(September 1980)
Marvel,
1974 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 1.25 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Group
- Barcode
- 0714860292909
- Editing
- Roy Thomas (editor); Lynn Graeme (consulting editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)
The Sword of Skelos
Conan / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Nestor Redondo (credited) (signed as
Nestor [over] Redondo) (painting) - Inks
- Nestor Redondo (credited) (signed as Nestor [over] Redondo) (painting)
- Colors
- Nestor Redondo (credited) (signed as Nestor [over] Redondo) (painting)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan; Zafra
- Reprints
-
in Die Sprechblase (Norbert Hethke Verlag, 1978 series) #48 (26. November 1982) -
in Het bloedige zwaard van Conan de barbaar (Oberon, 1979 series) #19 - Het zwaard van Skelos (1984) -
in Conan (Semic, 1984 series) #3/1984 ([december] 1984) -
in Conan (Semic, 1984 series) #1/1985 (uke 2 1985) - in Conan der Barbar (Norbert Hethke Verlag, 1982 series) #6 (1986)
-
in Super Conan (Mon Journal, 1985 series) #9 (juin 1986) -
in La Espada Salvaje de Conan el Bárbaro (Novedades, 1988 series) #35 (October 9, 1989) -
in Super Conan 2ª Edición (Planeta DeAgostini, 1989 series) #3 (1990) -
in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #57 [Direct] (December 1991) - in Conan Le Barbare (Semic S.A., 1990 series) #36 (avril 1993)
- in Conan bok (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1998 series) #1 - Erliks øye (1998)
- in Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #4
-
[no title indexed]
Conan / illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- Vic Catan (credited as Vicatan) (signed as
Vicatan) - Inks
- Vic Catan (credited as Vicatan) (signed as Vicatan)
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan
- Synopsis
- Conan standing in front of a large rock, with a half-naked woman held on his left shoulder, cutting into the side of ax wielding savage, in front and below him, with his sword in his right hand, while two other savages, one holding a sword and the other a spear and shield, prepare to be next.
- Reprints
- in Conan (Semic, 1984 series) #3/1984 ([december] 1984)
- in Conan (Semic, 1984 series) #1/1985 (uke 2 1985)
- in Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #4
-
Indexer Notes
frontispiece
[no title indexed]
Conan / recap / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- After the episodes chronicled in the novel Conan and the Sorcerer, young Conan travels abroad once more...
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Includes a map of The Hyborian Age of Conan.
The Sword of Skelos
Conan / comic story / 43 pages
- Script
- Roy Thomas (credited) (adaptation); Andrew J. Offutt (credited) (original story)
- Pencils
- John Buscema (signed)
- Inks
- Tony DeZuniga (credited)
- Letters
- Joe Rosen
- Job Number
- RT 355
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Somewhere southeast of Zamora...
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan; Isparana; Sarid (death); Arsil; Khassek (death); Derketari (death); Yavus; Chia (introduction); Hafar; Zafra (introduction); Akter Khan (introduction)
- Synopsis
- In Shadizar, Conan is approached by Khassek of Iranistan, who is searching for the talisman known as the Eye of Erlik for his king. On their way to Iranistan to deliver the talisman, they encounter the beautiful but dangerous Isparana, who has Khassek killed and seduces Conan. Meanwhile, Zafra the sorcerer bestows a gift upon Akter Khan of Zamboula – an enchanted sword that the khan uses to kill one of his wives, a young woman from the Shanki people.
- Reprints
- in Conan der Barbar (Norbert Hethke Verlag, 1982 series) #2 (1983)
- in Het bloedige zwaard van Conan de barbaar (Oberon, 1979 series) #19 - Het zwaard van Skelos (1984)
- in Conan (Semic, 1984 series) #3/1984 ([december] 1984)
- in Conan (Semic, 1984 series) #1/1985 (uke 2 1985)
- in Super Conan (Mon Journal, 1985 series) #9 (juin 1986) [Pages 1-29], #10 (juillet 1986) [Pages 30-43]
- in La Espada Salvaje de Conan el Bárbaro (Novedades, 1988 series) #35 (October 9, 1989)
- in Super Conan 2ª Edición (Planeta DeAgostini, 1989 series) #3 (1990)
- in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #61 (April 1992)
- in Conan bok (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1998 series) #1 - Erliks øye (1998) [2. translation] which is reprinted
- in Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #4
-
- Keywords
- desert; Shadizar; Zamboula; Zamoria
Indexer Notes
Adapted from the novel The Sword of Skelos by Andrew J. Offutt. Continued next issue.
Joe Rosen credit from Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel 2019 series) #4.
