019)
• in Marvel Omnibus. La Espada Salvaje de Conan: La Etapa Marvel Original (Panini España, 2019 series) #0 - Relatos Salvajes (Julio 2019)
• in Conan the Barbarian: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2018 series) #2 (2019)
• in Conan the Barbarian: The Original Marvel Years Epic Collection (Marvel, 2020 series) #4 - Queen of the Black Coast (2021)

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover and inside back cover includes caricatures of Roy Thomas and Barry Smith by Marie Severin and a Conan illo by Smith.

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

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas

Pencils

Barry Windsor-Smith (credited as Barry Smith)

Inks

Barry Windsor-Smith (credited as Barry Smith)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Characters

Conan

Reprints

• from Savage Tales (Marvel, 1971 series) #3 (February 1974) [color]
• in Conan le Barbare (Les Humanoïdes Associés, 1976 series) #[1] - Les clous rouges (octobre 1976), #[2] - Les Faucons des Mers (avril 1977) [Noir & Blanc [Black & White]]

Indexer Notes

Contents page includes a credit that reads: "With a special assist from Silvio Buscema."

Ken Ashworth provided correction to the original source of the illustration was from Savage Tales #3 and not #2. (http://errors.comics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7307)

Rogues in the House [Part One] (Table of Contents: 3)

Conan / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas

Pencils

Barry Windsor-Smith (credited as Barry Smith)

Inks

Sal Buscema

Colors

Barry Windsor-Smith; Linda Lessmann

Letters

Sam Rosen

Editing

Stan Lee (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

That's enough entertainment for this night, barbarian.

Genre

sword and sorcery

Characters

Conan; Jenna; Igon; Athicus; Murilo; Sivraj; Ch'Unda

Reprints

• from Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1970 series) #11 (November 1971)

Indexer Notes

Roy Thomas' editoral explains that this story was re-colored by Barry Windsor-Smith, with the assistance of Linda Lessmann. Thomas also notes that Smith re-inked a page "here and there" and Thomas re-wrote a line or two.

[Rogues in the House] Part Two: The Talons of Thak (Table of Contents: 4)

Conan / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas

Pencils

Barry Windsor-Smith (credited as Barry Smith)

Inks

Sal Buscema

Colors

Barry Windsor-Smith; Linda Lessmann

Letters

Sam Rosen

Editing

Stan Lee (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Like a great brooding spider, the house of the Red Priest waits silently...

Genre

sword and sorcery

Characters

Conan; Murilo; Nabonidus; Thak

Reprints

• from Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1970 series) #11 (November 1971)

Indexer Notes

Part 2 of Rogues in the House. Roy Thomas' editoral explains that this story was re-colored by Barry Windsor-Smith, with the assistance of Linda Lessmann. Thomas also notes that Smith re-inked a page "here and there" and Thomas re-wrote a line or two.

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

The Hyborian Age of Conan / illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas

Pencils

Barry Windsor-Smith (credited as Barry Smith)

Inks

Barry Windsor-Smith (credited as Barry Smith)

Colors

?

Letters

Barry Windsor-Smith (credited as Barry Smith); typeset

Reprints

• in Conan the Barbarian: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2018 series) #1 (2018)

Indexer Notes

Updated map of Conan's world.

Red Nails (Table of Contents: 6)

Conan / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas

Pencils

Barry Windsor-Smith (credited as Barry Smith)

Inks

Barry Windsor-Smith (credited as Barry Smith)

Colors

Barry Windsor-Smith (credited); Linda Lessmann

Letters

Gaspar Saladino; ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

At a small pool, the woman reins in her weary steed...

