(December 2007)
Dark Horse,
2007 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 17.95 USD
- Pages
- 548
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dark Horse Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
Dark Horse Books [facing left]
- ISBN
-
978-1-59307-838-6
- Barcode
- 9781593078386 51795
- Editing
- Matt Dryer (editor); Ryan Jorgensen (editor); Roy Thomas (original editor)
[no title indexed]
Conan / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Boris Vallejo (signed as
Boris) (painting) - Inks
- Boris Vallejo (signed as Boris) (painting)
- Colors
- Boris Vallejo (signed as Boris) (painting)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan
- Reprints
-
from The Savage Sword of Conan (Marvel, 1974 series) #10 (February 1976)
-
[Title page, indicia, credits etc.]
Conan / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan
Indexer Notes
There are various small spot illustrations throughout most of the pages.
[no title indexed]
Conan / illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- John Buscema (painting)
- Inks
- John Buscema (painting)
- Colors
- John Buscema (originally in colors)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan
- Reprints
- from Savage Tales (Marvel, 1971 series) #1 (May 1971)
-
The Frost Giant's Daughter
Conan / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Robert E. Howard (Original prose story); Roy Thomas
- Pencils
- Barry Windsor-Smith
- Inks
- Barry Windsor-Smith
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan; Hymdul; Horsa; Niord; Gorm; Atali; Frost Giants
- Synopsis
- Conan chases Atali across the snow, slays her two frost giant brothers, and catches her. Her father, Ymir then takes her from Conan.
- Reprints
- from Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1970 series) #16 (July 1972) which is reprinted
- from Savage Tales (Marvel, 1971 series) #1 (May 1971) [pp. 2-12; modified]
-
- Keywords
- Snowy battlefield
Indexer Notes
Adapted from Robert E. Howard's short story.
[Savage Tales #2]
Conan / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- John Buscema (painting)
- Inks
- John Buscema (painting)
- Colors
- John Buscema (originally in colors)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan
- Reprints
- from Savage Tales (Marvel, 1971 series) #2 (October 1973)
-
Red Nails
Conan / comic story / 21 pages
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Valeria (introduction); Conan; Chicmec; Techotl
- Synopsis
- Conan and Valeria enter a mysterious walled city. After they become separated, Valeria discovers that the city is indeed inhabited.
- Reprints
- from Savage Tales (Marvel, 1971 series) #2 (October 1973)
-
Indexer Notes
Adapted from Robert E. Howard's story.
[Savage Tales #3]
Conan / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan
- Reprints
- from Savage Tales (Marvel, 1971 series) #3 (February 1974) [with alterations]
-
The Lurker from the Catacombs
Conan / comic story / 25 pages
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Valeria (guest star); Conan; Techotl; Prince Olmec; Princess Tascela; Tolkemec (flashback); Tecuhltli (flashback); Xotalanc (flashback); Tolkemec (flashback); Yasala; Yanath; Topal
- Synopsis
- Conan and Valeria are hired by Prince Olmec to defend his side of the strange walled city.
- Reprints
- from Savage Tales (Marvel, 1971 series) #3 (February 1974)
-
Indexer Notes
Part 2 of the adaptation of Robert E. Howard's story "Red Nails".
He Comes from the Dark
Conan / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Valeria (guest star); Conan; Techotl; Prince Olmec; Princess Tascela; Tolkemec
- Synopsis
- Princess Tascela plans to sacrifice Valeria and use her blood to retain Tascela's youth.
- Reprints
- from Savage Tales (Marvel, 1971 series) #3 (February 1974)
-
Indexer Notes
Part 3 of the adaptation from Robert E. Howard's story "Red Nails".
[Savage Tales #4]
Conan / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan
- Reprints
- from Savage Tales (Marvel, 1971 series) #4 (May 1974) [with alterations]
-
Night of the Dark God
Conan / comic story / 21 pages
- Script
- Robert E. Howard (original story); Roy Thomas (adaptation)
- Pencils
- Gil Kane; Neal Adams
- Inks
- Neal Adams (credited as Diverse Hands); Pablo Marcos (credited as Diverse Hands); Frank McLaughlin (credited as Diverse Hands); Vince Colletta (credited as Diverse Hands)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan; nameless fisherman; Mala; Hagfar (in flashback); Mala's mother (in flashback); Tostig; Thorfel the Fair; Vanir; nameless Mithra priest; Brogar (Pict chief); Picts; Yag-Kosha (in flashback); Man-Serpent (in flashback)
- Synopsis
- Conan travels home to Cimmeria only to discover that his childhood sweetheart, Mala, has been abducted by a band of Vanir raiders. He pursues them by boat and comes across a ship with dead Vanir and Picts next to a dark idol. Conan takes the idol and heads for the Isle of Swords, where Thorfel the Fair is about to marry Mala. Bur rather than giving herself to Thorfel, Mala kills herself. Conan kills Thorfel and receives unexpected help from a band of Picts who have come to the island looking for their dark idol.
