(July 1976)
Marvel,
1974 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 1.00 USD
- Pages
- 76
- Indicia Frequency
- Seven times a year
- On-sale Date
- 1976-06-08
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Magazine Management Co. Inc.
- Barcode
- 0714860292908
- Editing
- Roy Thomas (editor); Archie Goodwin (consulting editor); Gerry Conway (consulting editor)
Issue Notes
Dated August on cover.
On sale date from the Comic Reader #131.
On sale date from the Comic Reader #131.
The Thing in the Temple
Conan / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Richard Hescox (signed as Hescox) (painting))
- Inks
- Richard Hescox (signed as Hescox) (painting))
- Colors
- Richard Hescox (signed as Hescox) (painting))
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan
- Reprints
-
in Savage Sword of Conan (Dark Horse, 2007 series) #2 (February 2008) -
in Legenden om Conan (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2017 series) #3 ([september] 2017) [original], #3 ([september] 2017) [original] - in Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #2 (2019)
-
Frontispiece
Conan / illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- Tim Conrad (signed as Tac)
- Inks
- Tim Conrad (signed as Tac)
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Conan / illustration / 1 page
- Script
- Robert E. Howard
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Know, O prince, that between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis...
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Includes a map of The Hyborian Age of Conan.
The Gods of Bal-Sagoth
Conan / comic story / 20 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Kill him! Kill the barbarian...
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan; Aala [Kyrie]; Vertorix (introduction, destroyed); Gothan; Fafnir; Ska
- Synopsis
- Conan and Fafnir the Vanir are stranded on the ancient island of Bal-Sagoth in the Vilayet Sea. At first they are enemies, but they quickly decide to co-operate in order to survive. They rescue a girl, Kyrie, and fight the high priest Gothan in order to restore her as goddess and queen Aala of Bal-Sagoth.
- Reprints
- from Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1970 series) #17 (August 1972)
-
in Die Sprechblase (Norbert Hethke Verlag, 1978 series) #39 (Oktober 1981) - in Savage Sword of Conan (Dark Horse, 2007 series) #2 (February 2008)
- in Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #2 (2019)
-
Indexer Notes
Adapted from the story by Robert E. Howard.
Part II The Thing in the Temple
Conan / comic story / 20 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Golden trumpets sound a fanfare of harsh triumph...
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan; Fafnir; Aala; Gothan; Ska; Yezdigerd; Vertorix (flashback; cameo)
- Synopsis
- Conan and Fafnir fulfill the prophecy of Bal-Sagoth, which leads to the destruction of the island and all its people.
- Reprints
A Conan for Collectors
text article / 4 pages
- Script
- Fred Blosser
- Pencils
- David Ireland (illustrations); Alicia Austin (illustrations)
- Inks
- David Ireland (illustrations); Alicia Austin (illustrations)
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Conan
- Reprints
When the Little People Strike
text article / 4 pages
- Script
- Fred Blosser
- Pencils
- Barry Windsor-Smith (illustration); John Buscema (illustration)
- Inks
- Barry Windsor-Smith (illustration); John Buscema (illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
- Reprints
- in Conan Classic (Marvel, 1994 series) #7 (December 1994) [page 1 only]
- in Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #2 (2019)
-
[Solomon Kane]
Solomon Kane / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Script
- Fred Blosser
- Pencils
- Bob Gould (signed as BG)
- Inks
- Duffy Vohland (signed as DV)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Reprints
-
in The Savage Sword of Conan (Marvel UK, 1977 series) #14 (December 1978) -
in Conan (Semic, 1984 series) #1/1984 ([oktober] 1984) - in Conan (Semic, 1984 series) #1/1984 (uke 43 1984) which is reprinted
- in Conan (Semic, 1984 series) #8/1985 (uke 31 1985) [art only]
-
in A Espada Selvagem de Conan (Editora Abril, 1984 series) #4 ([dezembro de 1984]) - in The Saga of Solomon Kane (Dark Horse, 2009 series) (July 2009)
- in Solomon Kane: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2020 series) (2020)
-
The Right Hand of Doom
Solomon Kane / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Doug Moench (adaptation); Robert E. Howard (original story)
- Pencils
- Steve Gan
- Inks
- Steve Gan
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- And he hangs at dawn, the pitiful fool!
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- John Redly (death); Solomon Kane; Roger Simeon (death)
- Synopsis
- A necromancer takes revenge on a friend that betrayed him.
- Reprints
- in The Savage Sword of Conan (Marvel UK, 1977 series) #14 (December 1978)
- in Conan (Semic, 1984 series) #1/1984 ([oktober] 1984)
- in Conan (Semic, 1984 series) #1/1984 (uke 43 1984)
- in A Espada Selvagem de Conan (Editora Abril, 1984 series) #4 ([dezembro de 1984])
- in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #17 (September 1988)
- in The Saga of Solomon Kane (Dark Horse, 2009 series) (July 2009)
- in Solomon Kane: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2020 series) (2020)
-
Indexer Notes
Adapted from the short story "The Right Hand of Doom" by Robert E. Howard.
[no title indexed]
Swords and Scrolls / letters page / 2 pages
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Letters from Dave Farr, Ed Via, Steve B. Bennett, and Ed O'Reilly.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Thing in the Temple
Conan -
1.
Frontispiece
Conan -
2.
Table of Contents
-
3.
["Know, O prince, that between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis..."]
Conan -
4.
The Gods of Bal-Sagoth
Conan -
5.
["Get Ahead in This World"]
Conan -
6.
Part II The Thing in the Temple
Conan -
7.
A Conan for Collectors
-
8.
When the Little People Strike
-
9.
[Solomon Kane]
Solomon Kane -
10.
The Right Hand of Doom
Solomon Kane -
11.
Next Issue
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12.
[no title indexed]
Swords and Scrolls
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- Randy Graves
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Michael Hoskin
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- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
- Ted Watson
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