Conan the King #24 [Newsstand]

(September 1984)

Fragments: A Witch's Tale (Table of Contents: 1)

Conan / comic story / 25 pages (report information)

Script

Alan Zelenetz

Pencils

Dave Simons (signed)

Inks

Geof Isherwood (signed)

Colors

George Roussos

Letters

Rick Parker

Genre

sword and sorcery

Characters

King Conan; Prince Taurus; Mad Zandra; Prospero; Dexitheus; Councilor Publius; Black Dragons [Leonidas; Hrolf; Tarquin; Syan-Lin]; Prince Conn

Synopsis

Mad Zandra begins teaching the young Prince dark magic. Conan searches for Taurus with the help of Dexitheus, and his Black Dragons. As they grow closer to Taurus, Zandra changes Taurus into a black goat to disguise him from his father. Conan is able to thwart Zandra and burns her cottage down with the black goat inside. Taurus uses Zandra's grimoire to turn back to human but gets interrupted, so his incomplete transformation leaves him with a goat hoof. Conan takes Taurus back home, Zandra tries to use her amulet to get the boy back. Not realizing Conan has two sons, she ends up getting Conn.

Reprints

• in Conan (Condor, 1979 series) #42 (1994)
• in Conan (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1990 series) #11/2002 ([oktober] 2002)
which is reprinted
• in Conan Krønikene (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 2005 series) #9 ([juni] 2007)

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

Prince Conn / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Alan Zelenetz

Pencils

Marc Silvestri

Inks

?

Colors

George Roussos

Letters

Rick Parker

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Having survived his first taste of slavery ...

Genre

sword and sorcery

Characters

Prince Conn; Mad Zandra; King Conan; Prince Taurus; Tarquin

Synopsis

Prince Conn is headed for the gallows for allegedly murdering the rich merchant in Numalia. However, just as he is about to hang, he vanishes and reappears in the forest before a stunned Mad Zandra. After hearing what has transpired, Prince Conn runs off to find his father but encounters his brother first. Taurus realizes that Conn stands in his way to become the Crown Prince and joins forces with Zandra to whisk Conn to another location. Before Conn vanishes, King Conan sees him and thinks he has seen a ghost.

Reprints

• in Conan (Condor, 1979 series) #40
• in Conan (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1990 series) #11/2002 ([oktober] 2002)
which is reprinted
• in Conan Krønikene (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 2005 series) #9 ([juni] 2007)

Indexer Notes

The Prince Conn stories run along side the Conan The King stories to show what each is doing after they have been separated.

Bonus Certificate from Marvel! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Marvel Subscriptions / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

King Conan / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Jim Shooter (signed); Dave Simons; Michael Wm. Kaluta

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from T. M. Maple, Adam Gerle, Brian Engler, Steve Swenston, Ivan Mumm, Rice Mactie, Joe Chiappetta, Edward Bersey, Robert Bulzacchelli, Gary Kimber.