- Reprints
- from Savage Tales (Marvel, 1971 series) #4 (May 1974)
-
- Keywords
- Isle of Swords
Indexer Notes
Adapted from Robert E. Howard's story "The Dark God" (a non-Conan story).
Diverse Hands identification by Roy Thomas in the letters page of Savage Sword of Conan #2.
[no title indexed]
Conan / illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- Neal Adams
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan
- Reprints
- from Savage Tales (Marvel, 1971 series) #4 (May 1974)
-
The Dweller in the Dark
Conan / comic story / 16 pages
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan; Yulek; Queen Fatima; Yaila
- Synopsis
- Conan becomes Captain of the royal guard in the small city-state of Zahmahn as well as the lover of Queen Fatima. When the Queen catches Conan with the servant girl Yaila in a delicate situation, she leaves them in the dungeon to be devoured by the Dweller in the Dark. They manage to escape, however, and Conan throws the Queen to the monster. According to tradition, Zahmahn can only be ruled by a female sovereign, so Conan nominates Yaila as the new queen.
- Reprints
- from Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1970 series) #12 (December 1971)
- from Savage Tales (Marvel, 1971 series) #4 (May 1974) which is reprinted
- from Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1970 series) #12 (December 1971) [black and white]
-
- Keywords
- Corinthia; Zahmahn
Indexer Notes
Barry Smith confirmed as inker in letters page of Conan the Barbarian #16.
[Savage Tales #5]
Conan / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan; Ka-Zar; Zabu
- Reprints
- from Savage Tales (Marvel, 1971 series) #5 (July 1974)
-
The Secret of Skull River!
Conan / comic story / 20 pages
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan; Hanuman (giant); Naia; Thuribald; Sophos; Anaximander; Grandall
- Synopsis
- Conan is hired by a village to stop the sorcerer that has poisoned their water supply.
- Reprints
- from Savage Tales (Marvel, 1971 series) #5 (July 1974)
-
[Savage Sword of Conan #1]
Conan / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Boris Vallejo (signed as Boris) (painting)
- Inks
- Boris Vallejo (signed as Boris) (painting)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan; Red Sonja
- Reprints
- from The Savage Sword of Conan (Marvel, 1974 series) #1 (August 1974)
-
Curse of the Undead-Man
Conan / comic story / 18 pages
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Berthilda; Conan; Costranno; Red Sonja; Rikko
- Synopsis
- Conan and Red Sonja put an end to the undead sorcerer Costranno.
- Reprints
- from The Savage Sword of Conan (Marvel, 1974 series) #1 (August 1974)
-
Indexer Notes
Adapted from "Mistress of Death" by Robert Howard.
[no title indexed]
Conan / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan
Indexer Notes
This pinup has been confirmed as existing in some copies of the first printing and not other copies of the first printing. In some copies this occurs on un-numbered page 159, other copies have the cover to Savage Sword of Conan #2 on page 159 and this pinup on page 390 in place of the Jeff Jones pinup.
[Savage Sword of Conan #2]
Conan / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Neal Adams
- Inks
- Neal Adams
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan
- Reprints
- from The Savage Sword of Conan (Marvel, 1974 series) #2 (October 1974)
-
Black Colossus
Conan / comic story / 36 pages
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan; Shevatas the Thief; Princess Yasmela; Natohk the Veiled One [Thugra Khotan]; Vateeza; General Malthom; Count Thespides; Taurus; Fahim; Katuman
- Synopsis
- Princess Yasmela places Conan in charge of her army and they ride south to meet the army of Natohk. Conan and his army defeat Natohk but when Natohk takes the princess Conan is forced to follow Natohk's demonic chariot and destroy the sorcerer.
- Reprints
- from The Savage Sword of Conan (Marvel, 1974 series) #2 (October 1974), #2 (October 1974), #2 (October 1974)
-
Indexer Notes
Adapted from the Robert E. Howard story.
[Savage Sword of Conan #3]
Conan / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan
- Reprints
- from The Savage Sword of Conan (Marvel, 1974 series) #3 (December 1974) [black-and-white reprint]
-
At the Mountain of the Moon-God
Conan / comic story / 23 pages
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan; Tevalos; Princess Yasmela; General Malthom; Vateesa; Prince Katuman; King Strabonus; Sergius of Khrosha; Commander Quzak; Captain Geballus; King Khossus
- Synopsis
- Conan goes to rescue King Khossus who has been captured by Ophir.
