- Script
- Robert E. Howard (original story); Roy Thomas (adaptation)
- Pencils
- John Buscema
- Inks
- Steve Gan
- Colors
- Michele Wolfman
- Letters
- John Costanza; Joe Rosen
- Job Number
- JV149
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan; Royal Guard; Captain Tito (dies); Yusef (in flashback); Tara (in flashback); Captain in the Royal Guard (in flashback, dies); Sergeant Vorio; Ephemero Portus (in flashback, dies); Sirens; Bêlit; Black Corsairs; Odongo (dies); N'yaga
- Synopsis
- Conan barely escapes the law in Messantia by boarding a ship heading due south. Off the coast of Kush, the ship is unexpectedly boarded by the pirate queen Bêlit and her Black Corsairs. Conan is offered a chance to live if he can defeat the warrior Odongo in battle. Conan is victorious and Odongo dies. Bêlit is impressed by Conan – they quickly become lovers and Conan her second-in-command.
- Reprints
- in Conan le Barbare (Arédit-Artima, 1979 series) #6 - La tigresse de la côte noire ([octobre] 1980)
- in Conan (Condor, 1979 series) #8 (1982)
- in Conan el Bárbaro (Planeta DeAgostini, 1983 series) #4 ([febrero 1983])
- in Conan de Barbaar Special (Juniorpress, 1985 series) #1 (1985)
- in Magnum (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1988 series) #6/1988 ([september] 1988)
which is reprinted- in Conan (Semic, 1990 series) #2/1991 ([28 februari] 1991)
- in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #50 (May 1991)
- in Conan, Barbaren (Semic Interpresse, 1993 series) #4 (20. januar 1994)
- in Conan el bárbaro (Planeta DeAgostini, 1998 series) #59 (abril 2000)
- in The Chronicles of Conan (Dark Horse, 2003 series) #8 - The Tower of Blood and Other Stories (August 2005), #8 - The Tower of Blood and Other Stories (August 2005) [a detail from "An Incident in Argos!" p1]
- in Conan the Barbarian: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2018 series) #3 (2019)
- in True Believers: Conan - Queen of the Black Coast! (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 (March 2019)
- in Conan the Barbarian: The Original Marvel Years Epic Collection (Marvel, 2020 series) #4 - Queen of the Black Coast (2021)
- Keywords
- Argos; Falcon (ship); Khemi; Kush; Messantia; River Styx; Shem; Stygia; Tigress (ship)
Adapted from a portion of the Robert E Howard story "Queen of the Black Coast". The adaptation is concluded in Conan the Barbarian #100.
Technically, the first appearance of Bêlit is in Giant-Size Conan #1, as a small (blonde!) figure in a flashback panel. This is the first full appearance.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ross Andru
- Inks
- Mike Esposito
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Irv Watanabe
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; May Parker
- Reprints
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