Genre

sword and sorcery

Characters

Valeria (introduction); Conan; Chicmec; Techotl

Reprints

• from Savage Tales (Marvel, 1971 series) #2 (October 1973) [color]
• in Titans (Editions Lug, 1976 series) #3 (10 juillet 1976) [page 1 partially]
• in Conan le Barbare (Les Humanoïdes Associés, 1976 series) #[1] - Les clous rouges (octobre 1976)

Indexer Notes

As per "Still Waiting For The Absolute BWS Conan Volumes" in Spectrum Super Special #3 [2005], Smith reinked [including the 2 pages at the end of chapter one that Pablo Marcos originally inked for this story's previous B&W appearance in Savage Tales 2] the entire story, added additional details to splash page and elsewhere, and colored the story for its reprint here. Roy Thomas' editoral explains that he also re-wrote a line or two.

The Lurker from the Catacombs (Table of Contents: 7)

Conan / comic story / 25 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas

Pencils

Barry Windsor-Smith (credited as Barry Smith)

Inks

Barry Windsor-Smith (credited as Barry Smith)

Colors

Barry Windsor-Smith; Linda Lessmann

Letters

Joe Rosen

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The upper chambers of the time-lost city are empty.

Genre

sword and sorcery

Characters

Valeria; Conan; Techotl; Prince Olmec; Princess Tascela; Yasala; Yanath; Topal; Tolkemec (flashback); Tecuhltli (flashback); Xotalanc (flashback)

Reprints

• from Savage Tales (Marvel, 1971 series) #3 (February 1974) [color]
• in Conan le Barbare (Les Humanoïdes Associés, 1976 series) #[1] - Les clous rouges (octobre 1976)

Indexer Notes

Roy Thomas' editoral explains that this story was re-colored by Barry Windsor-Smith, with the assistance of Linda Lessmann. Thomas also notes that Smith re-inked a page "here and there" and Thomas re-wrote a line or two.

He Comes from the Dark (Table of Contents: 8)

Conan / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas

Pencils

Barry Windsor-Smith (credited as Barry Smith)

Inks

Barry Windsor-Smith (credited as Barry Smith)

Colors

Barry Windsor-Smith; Linda Lessmann

Letters

Joe Rosen

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Conan needs no guide back thru the labyrinth that is the city of Xuchotl.

Genre

sword and sorcery

Characters

Valeria; Conan; Techotl; Prince Olmec; Princess Tascela; Tolkemec

Reprints

• from Savage Tales (Marvel, 1971 series) #3 (February 1974) [color]
• in Conan le Barbare (Les Humanoïdes Associés, 1976 series) #[1] - Les clous rouges (octobre 1976)

Indexer Notes

Roy Thomas' editoral explains that this story was re-colored by Barry Windsor-Smith, with the assistance of Linda Lessmann. Thomas also notes that Smith re-inked a page "here and there" and Thomas re-wrote a line or two.

To the Memory of Robert E Howard (Table of Contents: 9)

Conan / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas

Pencils

Barry Windsor-Smith

Inks

Barry Windsor-Smith

Colors

Barry Windsor-Smith ?; Linda Lessmann ?

Letters

typeset

Genre

sword and sorcery

Characters

Conan

Reprints

• from Savage Tales (Marvel, 1971 series) #3 (February 1974) [color]
• in Seriemagasinet solohæfte (Interpresse, 1972 series) #17 [pinup used as cover]
• in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #9 (January 1988)

Conan Unconquered (Table of Contents: 10)

Conan / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Barry Windsor-Smith (signed as Barry Smith)

Inks

Barry Windsor-Smith (signed as Barry Smith)

Colors

Barry Windsor-Smith ?

Genre

sword and sorcery

Characters

Conan

Reprints

• in Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 (2019)
• in Marvel Omnibus. La Espada Salvaje de Conan: La Etapa Marvel Original (Panini España, 2019 series) #0 - Relatos Salvajes (Julio 2019)
• in Conan the Barbarian: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2018 series) #2 (2019)
• in Conan the Barbarian: The Original Marvel Years Epic Collection (Marvel, 2020 series) #4 - Queen of the Black Coast (2021)

Keywords

rain

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Cover shows lower half of this illustration. Image copyright Gorblimey Press.