- Reprints
- from The Savage Sword of Conan (Marvel, 1974 series) #3 (December 1974), #3 (December 1974)
-
Demons of the Summit
Conan / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan; Jamal; Shanya; Shangara
- Synopsis
- While taking a shortcut thru mountains, Conan and his companions are attacked by Shangara and his race of mountain people.
- Reprints
- from The Savage Sword of Conan (Marvel, 1974 series) #3 (December 1974) [color reprint]
-
Indexer Notes
Adapted from the Bjorn Nyberg short story.
[Savage Sword of Conan #4]
Conan / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Boris Vallejo (signed as Boris) (painting)
- Inks
- Boris Vallejo (signed as Boris) (painting)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan
- Reprints
- from The Savage Sword of Conan (Marvel, 1974 series) #4 (February 1975)
-
Iron Shadows in the Moon
Conan / comic story / 45 pages
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Shah Amurath; Olivia; Conan; Ben-Ali; Amalrus; Sergius of Khrosha; Ivanos; Aratus
- Synopsis
- After killing Shah Amurath and escaping his army, Conan and his companion travel out onto the Vilayet Sea and to an island to escape. Here they find something lurking in the jungle and mysterious ruins occupied by weird iron statues.
- Reprints
- from The Savage Sword of Conan (Marvel, 1974 series) #4 (February 1975), #4 (February 1975), #4 (February 1975)
-
Indexer Notes
Adapted from the story by Robert E. Howard.
[Savage Sword of Conan #5]
Conan / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Boris Vallejo (signed as Boris) (painting)
- Inks
- Boris Vallejo (signed as Boris) (painting)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan
- Reprints
- from The Savage Sword of Conan (Marvel, 1974 series) #5 (April 1975)
-
A Witch Shall Be Born
Conan / comic story / 54 pages
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan; Taramis; Salome; Constantius; Marcios; Ivga; Olgerd Vladislav; Djebal; Astreas; Khumbanigash; Farra; Attalus; Zang; Zinn; Valerius
- Synopsis
- Taramis is imprisoned by her evil twin, Salome. Conan, still loyal to Taramis, is nailed to a cross in the desert, from which he escapes and returns to destroy Salome and Constantius.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Adapted from the story by Robert E. Howard.
[Savage Sword of Conan #6]
Conan / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan
- Reprints
- from The Savage Sword of Conan (Marvel, 1974 series) #6 (June 1975)
-
The Sleeper Beneath the Sands
Conan / comic story / 25 pages
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan; Olgerd Vladislav; Dhira Mullah; Ahmed Mullah; Djebal
- Synopsis
- Olgerd Vladislav captures Conan but in doing so has also awakened the Sleeper Beneath the Sands.
- Reprints
- from The Savage Sword of Conan (Marvel, 1974 series) #6 (June 1975)
-
People of the Dark
Conan / comic story / 30 pages
- Script
- Robert E. Howard (original story); Roy Thomas (adaptation)
- Pencils
- Alex Niño
- Inks
- Alex Niño
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan; Richard Brent; Eleanor Rand; Jim O'Brien; Tamera; Gaeric
- Synopsis
- Jim O'Brien, in the present, plots to kill Richard Brent to win the hand of Eleanor, but a fall in a long-forgotten cavern transports him into the past in the body of Conan where he battles the denizens of the cavern.
- Reprints
- from The Savage Sword of Conan (Marvel, 1974 series) #6 (June 1975)
-
Indexer Notes
Adapted from the story by Robert E. Howard.
[no title indexed]
Conan / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan
Indexer Notes
Some copies of this edition have the Estabon Maroto pinup from sequence 18 in this location instead of the Jeff Jones pinup.
[Savage Sword of Conan #7]
Conan / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Boris Vallejo (painting)
- Inks
- Boris Vallejo (painting)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan
- Reprints
- from The Savage Sword of Conan (Marvel, 1974 series) #7 (August 1975)
-
The Citadel at the Center of Time
Conan / comic story / 44 pages
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan; Amul; Shallim; Alhambra; Whazir; Omar; Shamash-Shum-Ukin; Nishi; Ashurbanipal (flashback); Ali; Dhassid
- Synopsis
- Conan travels to the city of Akbitana to discover the secret of the mysterious Citadel that has appeared there.
- Reprints
- from The Savage Sword of Conan (Marvel, 1974 series) #7 (August 1975), #7 (August 1975), #7 (August 1975), #7 (August 1975)
-
- Keywords
- Akbitana
[Savage Sword of Conan #8]
Conan / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan
- Reprints
- from The Savage Sword of Conan (Marvel, 1974 series) #8 (October 1975)
-
The Forever Phial
Conan / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan; Ranephi; Hannibal
- Synopsis
- Ranephi was given the gift of immortality by the elder gods, yet cursed to die by the hands of a barbarian. Wanting to die, Ranephi lures Conan into his castle to kill him.