To Kush and Beyond: The Black Kingdoms of the Hyborian Age
text article / 7 pages
- Script
- Charles R. Saunders (credited)
- Pencils
- Gene Day (signed as
Gene Day) (illustrations); John Buscema (signed as 
Buscema [all caps]) (illustrations) - Inks
- Gene Day (signed as Gene Day) (illustrations)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Although most of the action in the Conan Saga unfolded in the lands north of Stygia...
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Seven illustrations by John Buscema / Gene Day and Gene Day by himself.
The DeZuniga Conan
Conan / illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- Tony DeZuniga (credited) (signed as
adz) - Inks
- Tony DeZuniga (credited) (signed as adz)
- Job Number
- RT 406
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Five fabulous offerings by Tony DeZuniga...
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan
- Synopsis
- Conan wearing a winged helmet, a fur cape and holding a mace in his left hand while standing on a small rock mound above a dead boy and skeleton with a skull-looking rocky outcropping behind and to his left of him.
- Reprints
- in Super Conan (Mon Journal, 1985 series) #12 (septembre 1986) [recadré [cropped]]
- in Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #4
-
The DeZuniga Conan
Conan / illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- Tony DeZuniga (credited) (signed as
Z [split Z-block]) - Inks
- Tony DeZuniga (credited) (signed as Z [split Z-block])
- Job Number
- RT 346
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan
- Synopsis
- Conan, wielding two short-swords, being blocked by a robed figure in the background while another figure in a hooded cloak is focused on a woman chained and bound to a wooden structure with a hot bar being lowered to torture her.
- Reprints
- in Conan (Semic, 1984 series) #1/1985 ([januari] 1985)
- in Conan (Semic, 1984 series) #2/1985 (uke 5 1985) which is reprinted
- in Pocketserien (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1995 series) #21 - Conan - Barbarens raseri ([september] 1999)
- in Conan Maxi (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 2002 series) #10 - Barbarens raseri ([juli] 2009)
- in Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #4
-
The DeZuniga Conan
Red Sonja / illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- Tony DeZuniga (credited) (signed as adz)
- Inks
- Tony DeZuniga (credited) (signed as adz)
- Job Number
- RT 303
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Red Sonja
- Synopsis
- Sonja, with sword in right hand and a shield on her left arm, standing on a dais with her left leg slightly lifted looking down at a long dead corpse with a spear in its back.
- Reprints
- in Conan (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1990 series) #11/2002 ([oktober] 2002) which is reprinted
- in Conan Krønikene (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 2005 series) #9 ([juni] 2007)
-
The DeZuniga Conan
Conan / illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- Tony DeZuniga (credited) (signed as
tz - joined lower case) - Inks
- Tony DeZuniga (credited) (signed as tz - joined lower case)
- Job Number
- RT 405
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan
- Synopsis
- Conan standing, with his arms bound behind him with a wooden rod and a collar and chain on his neck, with the end being held by two guards beside him, facing a standing woman, with a scepter raised in her left hand, who has a black panther behind her.
- Reprints
The DeZuniga Conan
Conan / illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- Tony DeZuniga (credited) (signed as Z [split Z-block])
- Inks
- Tony DeZuniga (credited) (signed as Z [split Z-block])
- Job Number
- RT 344
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan
- Synopsis
- Conan, standing with his sword held out and back in his right hand, facing a dinosaur type reptile coming over the top of a rocky mound, while behind him is a woman bound hand and foot to stakes in the ground.
- Reprints
- in Conan (Semic, 1984 series) #1/1985 ([januari] 1985)
- in Conan (Semic, 1984 series) #2/1985 (uke 5 1985) which is reprinted
- in Pocketserien (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1995 series) #21 - Conan - Barbarens raseri ([september] 1999)
- in Conan Maxi (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 2002 series) #10 - Barbarens raseri ([juli] 2009)
- in Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #4
-
[no title indexed]
Swords and Scrolls / letters page / 2 pages
- Characters
- Conan [photo of Damon Liebowitz]
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Letters from L. Sprague de Camp, John Ellis, Mark Ryan, and Bill Liebowitz.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Sword of Skelos
Conan -
1.
[no title indexed]
Conan -
2.
[Table of Contents/Credits]
-
3.
["After the episodes chronicled in the novel Conan and the Sorcerer, young Conan travels abroad once more..."]
Conan -
4.
The Sword of Skelos
Conan -
5.
To Kush and Beyond: The Black Kingdoms of the Hyborian Age
-
6.
The DeZuniga Conan
Conan -
7.
The DeZuniga Conan
Conan -
8.
The DeZuniga Conan
Red Sonja -
9.
The DeZuniga Conan
Conan -
10.
The DeZuniga Conan
Conan -
11.
[no title indexed]
Swords and Scrolls
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