- Reprints
- from The Savage Sword of Conan (Marvel, 1974 series) #8 (October 1975)
-
Corsairs Against Stygia
Conan / comic story / 13 pages
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan; Demetrio; Ajonga; Yasunga; Laranga
- Synopsis
- Conan awakens on a ship onto which he has been shanghaied. He quickly leads the galley slaves into a rebellion and takes control of the ship and heads south, chasing a Stygian galley.
- Reprints
- from The Savage Sword of Conan (Marvel, 1974 series) #8 (October 1975) [without the one-page preamble]
-
Indexer Notes
Adapted from Robert E. Howard's story "The Hour of the Dragon".
Death Song of Conan the Cimmerian
Conan / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan
- Synopsis
- A poem that covers the life of Conan.
- Reprints
- from The Savage Sword of Conan (Marvel, 1974 series) #8 (October 1975)
-
Indexer Notes
Adapted from a story by Lin Carter.
[Savage Sword of Conan #9]
Conan / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Boris Vallejo (signed as Boris) (painting)
- Inks
- Boris Vallejo (signed as Boris) (painting)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan
- Reprints
- from The Savage Sword of Conan (Marvel, 1974 series) #9 (December 1975) [black-and-white reprint]
-
The Curse of the Cat-Goddess
Conan / comic story / 15 pages
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan; Fazal; Amin
- Synopsis
- Conan returns to his desert Zuagirs to find they have raided a religious caravan. A cat-like idol brain-washes first Conan and then Fazal into doing its bidding until Conan regains his senses and disposes of it.
- Reprints
- from The Savage Sword of Conan (Marvel, 1974 series) #9 (December 1975)
-
[Savage Sword of Conan #10]
Conan / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Boris Vallejo (signed as Boris) (painting)
- Inks
- Boris Vallejo (signed as Boris) (painting)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan
- Reprints
- from The Savage Sword of Conan (Marvel, 1974 series) #10 (February 1976)
-
Conan the Conqueror
Conan / comic story / 58 pages
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan; Princess Akivasha; Thutothmes; Ptah-Mekri; Amalric; Tarascus; Valerius; Orastes; Xaltotun of Acheron; Tiberias; Pallantides; Hadrathus; Trocero; Zenobia (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Conan retrieves the Heart of Ahriman form Stygia and returns to Aquilonia to regain his throne.
- Reprints
- from The Savage Sword of Conan (Marvel, 1974 series) #10 (February 1976), #10 (February 1976), #10 (February 1976), #10 (February 1976), #10 (February 1976)
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Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Conan -
1.
[Title page, indicia, credits etc.]
Conan -
2.
[no title indexed]
Conan -
3.
The Frost Giant's Daughter
Conan -
4.
[Savage Tales #2]
Conan -
5.
[no title indexed]
Conan -
6.
Red Nails
Conan -
7.
[Savage Tales #3]
Conan -
8.
The Lurker from the Catacombs
Conan -
9.
He Comes from the Dark
Conan -
10.
[Savage Tales #4]
Conan -
11.
Night of the Dark God
Conan -
12.
[no title indexed]
Conan -
13.
The Dweller in the Dark
Conan -
14.
[Savage Tales #5]
Conan -
15.
The Secret of Skull River!
Conan -
16.
[Savage Sword of Conan #1]
Conan -
17.
Curse of the Undead-Man
Conan -
18.
[no title indexed]
Conan -
19.
[Savage Sword of Conan #2]
Conan -
20.
Black Colossus
Conan -
21.
[Savage Sword of Conan #3]
Conan -
22.
At the Mountain of the Moon-God
Conan -
23.
Demons of the Summit
Conan -
24.
[Savage Sword of Conan #4]
Conan -
25.
Iron Shadows in the Moon
Conan -
26.
[Savage Sword of Conan #5]
Conan -
27.
A Witch Shall Be Born
Conan -
28.
[Savage Sword of Conan #6]
Conan -
29.
The Sleeper Beneath the Sands
Conan -
30.
People of the Dark
Conan -
31.
[no title indexed]
Conan -
32.
[Savage Sword of Conan #7]
Conan -
33.
The Citadel at the Center of Time
Conan -
34.
[Savage Sword of Conan #8]
Conan -
35.
The Forever Phial
Conan -
36.
Corsairs Against Stygia
Conan -
37.
Death Song of Conan the Cimmerian
Conan -
38.
[Savage Sword of Conan #9]
Conan -
39.
The Curse of the Cat-Goddess
Conan -
40.
[Savage Sword of Conan #10]
Conan -
41.
Conan the Conqueror
Conan -
42.
[In the mid-1970s...]
Conan
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Boris Ammerlaan
- David Haglund
- Paul Lefebvre
- Mike Nielsen
- Per Sandell
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
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